<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣三、步法 </span> Third Song: Step Method from <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌實戰四十八法歌訣</span> The Forty-Eight Songs of Application of Baguazhang

歌訣三、步法

未從動梢先動根，
手快不如半步跟。
出入進退只半步，
制手避招而安神。

"Move the root before moving the tip.
Even if the hands are fast, they are not as fast as the half step.
Use the half step to advance and retreat
And camly control the opponent and evad the attacks. "

Based on the translations by 楊俊敏 Yang Jwing Ming and 梁守渝 Liang Shou You in 峨嵋八卦掌 "Baguazhang - Theory and Applications" and by Frank Allen and Tina Chunna Zhang in "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang"