Shibashi – 18 Taiji Qigong sets: in 1979 Master Lin Housheng created his first set of eighteen movements. The second set was created in 1988. The third set was created in 1990 and the other sets were later created after that.
The name ‘Shibashi’ means 18 movements in Chinese, Shibashi is ‘not’ tai chi, it’s qigong exercises that have a few of their movements inspired by tai chi moves.
Shibashi set 1 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong”
Shibashi set 1 created in 1979 by Master Lin Housheng
*Mrs Men Bao, the founder of our tai chi & qigong club, taught her teachers and students to do equal number of moves with one leg forward in the moves 11, 12 & 13. So if following the 2 video links below for Shibashi 1, repeat number 11 (3 times on each side), number 12 (6 times on each side) and number 13 (4 times on each side).
Shibashi set 1 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong” performed by Master Ru Yi Zi:
Shibashi set 1 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong” performed by Master Ru Yi Zi, view from the side:
Shibashi set 1 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong” performed by Master Ru Yi Zi, back view:
2 video links to Shibashi set 1 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong” performed by Master Lin Housheng, creator of the shibashi sequences – please note there are ‘warm up exercises’ before both Shibashi 1 sequences. The first vieo is followed by Shibashi 2:
Shibashi set 2 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong”
Shibashi set 2 created in 1988 by Master Lin Housheng, performed by Master Ru Yi Zi:
Shibashi set 2 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong” performed by Master Ru Yi Zi, back view:
Shibashi set 3 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong”
Shibashi set 3 created in 1990 by Master Lin Housheng, performed by Master Ru Yi Zi:
Shibashi set 3, performed by Master Ru Yi Zi, back view:
Shibashi set 1, 2 & 3 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong” together in a short sequence (fewer of each moves) performed by Francis Wong from Malaysia with students:
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In some South-East Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, Lin Housheng’s Shibashi sets are promoted as National Health Exercise.
Lin Housheng created 7 sets, there isn’t a set number 4 as that number is not a positive number in the East, related to death, so numbers are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, & 8. (Number 8, the last set is more challenging than other sets, it is composed of moves from all the previous sets, two per move so 36 all together).
Shibashi set 5 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong”
Shibashi set 5 created by Master Lin Housheng and demonstrated by Francis Wong from Malaysia:
Shibashi set 6 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong”
Shibashi set 6 created by master Lin Housheng and demonstrated by Francis Wong from Malaysia:
Shibashi set 7 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong”
Shibashi set 7 created by Master Lin Housheng and demonstrated by Francis Wong from Malaysia:
Shibashi set 8 – “18 movements of Taiji Qigong”
At the 12th annual Shanghai International Symposium on Qigong Science, China, professor Lin Housheng and his official representative for Canada and France, demonstrating part of Shibashi set 8:
Shibashi set 8 created by Master Lin Housheng and demonstrated by Francis Wong from Malaysia:
Shibashi set 8 demonstrated by Francis Wong with students