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Fan Form
I'm learning two versions, one in school and one with my neighborhood group. Below, I've used familiar names where I found them, names given to me by Long Feng for moves that are new, and names that I've made up where I have none to go by. It's so much easier to learn a form when you have names!

Mi Jin Pei performs 46-fan, a fan form that combines Chen Tai Chi, Wushu and Kung Fu. This is the form taught at Master Gohring's school. My neighborhood Chinese Tai Chi friends perform a traditional 52-fan Kung Fu Fan Form.
This form is usually performed to music, almost always to a particular song, the title of which translates as something like "Beauty of Setting Sun" (good luck finding an MP3 without malware attached! I finally got one from Long Feng). The music divides neatly into six sections. The first is slow, the second fast, the third fast and staccato. The fourth section is an exact repeat of the second, the fifth starts fast and gets slow, building up to a slow, dramatic final section.
The first fan form below (52-fan) follows the music very closly in tempo and phrasing. The second form, 56-fan, does fit the music, but not as clearly (to me, anyway), cramming a lot of moves into even the slowest parts. You can learn 52-fan from the video with the music; I found it almost impossible to learn 56-fan from a full-speed video.
However! Luckily, Instructor Cochran at Master Gohring's school has made videos of this fan form at walk-through speed. Actually, it wasn't luck; I asked her to let me record these three videos. She covers all but the very last part of the form in three videos:
Finally, Here's Master Gohring doing the first half of the 56-fan form at walk-through pace. All we need now is a walk-thorugh of the last section.
52-form -- Kung Fu Fan

Part 1 of 6:
Opening
Slant Flying
White Crane Spreads Wings
Hornet's Hole (step L,R)
Rebels to Sea (pivot on R, step L)
White Crane Stands on Left Leg
Force Split Chinese Mountain (R, L, R)
Civet Rat (snake L, R, L, flip fan)
Sit Horse Flower (snake R, horse stance)
Part 2 of 6:
Part the Wild Horse's Mane (feet stay put)
Chuyan Volley (White Crane w/feet together, fist)
Hornet's Hole
Tiger's Prey (step back R, forward L, push)
Mantis Stalks Cicada (kick stand)
Lema Back (step around R,L twirl fan)
Turning Tibet Fan (snake)
Sit Horse Flower
Part 3 of 6:
Ding Push Hill (push fan R)
Dragon Back (poke fan L)
Whiplash Horse (wind up turn L snap back)
Flew Swagger (snap stand R, cat L)
Arms Hold On (sink fan front)
Windward Liaoyi (stand tall fan points down)
Inverted Flower Wuziu (step R, point L, cross L sink)
Xiang Yu Yang Fan (fan front)
Hold Fan Interlude (starting position)
Part 4 of 6:
Part 5 of 6:
Strike back with both elbows
Horse Shaking Fist (strike w/ two backfists)
Hop right cat stance
Kick with Right
Dragon intersect (R, ball-change L, kick back)
Lady Shuttle (stand w/ fan in front)
Tiannvsanhua (fan flutters over head)
Overlord Palm (close fan sit snap)
Line Step Interlude (walk in circle)
Part 6 of 6:
Seven Star Hand (kick stand left)
Ward off right
Pull back and press
Su Bei Jian (fan behind back, push)
Brush Knee Twist Step
Single Whip
Bow to Shoot Tiger(snake pose)
Baihe Liang Wings
Close Form
56-Fan
First Section:
Buddha Stamp
White Crane Stands on Right Leg
Cloud Hands (2 steps)
Brush Knee Push
Kick (close fan, pivot, step R)
Cross Step (L, R)
White Crane Stands on Right Leg
Strike to groin (left kick stand)
Turning Tibet Fan
White Crane Stands on Left Leg
R,L,R (turning) Fist
She is practicing back stage at a tournament, probably Legends of Kung Fu.
Second Section:
Step to L bow and strike, L fist at waist
Cross step L behind and strike R w/ L hand overhead
Buddha Stamp
White Crane Spreads Wings (cat)
Horse stance
Cross stance flutter to sit
Unwind, step R, point fan face down
Close fan, R, L, Kick R
R, L, Straightforward Push Fan
Reach back and throw to snap down
Stand on R leg and extend left arm
Shut fan, step L, R to L cat, whirl fan, snap
Third Section:
Open to Leonardo, spin left 270 degrees
Snap fan open level with floor in R bow
Step L and swipe fan closed with L hand
Step R cross behind and L, L hand under R arm, stab
Step back L, wind-up
Step R cross front, wind-up, snap (big figure 8)
L knee to R bow, flip fan behind, L fist in front
L cross behind, flip fan closed
Step around L, R, Iron elbows R, L
Sit horse press one finger
Touch R to L, fan circles counterclockwise
Step R, L hop R, L cross in front (circle fan)
Unwind, lasso fan, kick back
Stand down w/ fan in front
Turn around, present fan.
Fourth Section: exact repeat of second section.
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