Tai Xing is one of the longer and more complex animal forms of Hebei Xingyiquan. It contains an arsenal of techniques and strategies. Usually Tai Xing is translated as Phoenix, but is also referred to by other names such as ostrich and hawk. At our fall seminar, Master Luo explained that considering the animal shape’s tools and tactics, Tai Xing more aptly referred to the intrinsic nature of a type of vulture indigenous to northern China where the art developed.