Yang 8 was developed as an introduction for beginners who would later transition to the Yang 24 Form. The 8 movements are repeated, doing them to the left and to the right of the beginning position, which gives a nice foil to the right-handed/left-handed syndrome that often prejudices us in the weight we give to any given movement.
List of movements for the Tai Chi 8 Form:
Commencing.
Reverse reeling forearms.
Brush knee push.
Part the wild horse's mane.
Wave hands like clouds.
Rooster stands on one leg.
Kick with Heel.
Grasp the peacock's Tail.
Cross Hands.
Ending.
Commencing is pretty standard in all Tai Chi forms so we'll skip over that for now. The "Reverse reeling forearms" can be found in the 24 form's Repulse Monkey, except one does not move backward in Yang 8. Here is a nice diagram of Repulse Monkey I stole from the blog, "Sekedar Blog Just another WordPress.com weblog" at https://nikitompil.wordpress.com/:
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