- List of tai chi chuan forms
List of
Tai Chi Chuan forms, postures, movements, or positions in order of number of forms:Hand forms
* 4 - Chen 4 Step is a subset of Chen Old Frame One (Grandmaster Zhu Tian Cai)
* 8 - Yang Standardized
* 8 - Chen Standardized
* 9 - Chen Old Frame (Master Liu Yong)
* 10 - Yang
* 12 - Yang
* 13 - Chen (aka Five Element Chen) subset of either Old Frame One or Small Frame (Grandmaster Zhu Tian Cai)
* 13 - Dong Yue (East Mountain) Combined
* 13 - Wudang (Zhang SanFeng - Wudang Nei Jia Quan) - Shi San Shi
* 16 - Yang Standardized
* 16 - Chen Standardized
* 16 - Actually Chen 4 Step (see above) popularly repeated in four directions of the compass (Grandmaster Zhu Tian Cai)
* 18 - Chen (Grandmaster Chen Zheng Lei)
* 18 - Wudang (Zhang SanFeng - simplified new form)
* 19 - Chen (Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang)
* 20 - 5 Section Taijiquan (Yang Simplified)
* 20 - 5 Section Chen Taijiquan (Chen Simplified)
* 20 - Simplified form of Chen Xiaojia (Small frame of Chen T'ai Chi Ch'uan)
* 24 - Yang ('Simplified', 'Beijing', 'New Style') Standardized
* 24 - Chen Shi (Chen style) Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan (24 Form by Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang)
* 24 - Zhao Bao
* 24 - Jingquanshitaijiquan (24 Forms - T'ien Ti Tao/Tiandidao)
* 28 - Wudang Taiji
* 32 - Combined Form
* 32 - Chen Standardized "Fist" (New Frame)
* 34 - Wudang short
* 35 - Sun Standardized Short
* 36 - Chen Standardized (New Frame)
* 36 - Fu style short form tai chi ch'uan
* 37 - Yang (Zheng,Cheng Man-ch'ing ) Short
* 38 - Chen (Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang)
* 39 - Chen (Old frame 39)
* 39 - Chen (New frame 39)
* 40 - Yang competition
* 40 - Sun Family Modern Short Form
* 40 - Jingquanshitaijiquan (40 Steps or 24 Forms - T'ien Ti Tao/Tiandidao)
* 42 - Chen (Old form cannon fist)
* 42 - Combined Style Competition Form
* 42 - Sun Traditional Short
* 43 - Yang (Jiang Yu Kun )
* 43 - Zhao Bao
* 46 - Yang Competition
* 46 - Wu competition
* 48 - Combined [http://www.taiji.de/taiji/head4e_4/bezeichnungen.htm (list of) denotations and illustrations] (This form, established in 1976, combined techniques from Chen, Yang, Wu, and Sun forms, and was used as a Competition Form until it was replaced by the 42 Form Competition Form.)
* 48 - Chen Shi (Chen style) Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan (48 Form by Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang)
* 49 - Yang Demo/Family competition
* 49 - Wu (Hao) short form
* 50 - Lee style short form
* 53 - Fu style advanced tai chi
* 54 -Wu Jianquan family (Wu Daxin ) competition form
* 56 - Chen Competition
* 56 - Zhao Bao
* 64 - Yang (Kuang Ping style)
* 66 - Combined Standardized (Lost, original content unknown)
* 67 -67 movements Combined Tai-Chi Chuan form
* 67 - Fu style tai chi lightning palm
* 67 - [http://www.gmaf.org/theform.html Hwa Yu T'ai Chi Long Form]
* 72 - Chen (New Form Cannon Fist)
* 72 -Huang Sheng Shyan Form
* 73 - Sun Competition
* 74 - Chen (Old Frame, First Routine, Lao Jia Yi Lu)
* 81 - Wu (Hao) Old Form
* 81 - Chen Style, First Routine (Chen Fake - Hong Junsheng)
* 83 - Chen New Form (Chen Village)
* 88 - Yang Standardized (which appears to differ slightly from traditional forms of similar length)
* 95 - Shanghai Jianchuan T'ai Chi AssociationWu Style Tai Chi Fast Form
* 96 - Wu (Hao) long form
* 97/98 - Sun Traditional Long
* 103 - Yang long form (The moves can also add up to 85, 88, 108 or 150 depending on how they are counted.)
* 105 - Fu style Tai Chi Ch'uan
* 108 - Taoist Tai Chi form
* 108 - Chen
* 108 - Wu Jianquan long form
* 119 - Wudang long
* 120 - Tchoung_Ta-chen - Annotated Form
* 140 - Lee style form
* 229 - Tchoung_Ta-chen - Long FormForms of T'ai Chi Ch'uan vary according to the creator's knowledge of Taoist Philosophy relating to Taoist Boxing (T'ai Chi Ch'uan) and preferences. Some Forms relate more to philosophic principles, some to practical Taoist Boxing, but all should contain the '13 Principles'.
There are also many variations of
qigong (ch'i kung) forms associated with different schools.Weapon forms
* 13 - Dong Yue (East Mountain) Combined Sword
* 13 - Wu Jianquan Spear [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcJkIouw1sU (3.5 meter cavalry lance)]
* 16 - Yang Standardized Sword
* 16 - Yang/Combined Standardized Spear
* 13 - Yang Broadsword (Dao)
* 18 - Chen 'Health' Standardized Sword
* 23 - Chen Broadsword
* 24 - Wu Jianquan Spear [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFvC58iyweE (2.5 meter infantry spear)]
* 27 - 5 Section solo Taijijian
* 32 - Yang/Combined [http://www.taiji.de/taiji/head4e/index2.htm Sword]
* 36 - Chen Shi (Chen Style) Xinyi Hun Yuan broadsword
* 40 - Chen Broadsword
* 48 - Chen Shi (Chen Style) Xinyi Hun Yuan sword
* 49 - Chen Sword
* 54 - Yang [http://www.embracethemoon.com/perspectives/taichi_sword.htm Sword]
* 56 - Fu style tai chi seven star sword
* 62 - Chen Single Sword
* 64 - 5 Section 2 person Taijijian
* 92 - Wudang Single Sword
* 108 - Wu Jianquan Sabre [http://www.wustyledetroit.com/broadswordlist.htm (Dao)]
* 108 - Wu Jianquan Sword [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urpVZC9kPho (Jian)]ee also
*Chen style (陳氏)
*Yang style (楊家)
*Wu or Wu/Hao style of Wu Yu-hsiang (武家)
*Wu style of Wu Ch'uan-yü and Wu Chien-ch'üan (吳家)
*Sun style (孫家)
*Lee style (李氏)
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Pushing hands
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