List of tai chi forms explained

List of tai chi forms, postures, movements, or positions in order of number of forms, sometimes also called Taolu:

Hand forms

• 4 - Chen 4 Step is a subset of Chen Old Frame One (Zhu Tian Cai)
• 4 - Chen 4 Step is a subset of Chen Beijing Branch (Wang Xiaojun)^[1]
• 5 - Yang 5 Step (Wang Xiaojun)^[2]
• 8 - Yang Standardized
• 8 - Chen Standardized
• 9 - Chen Old Frame (Master Liu Yong)
• 10 - Yang Introductory Form (also often called 8-step)
• 11 - Chen created by Liming Yue after many years of study with Chen Zhenglei and Kongjie Gou
• 12 - Chen(Based on the movements from Feng Zhiqiang's Chen Style Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan system. Taught by the SF Wushu Team)
• 12 - Yang
• 13 - Chen (created by Master Chen Bing based on the movements from (Old Frame, First Routine, Lao Jia Yi Lu))
• 13 - Chen (aka Five Element Chen) subset of either Old Frame One or Small Frame (Zhu Tian Cai)
• 13 - Dong Yue (East Mountain) Combined
• 13 - Wudang (Zhang SanFeng - Wudang Nei Jia Quan) - Shi San Shi
• 13 - Yang Family 13-Form
• 13 - Chu style Yang form Long 108 and Short 37 movements
• 14/16 - Guangbo (Guang-Bo) (a mixture of Chen, Yang, Wu, and Qigong that was done by factory workers in China)
• 16 - Yang Standardized
• 16 - Chen Standardized
• 16 - Actually Chen 4 Step (see above) popularly repeated in four directions of the compass (Zhu Tian Cai)
• 16 - Yang Family 16-Form
• 18 - Chen (Chen Zhenglei)
• 18 - Wudang (Zhang SanFeng - simplified new form)
• 19 - Chen (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 tai chi)
• 24 - Yang ('Simplified', 'Beijing', 'New Style') Standardized
• 24 - Chen Shi (Chen style) Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan (24 Form by Feng Zhiqiang)
• 24 - Zhao Bao
• 24 - Jingquanshitaijiquan (24 Forms - T'ien Ti Tao/Tiandidao)
• 26 - Yang
• 28 - Yang
• 28 - Wudang Taiji
• 32 - Combined Form
• 32 - Chen Standardized "Fist" (New Frame)
• 32 - Yang
• 34 - Wudang short
• 35 - Sun Standardized Short
• 36 - Chen Standardized, Beijing Branch (Tian Xiuchen and Kan Guixiang)^[3]
• 36 - Fu style short form tai chi ch'uan
• 36 - Wu Short Form
• 37 - Wu (Wang Pei-sheng) Short
• 37 - Yang (Zheng, Cheng Man-ch'ing) Short
• 37 - Taiji 37 (Dr. Shen Hongxun) Short
• 38 - Chen (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)
• 41 - Sun 41: Tai Chi for Arthritis (TCA), created by Dr. Paul Lam of the Tai Chi for Health Institute, Sydney, Australia. Sun 20: Basic 6 moves, performed on Right and Left. Sun 41: additional 6 moves, also performed both sides.
• 42 - Yang
• 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 - Old Combined Style Competition Form^[4]
• 48 - Chen Shi (Chen style) Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan (48 Form by Feng Zhiqiang)
• 49 - Yang Family Demonstration and Competition Form ("Short" Form)
• 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)
• 64 - Chen-style tai chi Practical Method Erlu
• 66 - Combined Standardized (Lost, original content unknown)
• 67 - Movements Combined tai chi form
• 67 - Fu style tai chi lightning palm
• 67 - Hwa Yu tai chi Long Form
• 71 - Chen Erlu (Cannon Fist), Beijing Branch (Chen Fake)^{[5] [6]}
• 72 - Huang Sheng Shyan Form
• 72 - Wu Chao Xiang: "traditional form of the master Wu Chao Xiang";
• 73 - Sun Competition
• 74 - Chen-style Laojia forms
• 77 - Yang Extended Renovation
• 81 - Wu (Hao) Old Form
• 81 - Chen Style tai chi Practical Method Yilu
• 81 - WoLong, Divine Fractal Form
• 83 - Chen Yilu, Beijing Branch (Chen Fake)^[7]
• 83 - Beijing Northern Wu Style tai chi
• 88 - Yang Standardized (which appears to differ slightly from traditional forms of similar length)
• 95 - Shanghai Jianchuan T'ai Chi Association Wu Style tai chi fast form
• 96 - Wu (Hao) long form
• 96 - Ma Yongsheng "New Tai Chi" 96-steps as taught in Nanjing Central Kuoshu Academy. Currently it is also known as Ma-family tai chi and as it covers the 8 directions, some called it Bagua tai chi.
• 97/98 - Sun Traditional Long
• 99 - Orthodox Cheng Ming System which was devised as a combination of the 5 Main styles in Nanjing in 1929 and was taught by the Master Wang Shujin
• 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
• 108 - Taoist Tai Chi form, As done by Taoist Tai Chi Society
• 108 - Chen
• 108 - Wu Jianquan long form
• 119 - Wudang long
• 120 - Tchoung_Ta-chen - Annotated Form
• 127 - Yangjia Michuan tai chi - Yang Family Hidden Tradition
• 140 - Lee-style form
• 144 - Chen Style tai chi Practical Method Combined Yilu-Erlu
• 180 - Wu Long Form
• 185 - Lee-style tai chi dance (Tiàowǔ 跳舞)
• 229 - Tchoung_Ta-chen - Long Form

Weapon forms

• 13 - Dong Yue (East Mountain) Combined Jian (sword)
• 13 - Wu Jianquan Spear
• 13 - Beijing Northern Wu-style Tai Chi thirteen Dao (saber)
• 13 - Posture Poem Yang-style Tai Chi Dao Form
• 13 - Yang-style Dao
• 14 - Chen Tai Chi Dadao (machete), Chen Beijing Branch
• 16 - Yang Standardized Sword
• 16 - Yang/Combined Standardized Spear
• 18 - Chen 'Health' Standardized Jian
• 20 - Chen sword Xiaojia
• 23 - Chen long stick (gun), Chen Beijing Branch
• 23 - Chen Broadsword
• 24 - Wu Jianquan Spear
• 27 - 5 Section solo Tai Chi
• 30 - Chen Tai Chi Dadao
• 32 - Yang/Combined Jian
• 32 - Divine Staff of Tiandidao.
• 36 - Chen Jian, Beijing Branch (Tian Xiuchen)^[8]
• 36 - Chen Broadsword, Beijing Branch (Tian Xiuchen)^[9]
• 36 - Chen-style Xinyi Hun Yuan broadsword
• 36 - Yang-style Tai Chi Fan
• 40 - Chen Broadsword
• 42 - Tai Chi Dao of Tiandidao.
• 42 - Competition Sword Tai Chi Jian (complements 42 tai chi competition forms)
• 46 - Chen Broadsword, Beijing Branch (Tian Qiutian)^[10]
• 48 - Chen Hand Fan (Ma Chunxi)^[11]
• 48 - Chen-style Xinyi Hun Yuan sword
• 49 - Chen Sword
• 54 - Yang Sword
• 56 - Fu-style tai chi seven star sword
• 58 - Chen Sword, Beijing Branch (Chen Fake)
• 60 - Wu-style tai chi Jian (Created by Master Chian Ho Yin)
• 62 - Chen Single Sword
• 64 - 5 Section 2 person tai chi
• 67 - Movement Yang-style tai chi Sword Form
• 84 - Wu Style Heaven and Earth Sword Form (Qian Kun Jian)
• 92 - Wudang Single Sword
• 108 - Wu Jianquan Dao
• 108 - Wu Jianquan Jian
• 216 - Lee style Tai Chi sword
• 270 - Lee style Tai Chi Stick (Staff)

See also

• Chen-style
• Yang-style
• Wu-style of Wu Quanyou and Wu Jianquan
• Wu or Wu/Hao-style of Wu Yuxiang
• Sun-style
• Yangjia Michuan-style
• Lee-style
• Pushing hands

References

• Tina Chunna Zhang, Frank Allen (2006). Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan. Blue Snake Books, Berkeley, California, USA.
• Wang Pei-sheng, Zeng Weiqi (1983). Wu Style Taijiquan. Hai Feng Publishing Company, Hong Kong.

External links

• Listing of Tai Chi and Wushu forms in Chinese (traditional and simplified characters) and English

Notes and References

1. 23 September 2014 . TAICHI CHUAN DE 4 MOVIMIENTOS ESTILO CHEN DR. WANG XIAOJUN . Escuela Tantien . . 7 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181025075112/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmpaLCcv-g . 25 October 2018 . live.
2. 13 November 2018 . Taichi Chuan estilo Yang de 5 movimientos . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/IOCbrxoMhPM. 2021-12-12 . live. Escuela Tantien . . 7 September 2021.
3. 24 July 2014 . Chen 36 movimientos por Kan Guixiang - 阚桂香 陳式太極拳36式 . Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento . . 7 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151213205719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzQBLU7TVbw . 13 December 2015 . live.
4. http://www.taiji.de/taiji/head4e_4/bezeichnungen.htm List of denotations and illustrations.
5. 25 July 2014 . Lei Muni Erlu (Pao Chui) - 雷慕尼 陈式太极拳二路(炮捶) . Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento . . 7 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160402222020/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u2oGm4BbUY . 2 April 2016 . live.
6. 14 March 2017 . Erlu - Segunda Rutina de Taiji Quan estilo Chen . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/YwNIov8VluA. 2021-12-12 . live. Escuela Tantien . . 7 September 2021.
7. 16 July 2014 . Tian Xiuchen Yilu - 陈式太极拳83式田秀臣 . Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento . . 7 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309205421/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTOmGyfLRBE . 9 March 2016 . live.
8. 24 July 2014 . Chen Taiji Jian 36, por Kan Guixiang - 陈式太极剑36式 阚桂香 . Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento . . 7 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151206210033/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T66NvkkSzSg . 6 December 2015 . live.
9. 14 March 2017 . Taichi sable de 36 movimientos estilo Chen . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/oVDH5GK1664. 2021-12-12 . live. Escuela Tantien . . 7 September 2021.
10. 25 July 2014 . Chen Taiji Dao (sable) de 46 movimientos, por Tian Qiutian - 北京陈式太极刀(46式) 田秋田 . Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento . . 7 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325180926/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETvlL5QbAOs . 25 March 2016 . live.
11. 24 July 2014 . Ma Chunxi - Taiji Shan 48 Chen / 馬春喜 - 陈式48式太极扇 . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/WMDTb6rEvYw. 2021-12-12 . live. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento . . 7 September 2021.