List of tai chi forms

List of tai chi forms, postures, movements, or positions in order of number of forms:

Hand forms[edit]

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 ^{[citation needed]}
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[edit]

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)

References[edit]

^ TAICHI CHUAN DE 4 MOVIMIENTOS ESTILO CHEN DR. WANG XIAOJUN. Escuela Tantien. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Taichi Chuan estilo Yang de 5 movimientos. Escuela Tantien. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Chen 36 movimientos por Kan Guixiang - 阚桂香陳式太極拳36式. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ 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.
^ Lei Muni Erlu (Pao Chui) - 雷慕尼陈式太极拳二路(炮捶). Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Erlu - Segunda Rutina de Taiji Quan estilo Chen. Escuela Tantien. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Tian Xiuchen Yilu - 陈式太极拳83式田秀臣. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Chen Taiji Jian 36, por Kan Guixiang - 陈式太极剑36式阚桂香. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Taichi sable de 36 movimientos estilo Chen. Escuela Tantien. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ 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. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
^ Ma Chunxi - Taiji Shan 48 Chen / 馬春喜 - 陈式48式太极扇. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

Tina Chunna Zhang, Frank Allen (2006). Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan. Blue Snake Books, Berkeley, California, USA. ISBN 978-1583941546
Wang Pei-sheng, Zeng Weiqi (1983). Wu Style Taijiquan. Hai Feng Publishing Company, Hong Kong. ISBN 978-9622380158

External links[edit]

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

[1] TAICHI CHUAN DE 4 MOVIMIENTOS ESTILO CHEN DR. WANG XIAOJUN. Escuela Tantien. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[2] Taichi Chuan estilo Yang de 5 movimientos. Escuela Tantien. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[3] Chen 36 movimientos por Kan Guixiang - 阚桂香陳式太極拳36式. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[4] 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.

[5] Lei Muni Erlu (Pao Chui) - 雷慕尼陈式太极拳二路(炮捶). Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[6] Erlu - Segunda Rutina de Taiji Quan estilo Chen. Escuela Tantien. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[7] Tian Xiuchen Yilu - 陈式太极拳83式田秀臣. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[8] Chen Taiji Jian 36, por Kan Guixiang - 陈式太极剑36式阚桂香. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[9] Taichi sable de 36 movimientos estilo Chen. Escuela Tantien. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[10] 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. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

[11] Ma Chunxi - Taiji Shan 48 Chen / 馬春喜 - 陈式48式太极扇. Manuel Rodríguez - Quietud y Movimiento. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.

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