List of
T'ai chi ch'uan
Tai chi (), short for Tai chi ch'üan ( zh, s=太极拳, t=太極拳, first=t, p=Tàijíquán, labels=no), sometimes called "shadowboxing", is an neijia, internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and medita ...
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 (Zhu Tian Cai)
* 4 - Chen 4 Step is a subset of Chen Beijing Branch (Wang Xiaojun)
* 5 - Yang 5 Step (Wang Xiaojun)
* 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 T'ai Chi Ch'uan)
* 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)
* 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
Cheng Man-ch'ing or Zheng Manqing (29 July 1902 - 26 March 1975) was a notable Chinese expert of t'ai chi ch'uan, Chinese medicine, and the so-called three perfections: calligraphy, painting and poetry. He was born in Yongjia (present-day Wen ...
) 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
* 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
Wu Chien-ch'uan or Wu Jianquan (1870–1942) was a famous teacher and founder of the neijia martial art of Wu-style t'ai chi ch'uan in late Imperial and early Republican China.
Biography
Wu Chien-ch'uan was taught martial arts by his father, ...
family (
Wu Daxin
Wu Ta-hsin or Wu Daxin (1933–2005) was a Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher who lived most of his life in Hong Kong. He was the great-grandson Wu-style t'ai chi ch'uan founder Wu Ch'uan-yu and the grandson of the well-known teacher Wu Chien-ch'uan ...
) competition form
* 56 - Chen Competition
* 56 - Zhao Bao
* 64 - Yang (Kuang Ping style)
*64 -
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Erlu
* 66 - Combined Standardized (Lost, original content unknown)
* 67 - Movements Combined Tai-Chi Chuan form
* 67 - Fu style tai chi lightning palm
* 67 - Hwa Yu T'ai Chi Long Form
* 71 - Chen Erlu (Cannon Fist), Beijing Branch (Chen Fake)
* 72 -
Huang Sheng Shyan
Huang Sheng-shyan or Huang Xingxian (1910 – December 1992) was born in Minhou County of the Fujian province in Mainland China. He began studying Fujian White Crane with Xie Zhong-xian at the age of 14. In 1947 he resettled in Taiwan where he ...
Form
* 73 - Sun Competition
* 74 -
Chen (Old Frame, First Routine, Lao Jia Yi Lu) The different slow motion solo form training sequences of Taijiquan are the best known manifestation of Taiji for the general public. The forms are usually performed slowly by beginners and are designed to promote concentration, condition the body ...
* 77 - Yang Extended Renovation
* 81 - Wu (Hao) Old Form
*81 -
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu
* 81 - WoLong, Divine Fractal Form
* 83 - Chen Yilu, Beijing Branch (Chen Fake)
* 83 - Beijing Northern Wu Style Taijiquan
* 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 Association
Wu Style Tai Chi Fast Form
The different slow motion solo form training sequences of t'ai chi ch'uan are the best known manifestation of t'ai chi for the general public. In English, they are usually called the ''hand form'' or just the ''form''; in Mandarin it is usually c ...
* 96 - Wu (Hao) long form
* 96 - Ma Yungsheng "New Taijiquan" 96-steps as taught in Nanjing Central Kuoshu Academy. Currently it is also known as Ma-family Taijiquan and as it covers the 8 directions, some called it Taiji-baqua quan.
* 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, 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 Taiji Quan
Yangjia Michuan Taiji Quan ({{zh, t=楊家秘傳太極拳, s=杨家秘传太极拳, p=yángjiā mìchuán tàijíquán), the Yang Family Secret Tradition is a t'ai chi ch'uan style created by Yang Luchan
Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, also kno ...
- Yang Family Hidden Tradition
* 140 -
Lee-style form
*144 -
Chen Style Taijiquan 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
Sword
A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed ti ...
* 13 - Wu Jianquan
Spear
A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fasten ...
* 13 - Beijing Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Shi San
3Dao.
* 13 - Posture Poem Yang family tai chi chuan Saber Form
* 13 - Yang family Broadsword (
Dao
Dao, Dão or DAO may refer to:
* Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept
* Dao (Chinese sword) (刀), a type of Chinese sword
* Dao (Naga sword), a weapon and a tool of Naga people
People and language
* Yao people, a minority ethnic ...
)
* 14 - Chen Taiji Halberd (Guandao/Dadao), Chen Beijing Branch
* 16 - Yang Standardized Sword
* 16 - Yang/Combined Standardized Spear
* 18 - Chen 'Health' Standardized Sword
* 20 - Chen sword Xiaojia
* 23 - Chen long stick (gun), Chen Beijing Branch
* 23 - Chen Broadsword
* 24 - Wu Jianquan Spear
* 27 - 5 Section solo Taijijian
* 30 - Chen Taiji Halberd (GuanDao/DaDao).
* 32 - Yang/Combined Sword
* 32 - Divine Staff of T'ien Ti Tao/Tiandidao.
* 36 - Chen Sword, Beijing Branch(Tian Xiuchen)
* 36 - Chen Broadsword, Beijing Branch(Tian Xiuchen)
* 36 - Chen Shi (Chen Style) Xinyi Hun Yuan broadsword
* 36 - Yang Shi Tai Chi Fan
* 40 - Chen Broadsword
* 42 - T'ai Chi Dao of T'ien Ti Tao/Tiandidao.
* 42 - Competition Sword Tai Chi Jian (complements 42 Tai Chi Chuan competition forms)
* 46 - Chen Broadsword, Beijing Branch (Tian Qiutian)
* 48 - Chen Hand Fan (Ma Chunxi)
* 48 - Chen Shi (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 Ji Jian (Created by Master Chian Ho Yin)
* 62 - Chen Single Sword
* 64 - 5 Section 2 person Taijijian
* 67 - Movement Yang family tai chi chuan Sword Form
* 84 - Wu Style Heaven and Earth Sword Form (Qian Kun Jian)
* 92 - Wudang Single Sword
* 108 - Wu Jianquan Sabre (Dao)
* 108 - Wu Jianquan Sword (Jian)
* 216 - Lee style T'ai Chi Ch'uan sword
* 270 - Lee style T'ai Chi Ch'uan Stick (Staff)
See also
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Chen-style (陳氏)
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Yang-style (楊家)
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Wu-style of Wu Ch'uan-yu and Wu Chien-ch'uan (吳家)
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Wu or Wu/Hao-style of Wu Yu-hsiang (武家)
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Sun-style (孫家)
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Yangjia Michuan-style (楊家秘傳)
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Lee-style (李氏)
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Pushing hands
Pushing hands, Push hands or tuishou (alternately spelled ''tuei shou'' or ''tuei sho'') is a two-person training routine practiced in internal Chinese martial arts such as Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Taijiquan (tài jí quán), and Yiquan. It is ...
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
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