List of Tai Chi Chuan forms - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

List of T'ai chi ch'uan 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
13 - Yang Family 13-Form
13 - Chu style Yang form Long 108 and Short 37 movements
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)
16 - Yang Family 16-Form
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 Form (Simplified Form) T'ai Chi Ch'uan
The 24-posture Simplified Form of t'ai chi ch'uan, sometimes called the Beijing form for its place of origin, is a short version of T'ai chi composed of twenty-four unique movements.-History:...
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
Wudang Tai Chi Chuan
Wudang t'ai chi ch'uan 武當太極拳 is the name of a system of T'ai chi ch'uan that was developed by a Hong Kong 香港 based T'ai chi ch'uan master known as Cheng Tinhung 鄭天熊...

short
35 - Sun Standardized Short
36 - Chen Standardized (New Frame/Chen Fake)
36 - Fu style short form tai chi ch'uan
36 - Wu Short Form
37 - Yang (Zheng, Cheng Man-ch'ing
Cheng Man-ch'ing
Cheng Man-ch'ing was born in Yongjia , Zhejiang Province . He died March 26, 1975; his grave is near the city of Taipei. Cheng was trained in Chinese medicine, t'ai chi ch'uan, calligraphy, painting and poetry...

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37 - Taiji 37 (Dr. Shen Hongxun) 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 Form (Competition Form) T'ai Chi Ch'uan
The 42 Form t'ai chi ch'uan is the standard Wushu competition form which combines movements drawn from the Chen, Yang, Wu, and Sun styles of traditional T'ai chi ch'uan...
42 - Sun Traditional Short
43 - Yang (Jiang Yu Kun
Jiang Yu Kun
Jiang Yu Kun was a t'ai chi ch'uan master who was born in Hangzhou in the province of Zhejiang. Master Jiang Yu K'un was a student of grandmaster Yang Chengfu...

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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 Grandmaster 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)
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
72 - Chen (New Form Cannon Fist)
72 - Huang Sheng Shyan
Huang Sheng Shyan
Huang Sheng-Shyan, 黃性賢, Huang Hsing-hsien or Huáng Xìngxián was born in 1910 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 became a disciple of Cheng Man-ch'ing...

Form
73 - Sun Competition
74 - Chen (Old Frame, First Routine, Lao Jia Yi Lu)
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 and acquaint students with the inventory of...
81 - Wu (Hao) Old Form
81 - Chen Style, First Routine (Chen Fake - Hong Junsheng)
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
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 called ch'uan ....
96 - Wu (Hao) long form
97/98 - Sun Traditional Long
103 - Yang long form
103 form Yang family T'ai Chi Ch'uan
103-form Yang family t'ai chi ch'uan, also called the Traditional Form , is a prescribed sequence of moves used to practice Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan.-T'ai chi forms:...

(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
Taoist Tai Chi
Taoist Tai Chi is an exercise form of t'ai chi ch'uan which is taught in more than 25 countries by the non-profit International Taoist Tai Chi Society and associated national Taoist Tai Chi societies. It is a modified form of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan developed by Taoist monk Moy Lin-shin in...
108 - Chen
108 - Wu Jianquan long form
108 form Wu family T'ai Chi Ch'uan
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 called ch'uan: 拳...
119 - Wudang
Wudang Tai Chi Chuan
Wudang t'ai chi ch'uan 武當太極拳 is the name of a system of T'ai chi ch'uan that was developed by a Hong Kong 香港 based T'ai chi ch'uan master known as Cheng Tinhung 鄭天熊...

long
120 - Tchoung Ta-chen - Annotated Form
127 - Yangjia Michuan Taiji Quan
Yangjia Michuan Taiji Quan
Yangjia Michuan Taiji Quan, the Yang Family Secret Tradition is a t'ai chi ch'uan style created by Yang Lu-ch'an, founder of the Yang style. He passed this special style to his son Yang Chien-hou who transmitted it to his student Zhang Qinlin...

- Yang Family Hidden Tradition
140 - Lee style form
180 - Wu Long Form
229 - Tchoung Ta-chen - Long Form

Weapon forms

13 - Dong Yue (East Mountain) Combined Sword
Jian
The jian is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE during the Spring and Autumn Period; one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian.Historical one-handed versions have blades...
13 - Wu Jianquan Spear
Qiang (spear)
Qiang is the Chinese term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was ubiquitous on the pre-modern Chinese battlefield...

(3.5 meter cavalry lance)
13 - Beijing Northern Wu StyleTai Ji Shi San [13] Dao.
13 - Posture Poem Yang family tai chi chuan Saber Form
13 - Yang family Broadsword (Dao
Dao (sword)
Daois a category of single-edge Chinese swords primarily used for slashing and chopping , often called a broadsword in English translation because some varieties have wide blades. In China, the dao is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the gun , qiang , and the jian , and referred...

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16 - Yang Standardized Sword
16 - Yang/Combined Standardized Spear
18 - Chen 'Health' Standardized Sword
20 - Chen sword Xiaojia
23 - Chen Broadsword
24 - Wu Jianquan Spear (2.5 meter infantry spear)
27 - 5 Section solo Taijijian
32 - Yang/Combined Sword
36 - Chen Shi (Chen Style) Xinyi Hun Yuan broadsword
40 - Chen Broadsword
42 - Competition Sword Tai Chi Jian (complements 42 Tai Chi Chuan competition forms)
48 - Chen Shi (Chen Style) Xinyi Hun Yuan sword
49 - Chen Sword
54 - Yang Sword
56 - Fu style tai chi seven star sword
62 - Chen Single Sword
64 - 5 Section 2 person Taijijian
67 - Movement Yang family tai chi chuan Sword Form
92 - Wudang Single Sword
108 - Wu Jianquan Sabre (Dao)
108 - Wu Jianquan Sword (Jian)

Hand forms

Weapon forms

See also