List of t'ai chi ch'uan forms
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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 (Zhu Tian Cai)
- 6- Sun 6: Tai Chi for Arthritis (TCA), created by Dr. Paul Lam of the Tai Chi for Health Institute, Sydney, Australia. Sun 6: Basic 6 moves, performed on Right and Left. Sun 12: additional 6 moves, also performed both sides.
- 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)
- 28 - Wudang Taiji
- 32 - Combined Form
- 32 - Chen Standardized "Fist" (New Frame)
- 34 - Wudang 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 - 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)
- 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[1]
- 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)
- 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 Form
- 73 - Sun Competition
- 74 - Chen (Old Frame, First Routine, Lao Jia Yi Lu)
- 77 - Yang Extended Renovation
- 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
- 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 - Yang Family Hidden Tradition
- 140 - Lee-style form
- 180 - Wu Long Form
- 185 - Lee-style Tai Chi dance
- 229 - Tchoung_Ta-chen - Long Form
See also
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- Chen-style (陳氏)
- Yang-style (楊家)
- Wu-style of Wu Ch'uan-yu and Wu Chien-ch'uan (吳家)
- Wu or Wu/Hao-style of Wu Yu-hsiang (武家)
- Sun-style (孫家)
- Yangjia Michuan-style (楊家秘傳)
- Lee-style (李氏)
- Pushing hands
References
- ↑ 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.
- 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