List of tai chi forms


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
  • 4 - Chen 4 Step is a subset of Chen Beijing Branch
  • 4 - Yang 4 Step
  • 5 - Yang 5 Step
  • 8 - Yang Standardized
  • 8 - Chen Standardized
  • 9 - Chen Old Frame
  • 10 - Yang Introductory Form
  • 11 - Chen created by Liming Yue after many years of study with Chen Zhenglei and Kongjie Gou
  • 12 - Chen
  • 12 - Yang
  • 13 - Chen
  • 13 - Chen subset of either Old Frame One or Small Frame
  • 13 - Dong Yue Combined
  • 13 - Wudang - Shi San Shi
  • 13 - Yang Family 13-Form
  • 13 - Chu style Yang form Long 108 and Short 37 movements
  • 14/16 - Guangbo
  • 16 - Yang Standardized
  • 16 - Chen Standardized
  • 16 - Actually Chen 4 Step popularly repeated in four directions of the compass
  • 16 - Yang Family 16-Form
  • 18 - Chen
  • 18 - Wudang
  • 19 - Chen
  • 20 - 5 Section Taijiquan
  • 20 - 5 Section Chen Taijiquan
  • 20 - Simplified form of Chen Xiaojia
  • 24 - Yang ('Simplified', 'Beijing', 'New Style') Standardized
  • 24 - Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan
  • 24 - Zhao Bao
  • 24 - Jingquanshitaijiquan
  • 26 - Yang
  • 28 - Yang
  • 28 - Wudang Taiji
  • 32 - Combined Form
  • 32 - Chen Standardized "Fist"
  • 32 - Yang
  • 34 - Wudang short
  • 35 - Sun Standardized Short
  • 36 - Chen Standardized, Beijing Branch
  • 36 - Fu style short form tai chi ch'uan
  • 36 - Wu Short Form
  • 37 - Wu Short
  • 37 - Yang Short
  • 37 - Taiji 37 Short
  • 38 - Chen
  • 39 - Chen
  • 39 - Chen
  • 40 - Yang competition
  • 40 - Sun Family Modern Short Form
  • 40 - Jingquanshitaijiquan
  • 41 - Sun 41: Tai Chi for Arthritis, 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
  • 42 - Combined Style Competition Form
  • 42 - Sun Traditional Short
  • 43 - Yang
  • 43 - Zhao Bao
  • 46 - Yang Competition
  • 46 - Wu competition
  • 48 - Old Combined Style Competition Form
  • 48 - Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan
  • 49 - Yang Family Demonstration and Competition Form
  • 49 - Wu short form
  • 50 - Lee-style short form
  • 53 - Fu style advanced tai chi
  • 54 - Wu Jianquan family competition form
  • 56 - Chen Competition
  • 56 - Zhao Bao
  • 64 - Yang
  • 64 - Chen-style tai chi Practical Method Erlu
  • 66 - Combined Standardized
  • 67 - Movements Combined tai chi form
  • 67 - Fu style tai chi lightning palm
  • 67 - Hwa Yu tai chi Long Form
  • 71 - Chen Erlu, Beijing Branch
  • 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 Old Form
  • 81 - Chen Style tai chi Practical Method Yilu
  • 81 - WoLong, Divine Fractal Form
  • 83 - Chen Yilu, Beijing Branch
  • 83 - Beijing Northern Wu Style tai chi
  • 88 - Yang Standardized
  • 95 - Shanghai Jianchuan T'ai Chi Association Wu Style tai chi fast form
  • 96 - Wu 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
  • 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
  • 229 - Tchoung_Ta-chen - Long Form

Weapon forms

  • 13 - Dong Yue Combined Jian
  • 13 - Wu Jianquan Spear
  • 13 - Beijing Northern Wu-style Tai Chi thirteen Dao
  • 13 - Posture Poem Yang-style Tai Chi Dao Form
  • 13 - Yang-style Dao
  • 14 - Chen Tai Chi Dadao, 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, 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
  • 36 - Chen Broadsword, Beijing Branch
  • 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
  • 46 - Chen Broadsword, Beijing Branch
  • 48 - Chen Hand Fan
  • 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
  • 60 - Wu-style tai chi Jian
  • 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
  • 92 - Wudang Single Sword
  • 108 - Wu Jianquan Dao
  • 108 - Wu Jianquan Jian
  • 216 - Lee style Tai Chi sword
  • 270 - Lee style Tai Chi Stick