# 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 (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 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)
* 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
* 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)
* 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 (Hao) Old Form
* 81 - Chen Style tai chi Practical Method Yilu
* 81 - WoLong, Divine Fractal Form
* 83 - Chen Yilu, Beijing Branch (Chen Fake)
* 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

* 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)
* 36 - Chen Broadsword, Beijing Branch (Tian Xiuchen)
* 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)
* 48 - Chen Hand Fan (Ma Chunxi)
* 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)