List of tai chi chuan forms

List of Tai Chi Chuan 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
* 8 - Yang Standardized
* 8 - Chen Standardized
* 9 - Chen Old Frame
* 10 - Yang
* 12 - Yang
* 13 - Chen subset of either Old Frame One or Small Frame
* 13 - Dong Yue Combined
* 13 - Wudang - Shi San Shi
* 16 - Yang Standardized
* 16 - Chen Standardized
* 16 - Actually Chen 4 Step popularly repeated in four directions of the compass
* 18 - Chen
* 18 - Wudang
* 19 - Chen
* 20 - 5 Section Taijiquan
* 20 - 5 Section Chen Taijiquan
* 20 - Simplified form of Chen Xiaojia
* 24 -
* 24 - Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan
* 24 - Zhao Bao
* 24 - Jingquanshitaijiquan
* 28 - Wudang Taiji
* 32 - Combined Form
* 32 - Chen Standardized "Fist"
* 34 - short
* 35 - Sun Standardized Short
* 36 - Chen Standardized
* 36 - Fu style short form tai chi ch'uan
* 37 - Yang Short
* 38 - Chen
* 39 - Chen
* 39 - Chen
* 40 - Yang competition
* 40 - Sun Family Modern Short Form
* 40 - Jingquanshitaijiquan
* 42 - Chen
* 42 -
* 42 - Sun Traditional Short
* 43 - Yang
* 43 - Zhao Bao
* 46 - Yang Competition
* 46 - Wu competition
* 48 - Combined
* 48 - Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan
* 49 - Yang Demo/Family competition
* 49 - Wu short form
* 50 - short form
* 53 - Fu style advanced tai chi
* 54 - Wu Jianquan family competition form
* 56 - Chen Competition
* 56 - Zhao Bao
* 64 - Yang
* 66 - Combined Standardized
* 67 - 67 movements Combined Tai-Chi Chuan form
* 67 - Fu style tai chi lightning palm
* 67 -
* 72 - Chen
* 72 - Huang Sheng Shyan Form
* 73 - Sun Competition
* 74 -
* 81 - Wu Old Form
* 81 - Chen Style, First Routine
* 83 - Chen New Form
* 88 - Yang Standardized
* 95 - Shanghai Jianchuan T'ai Chi Association Wu Style Tai Chi Fast Form
* 96 - Wu long form
* 97/98 - Sun Traditional Long
* 103 -
* 105 - Fu style Tai Chi Ch'uan
* 108 -
* 108 - Chen
* 108 -
* 119 - long
* 120 - - Annotated Form
* 140 - form
* 229 - - Long Form

Forms of T'ai Chi Ch'uan vary according to the creator's knowledge of Taoist Philosophy relating to Taoist Boxing and preferences. Some Forms relate more to philosophic principles, some to practical Taoist Boxing, but all should contain the '13 Principles'.

There are also many variations of qigong forms associated with different schools.

Weapon forms

* 13 - Dong Yue Combined
* 13 - Wu Jianquan
* 16 - Yang Standardized Sword
* 16 - Yang/Combined Standardized Spear
* 13 - Yang Broadsword
* 18 - Chen 'Health' Standardized Sword
* 23 - Chen Broadsword
* 24 - Wu Jianquan Spear
* 27 - 5 Section solo Taijijian
* 32 - Yang/Combined
* 36 - Chen Shi Xinyi Hun Yuan broadsword
* 40 - Chen Broadsword
* 48 - Chen Shi Xinyi Hun Yuan sword
* 49 - Chen Sword
* 54 - Yang
* 56 - Fu style tai chi seven star sword
* 62 - Chen Single Sword
* 64 - 5 Section 2 person Taijijian
* 92 - Wudang Single Sword
* 108 - Wu Jianquan Sabre
* 108 - Wu Jianquan Sword