Tai Chi Styles
Tai Chi Styles is a structured health & wellness dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Style, Founder, Origin Century. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Style, Founder, Origin Century, Pace, Difficulty, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Origin Century groups
- 9 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
- Difficulty groups
- 3 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Style, Founder, and Origin Century across health & wellness entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Style↕ | Founder↕ | Origin Century↕ | Pace↕ | Difficulty↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yang Style | Yang Luchan | 19th century | Slow, even | Beginner friendly | Most popular style worldwide, large flowing frames, gentle on joints, taught in parks across China |
Chen Style | Chen Wangting | 17th century | Alternating slow and explosive | Advanced | Original tai chi style, silk-reeling (chan si jin) movements, fa jin power releases, low stances |
Wu Style (Wu Jianquan) | Wu Jianquan | Early 20th century | Slow, compact | Intermediate | Second most popular style, small frame, forward-leaning posture, soft and subtle |
Wu (Hao) Style | Wu Yuxiang | 19th century | Very slow, precise | Advanced | Smallest frame, high stances, rare outside China, internal focus over external shape |
Sun Style | Sun Lutang | Early 20th century | Smooth, lively | Beginner friendly | Combines tai chi with bagua and xingyi, agile stepping, recommended for arthritis patients |
Zhaobao Style | Chen Qingping | 19th century | Circular, flowing | Intermediate | Offshoot of Chen style from Zhaobao village, small circular movements, less widely taught |
Cheng Man-ching Short Form | Cheng Man-ching | Mid 20th century | Slow | Beginner friendly | 37-posture simplified form, brought tai chi to the West in the 1960s, condensed Yang style |
24-Form (Beijing Simplified) | Chinese Sports Committee | 1956 | Slow, even | Beginner friendly | Government-standardized form, most widely practiced in the world, 24 postures in 6 minutes |
48-Form | Chinese Sports Committee | 1979 | Slow, even | Intermediate | Combines elements from Yang, Chen, Wu and Sun styles, used in competition |
42-Form Competition | Chinese Wushu Association | 1989 | Slow with speed changes | Advanced | Official international competition form, blend of all five major styles |
Yang Style Old Frame | Yang Luchan | 19th century | Slow, expansive | Intermediate | Original Yang form before simplification, 108 postures, larger martial frame |
Chen Xinjia (New Frame) | Chen Fake | Early 20th century | Dynamic, explosive | Advanced | Modernized Chen style, more spiral movement, favored by modern Chen practitioners |
Chen Laojia (Old Frame) | Chen Changxing | 19th century | Slow with fa jin bursts | Advanced | Traditional Chen form, foundation for all other Chen variants, 74 postures |
Wudang Tai Chi | Zhang Sanfeng (legendary) | Legendary, 13th century | Flowing, meditative | Intermediate | Taoist temple tradition from Wudang Mountains, heavy internal alchemy focus |
Tai Chi for Arthritis | Dr. Paul Lam | 1997 | Very slow, gentle | Beginner friendly | Modified Sun style, clinically proven for balance and joint pain, endorsed by Arthritis Foundation |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Tai Chi Styles organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 15 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 15 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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