Eight Methods and Five Steps of Tai Chi

The eight steps of Tai Chi are as follows: The eight methods are pushing, pushing, pressing, picking, pushing, elbowing and tilting. The five steps are look left, look right, forward, backward, and center.

The eight steps are "moving, leveling, squeezing, pressing, picking, moving, elbowing, and leaning", and the five steps are "looking left, looking right, advancing, retreating, and staying in the center." The combination of eight methods and five steps is the thirteen forms of Tai Chi. Whether it is the Chen style or the Yang style, the basic elements of the different moves are derived from the Thirteen Styles.

The eight methods and five steps are part of the "Thirteen Postures of Tai Chi". There are thirteen methods, which we usually call: throwing, paddling, squeezing, pressing, picking, holding, elbowing, leaning, advancing, retreating, looking, looking, and practicing. The first eight characters are the Eight Methods, and the last five characters are the Five Steps. Commonly known as the Eight Steps and Five Steps, Bagua and Five Elements, the Essence of Tai Chi, and the Thirteen Postures of Tai Chi, all refer to these thirteen methods.