42 (Competition Form) Tai Chi Chuan
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The 42 Form (Competition Form) T'ai Chi Ch'uan is the standard Wushu competition form which combines movements drawn from the Yang, Wu, Chen, and Sun styles of traditional Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan). It was created in 1989 by the Chinese Sports Committee to standardize the many different competition forms.
At the 11th Asian Games of 1990, Wushu was included as an item for competition for the first time with the 42 Form being chosen to represent T'ai Chi.
[edit] See also
24 (Simplified Form) Tai Chi Chuan
[edit] External links
- 42-form (list of) denotations and illustrations
- Tai Chi Competition and the Competition 42 Forms - includes the names of each of the 42 steps, and explanations of its inner meaning by Dr. Paul Lam.
Videos
- http://www.taiji.de/taiji/head5_6/42-form.mpg - video of the 42 Form
