Martial Arts Terminology

Martial arts names, techniques, and forms are given in first Chinese characters,
then pinyin romanization, and finally in English translation. Martial art style names
are given in red, and all following terms in black are from that particular style.

站樁Zhan4zhuang1Post Standing - a power-building exercise
氣功Qi4gong1Breath Skill
內功Nei4gong1Internal Skill
基本功Ji1ben3gong1Basic Skills
發勁Fa1jin4Release Force - the skill of releasing internal power as a force
振勁Zhen4jin4Vibrating Force - a high-level skill of releasing vibrating power
形意拳Xing2yi4quan2Form Will Fist
三體式San1ti3shi4Trinity Standing, a power-building exercise
五形拳Wu3xing2quan2Five Element Fists
劈拳Pi4quan2Splitting Fist - the first of the five elements
崩拳Beng1quan2Smashing Fist - the second of the five elements
鑽拳Zuan1quan2Drilling Fist - the third of the five elements
炮拳Pao4quan2Pounding Fist - the fourth of the five elements
橫拳Heng2quan2Crossing Fist - the fifth of the five elements
五行連環拳Wu3xing2lian2huan2quan2Five Element Linking Fist - a basic form linking the 5 element techniques
五形生克炮拳Wu3xing2sheng1ke4pao4quan2Five Element Creative and Destructive Cannon Fist - an intermediate form using the 5 elements
十二形拳Shi2er4xing2quan2Twelve (Animals) Forms Fist - an intermediate form imitating different animals
雜式捶Za2shi4chui2Mixed Forms Beating - an advanced form
安身炮拳An1shen1pao4quan2Stable Body Pounding - an advanced two-person form
八式Ba1shi4Eight Forms - an advanced form
意拳Yi4quan2Mind Fist
凌空勁Lin2kong1jin4Traversing-Space Force
八卦掌Ba1gua4zhang3Eight Trigrams Palm
走圈Zou3quan1Walking the Circle - the basic bagua exercise, which develops power, agility, and spiraling power
大八掌Da4ba1zhang3Big Eight Palms
單換掌Dan1huan4zhang3Single Palm Change - the first of the big eight palms
雙換掌Shuang1huan4zhang3Double Palm Change - the second of the big eight palms