Tai Chi Exercises PDF: Printable Reference Sheets & Charts

Traditional Form Reference Sheets

“I want the movement names and order for one form, on one or two sheets.”

The whole sequence in order — Chinese name, pinyin and English, grouped as the set is taught. Made for checking what comes next and for revising a form you already know. Kept short on purpose: this is the sheet you keep beside you during practice, not the booklet you read to learn.

Status · All 23 published — one sheet per form in the library, generated from the same movement records the pages carry. Free, A4, no sign-up. Two weapon sets draw on members-area data and are not included; qigong sets get their own sheets on the qigong shelf.

Beginner Exercise Charts

“I am new — I want a short chart to follow for the next few weeks.”

A subset rather than the whole form: the handful of movements you can learn in a first month, laid out one per row with a picture, so you can follow it without reading paragraphs. Different job from a reference sheet: the sheet is the full map, the chart is the route for this month.

Status · In development — depends on the reference sheets being settled first, so the two do not repeat each other.

Seated and Adapted Tai Chi

“I need something I can do sitting down, or around an injury.”

Chair-based and adapted versions, for people practising at a desk, recovering, or working around a limitation. This is the one category where we will not borrow from the traditional sequences: an adapted set has to be built as adapted, or the result is a standing form performed badly.

Status · Planned — nothing published yet. We are not going to repackage a standing form and call it seated.

Nothing to link to yet — this one is genuinely not started.

Practice Guides & Self-Check Sheets

“I know the movements — what should I be watching for while I practise?”

A different job from every sheet above. A reference sheet tells you what the movements are called and what order they come in; a self-check sheet tells you what to look at while you are doing them. These are guides to observation — the questions to ask yourself mid-practice, the mistakes that are easiest to miss in yourself, and when a problem is worth taking to a teacher.

Status · One published: the Tai Chi Practice Self-Check Guide, nine pages, free and without a sign-up. Available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Qigong Printable Sheets

“I want qigong, not taiji.”

Qigong sets live on their own shelf because qigong is a distinct practice tradition, with its own movement sequences and learning resources. Mixing them into a grid of Taiji forms makes both harder to read.

Status · Planned — the sequences themselves are already published and printable, and practice music is available for the main sets. Dedicated qigong sheets are not made yet.