Thirty-six cubits of Taijiquan spread to the world with the structure of "one layer is deep and each layer has different meanings". Its three-level kungfu, which integrates routine, achievement, Sanshou and fighting, is an extremely important boxing theory and method, which enables boxers who have failed to practice boxing for many years to reach the realm of fitness and self-defense in a very short time.

According to the forms of elbow flexion, the types of elbow stroke in various schools of martial arts can be divided into eight types: horizontal elbow stroke, straight elbow stroke, horizontal elbow stroke, external elbow stroke, internal elbow stroke, vertical elbow stroke, back elbow stroke and lower elbow stroke.