The eight methods are pushing, pushing, pressing, picking, pushing, elbowing and tilting. These five steps are to look left, right, front, back and center.

The eight methods are "move, flat, squeeze, press, pick, move, elbow and lean", and the five steps are "look left, look right, advance, retreat and settle". Eight methods and five steps add up to Tai Ji Chuan's thirteen styles. Whether it is Chen style or Yang style, the basic elements of different moves in it are derived from thirteen styles.

Eight methods and five steps are an integral part of "thirteen forms of Tai Chi". There are thirteen methods, which we usually call throwing, rowing, squeezing, pressing, picking, hugging, elbowing, leaning, advancing, retreating, looking, looking and repairing. The first eight words are eight methods, and the last five words are five steps, commonly known as eight steps and five steps, eight diagrams and five elements, the essence of Tai Chi and thirteen forms of Tai Chi, all of which refer to these thirteen methods.

Tai Ji Chuan, an intangible cultural heritage, takes Tai Chi and Yin-Yang dialectics in China's traditional Confucianism and Taoism as the core concepts, integrates many functions such as nourishing temperament, strengthening body, fighting and fighting, and combines the changes of Yin-Yang and five elements, meridian manipulation of traditional Chinese medicine, ancient citation technique and breathing technique to form a traditional China boxing with internal and external cultivation, softness and gentleness, lightness and flexibility.

1949 was adapted by the State Sports Commission for gymnastics, performances and sports competitions. After China's reform and opening up, it partially recovered its original appearance; It can be further divided into Tai Ji Chuan for competition, Tai Ji Chuan for gymnastics and Taiji Pusher.

There are many schools of traditional Tai Ji Chuan, and the common schools are Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu, How. Each school has a relationship of inheritance, learning from each other, and each school has its own characteristics, showing a state of letting a hundred flowers blossom. Because Tai Ji Chuan is a modern martial arts boxing with many schools and a broad mass base, it is a very vital martial arts boxing in China.