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Yang Long Form (85)杨式传统

The traditional Yang long form. This site’s codex follows the 85-posture frame; its primary source text is 傅钟文 演述《杨式太极拳》. “108” is a widely used label, not the count used here.

The Long Form is counted as 85 postures in the Fu Zhongwen system and 103 by the Yang family association — 108 is simply the name most practitioners know it by.

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Yang Long Form
The Yang Long Form is the traditional, full-length routine of Yang-style tai chi—commonly called the 108-posture form, but counted as 85 postures in Fu Zhongwen's system or 103 in Yang Zhenduo's—a slow, expansive sequence that develops whole-body coordination, rootedness, and qi flow.

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Wudang, Chen and Yang Tai Chi: How the Three Traditions Relate
Yang Style 85 Form: The Traditional Long Form Explained

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