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title: First 5 forms - 18 Step Chen Tai Chi Chuan Form
teacher: Quintin Derham School of Martial Arts
runtime: 3 min
url: https://tai-chi.app/library/first-5-forms-18-step-chen-tai-chi-chuan-form-ipHOnI6G-jc
lang: en
source: Tai Chi — https://tai-chi.app
---


# First 5 forms - 18 Step Chen Tai Chi Chuan Form

3 min with Quintin Derham School of Martial Arts. Standing and unsupported. Works for focus. Assumes some practice behind you. Runtime verified against YouTube, and where it fits in a session explained.

Taught by **Quintin Derham School of Martial Arts**. Not hosted by Tai Chi — it is embedded from YouTube with attribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipHOnI6G-jc

- **Runtime**: 3 min (154 seconds, verified against YouTube on 2026-08-02)
- **Posture**: Standing and unsupported
- **Style**: Chen style — the oldest family, alternating slow passages with sudden released power; the most demanding of the legs
- **Trains**: focus
- **Suits**: someone with a few months behind them, someone with an established practice
- **Intensity**: moderate
- **Phases it can fill**: Form
- **Teaching style**: talks you through each movement as you go
- **Spoken language**: English

Tai Chi places this class into a session automatically rather than asking you to choose it: https://tai-chi.app