Quantitative Motion Analysis of Tai Chi Chuan: The Upper Extremity Movement

Table 1

Comparison of the similarity of the nine TCC forms.

	1-2	1-3	1-4	1-5	1-6	1-7	1-8	1-9	1-10	1-11	1-12
Preparation	0.65	0.50	0.82	0.89	0.79	0.87	0.85	0.84	0.91	0.85	0.89	0.81
Ward off	0.90	0.38	0.95	0.92	0.96	0.96	0.98	0.94	0.94	0.93	0.94	0.89
Roll back	0.74	0.61	0.65	0.69	0.90	0.74	0.76	0.71	0.84	0.69	0.91	0.75
Press	0.60	0.81	0.75	0.74	0.63	0.77	0.54	0.79	0.79	0.83	0.60	0.71
Push	0.53	0.62	0.39	0.62	0.53	0.66	0.58	0.41	0.27	0.88	0.28	0.52
Pluck	0.61	0.69	0.77	0.72	0.81	0.84	0.79	0.76	0.87	0.75	0.80	0.77
Lay	0.93	0.88	0.94	0.91	0.90	0.87	0.78	0.91	0.94	0.94	0.91	0.90
Elbow	0.70	0.73	0.72	0.74	0.74	0.84	0.86	0.85	0.78	0.84	0.54	0.76
Lean sideways	0.72	0.55	0.72	0.53	0.37	0.62	0.77	0.78	0.83	0.79	0.51	0.65
	0.71	0.64	0.74	0.75	0.74	0.80	0.77	0.78	0.80	0.84	0.71