When students have learned the Taiji hand form and basic pushing hands exercises, they may advance to learning the weapon forms. These forms are more dynamic, involving longer and lower stances and faster movements, which can provide a different form of workout than the slower-performed hand form movements.

Nonetheless, the same principles learned in the hand form apply to the weapons forms, such as a calm stressless composure, correct alignment, softness, whole body movement and natural breathing. If errors are found in the performance of the weapons forms, these can often be traced back to errors within the performance and understanding of the hand form.

Martial applications exist for the individual styles of the forms and are performed in pairs.

The video below shows a clip of moves from the sabre form: