what are chinese kung fu poomse's called

hey what are Chinese forms called in Chinese martial arts such as in hon gar or sholin

 

Forms.

 

Wu shu often calls them taolu, but generally everyone just calls them forms.

 

thanks

 

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Kuen translates in several different ways - e.g as fist, as boxing, as fighting, so no reason why it cant also mean forms or sets

I learnt my hung gar kuen (Hung family boxing) in English - so I call them forms.

 

Kuen (koon) Cantonese

But like @Tom bayley says. Basically fist. We basically says "hit fist" dah kuen.

Or when I tell family etc Im off training martial arts... Im off to dah kuen.

Or even sparring ... Go dah kuen with him. (Point at opponent)

 

I also regularly heard then referred to as "forms" mostly.
For competition they came under "taolu"
and the forms I heard under mandarin name often ended "Quan" (fist).