本章将根据教学的需求对流行较广且具有代表性的，教学中常用的长拳、太极拳、南拳、形意拳、八卦掌、八极拳、翻子拳、螳螂拳等拳种进行简要介绍。
There are diverse sorts of Quan with various schools in Wushu.The national Wushu materials explored and filed in 1979 showed that,in accordance with principles of well-organized source and course，clear theory of Quan，unique style，as well as development of its own system，there were 129 sorts of Quan throughout China and it has now developed into 131 sorts.In addition，different sorts of Quan not only have different Quan competition forms，but also have different appliance forms.