Participants in the taijiquan event at the Asian Games in Beijing did not compete hand to hand, but instead performed 42 set moves, each with a high degree of difficulty. The moves had been selected by the martial arts community in mainland China, and represented four different taijiquan styles--the Chen, Yang, Wu, and Sun schools.
亞運的太極拳，比的是由大陸武術界研究整理自太極拳陳、楊、吳、孫各派高難度動作的「四十二套路」表演，尚未發展出兩人對打的推手。