These are martial arts that appear in The Book and the Sword, grouped by faction. The skills are also organised by style in the main Jin Yong martial arts page.
Wudang Order
- Soft Cloud Swordplay (柔云剑术 — Róuyún Jiànshù)
- Lotus Golden Needles (芙蓉金针 — Fúróng Jīnzhēn)
- Wuji Mystic Fist (无极玄功拳 — Wújí Xuángōng Quán)
- Eight Trigrams Palm (八卦掌 — Bāguà Zhǎng)
- Dark Sand Palm (黑沙掌 — Hēishā Zhǎng)
- Wudang Long Fist (武当长拳 — Wǔdāng Chángquán)
- Cotton Palm (绵掌 — Mián Zhǎng)
- Acupoint-Sealing Hand (点穴手 — Diǎn Xué Shǒu)
- Thirty-Two Forms of Long Fist (三十二势长拳 — Sānshí’èr Shì Chángquán)
- Tenfold Brocade (十段锦 — Shí Duànjǐn)
- Autumn Wind Swordplay (秋风剑法 — Qiūfēng Jiànfǎ)
- Soft Hand (柔手 — Róushǒu)
- Three Linking Palms (三连手 — Sānliánshǒu)
Red Flower Society
- Hundred Blossoms Deceptive Fist (百花错拳 — Bǎihuā Cuò Quán)
- Soul-Chasing Life-Seizing Swordplay (追魂夺命剑法 — Zhuīhún Duómìng Jiànfǎ)
- Threefold Swordplay (三分剑术 — Sānfēn Jiànshù)
- Thunderclap Palm (霹雳掌 — Pīlì Zhǎng)
- Thirty-Six Paths of the Great Seizing Hand (三十六路大擒拿手 — Sānshíliù Lù Dà Qínná Shǒu)
- Yue Family Scattered Hand (岳家散手 — Yuè Jiā Sànshǒu)
- Thunder Hand (雷鸣腿 — Léimíng Tuǐ)
- Twin Flying Daggers (双莺刀 — Shuāngyīng Dāo)
Iron Courage Manor
- Iron Pipa Hand (铁琵琶手 — Tiě Pípá Shǒu)
- Eight Trigrams Blade (八卦刀 — Bāguà Dāo)
- Eight Trigrams Wandering Body Palm (八卦游身掌 — Bāguà Yóushēn Zhǎng)
- Vajra Tiger-Taming Blade (金刚伏虎刀法 — Jīngāng Fúhǔ Dāofǎ)
- Monument-Shattering Hand (大摔碑手 — Dà Shuāibēi Shǒu)
- Five Tigers New Gate Blade (五虎新门刀 — Wǔhǔ Xīnmén Dāo)
Others
- Five Elements Fist (五行拳 — Wǔxíng Quán)
- Five Elements Continuous Fist (五行连环拳 — Wǔxíng Liánhuán Quán)
- Eighteen Falls of Garment Touching (沾衣十八跌 — Zhānyī Shíbā Diē)
- Drunken Fist (醉拳 — Zuì Quán)
- Shaolin Fist (少林拳 — Shàolín Quán)
- Iron Cloth Shirt (铁布衫横练功夫 — Tiěbùshān Héngliàn Gōngfu)
- Taiji Fist (太极拳 — Tàijí Quán)
- Nine Spider Silks (九蛛丝 — Jiǔ Zhū Sī)
See also
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