The Thao Quyên constitute the primordial element that defines a Style or a School; these coded sequences are a long-standing legacy and require the utmost respect and enforcement.

Each technique and each progression performed in Thao Quyên contain a long work of research, observation, study and application to verify its effectiveness.

Message in code, the Thao Quyên holds a part of the principles of the method studied; every gesture and every movement, in their simplicity and harmony, conceal a series of applications that are the School's archive.

The levels of reading and interpretation of the Thao Quyen are multiple depending on the seniority of the practitioner, up to the highest levels of profound symbolic values that connect the Thao Quyen to the essential laws that govern the Universal Energy (the Chi / Ki) and the different phases of its transformation according to the Taoist philosophy.

In Qwan Ki Do, the Thao Quyen can be classified into three main categories:

1. I Thao Quyen Tieu Mon or Basic Thao Quyen

2. I Thao Quyen Dai Sports or Ancient Thao Quyen

3. I Thao Quyen Dac Di or Specials Thao Quyen