八卦掌有单练、对练和散打等形式。根据老拳谱记载,八卦掌拳系尚有十八趟罗汉手、七十二暗脚、七十二截腿,但目前很少传习。
Eight-trigram Palm(Bagua Zhang)has forms of single-hand,one-off-one and San da.According to“Laoquan Pu record”,there are eighteen Arhat Hand,seventy two feet and seventy two interceptive legs,but these are hardly learned.
八卦掌所用器械,有刀、枪、剑、戟等,练法仍体现随走随变、械随身走、身随步换、势势相连的特点。另外,还有鸳鸯钺、鸡爪锐、风火轮、判官笔等短小的双器械,这在其他拳种中较为少见。