吴式：清末河北大兴人全佑（1834～1902），满族人，初拜杨露禅学太极拳大架子，后又拜杨露禅次子杨班侯学小架子，以善柔化而著名。其子吴鉴泉（1870～1942）在继承父传杨式小架太极拳的基础上不断修改，使拳式连绵不断，不纵不跳，适应性较广泛。后人称之为吴式小架子，即目前流传的吴式太极拳。其特点是：以柔化著称，动作轻松自然，连绵不断，拳式小巧灵活，拳架由开展而紧凑，紧凑中自具舒展，不显拘谨。
Wu-style：Quanyou(1834～1902)，Man Minority，from Daxing，Hebei in late Qing Dynasty,had learned major frame of Taiji Quan from Yang Luchan and learned small frame from Yang Luchan's second son Yang Banhou，who was famous for softness.On the basis of Yang-style Taiji Quan with small frame，his son Wu Jianquan（1870～1942）revised Yang-style Taiji Quan into continuous movement without jump，which had relatively wide application.The descendants call it the Wu-style small frame，namely the popular Wu-style Taiji Quan at present.The characteristics are：soft，relax，natural，continuous and flexible.The posture changes from stretching to contracting naturally.