陈氏太极推手，亦称“搁手”，是以柔克刚、避实击虚、以弱胜强的双人粘、化的独特技击对练方法。双手以缠绕、粘、随为中心，结合游、连、採、挒、肘、靠、折、空、拿、打等技法，演练内外的统一性。“陈氏太极推手”有单手、双手、活步、大捋、花脚步（乱采花）五种方法。推手和练拳是分不开的，拳术不高，推手时就会出现破绽给对方可乘之机，故练习推手也是对自己拳术功夫的一种检验。Pushing-hands of Chen Family Taiji is also called "Pushing-hands" whereby overcome hardness and external strength by gentleness and yielding,It is a unique method of practicing with two persons,Your
rival connects with you through circling,winding and adherence to a set technique,combing moves of connecting,leaning,bending and holding which develops the co-ordination of the internal and the external strengths of the body.For improving Taiji skill and learning to adapt to constant changing moves,practicing pushing hands is crucial.lf you
don't have adequate Taijiquan skills,your rival will feel your weakness during the pushing-hand movements.There are five kinds of pushing-hand
forms in Chen family Taiji:Single-handed pushing,double-hand pushing,natural hancl pushing,stroking-hand pushing and florist-hand
pushing(picking flowers without rule)