The techniques used are split into 8 ranks which are divided into low, middle and high levels
From the lowest to the highest are:
Yellow
High
Black
Earth
Heaven
Those techniques are also clasified into weapon techniques, illusion technique, eye technique ,beast technique, body tempering techniques, elemental techniques, finger technique,physical techniques, fist techniques, leg techniques, palm techniques, movement techniques, grabbing techniques, and claw techniques, besides the ones for cultivation and others.
Weapon techniques refer to the techniques for: sword, blade, spear, bow, halbred axe and knife.
Body tempering techniques are used to strengthen the body while, physical techniques focus on the practitioner's physical strength to have the desired effect, even showing an image when it is performed, but those techniques usually have the name if a beast.
A beast technique transforms a part of the practitioner's body to that of a certain beast.
Grabbing techniques are obviously used for catching someone or something.
Elemental techniques are used to allow the practitioner to unleash a more powerful element-based attack than he could normally, it can also strengthen the corresponding type of qi. Despite it's name elemental techniques can also be used by those who don't have an attribute.