Before we take up Taiji we should have an understanding of its structure and quality. The basic skills are from the below to the top, relax with the toe, heel, knee, crotch, elbow, waist, shoulder, wrist, hand, and fingers. All are successive. This is Nine Relaxing. The Ten Need are: keeping the buttocks down, wrapping the crotch, shrinking the abdomen, dropping hips, extending the chest, making the back round, emptying armpits, and straightening the neck. One lightness: Pushing the head up in mind. The Conghui point as the Yang peak and the Baihui point as the Yin peak.

习练太极拳，首先要对拳的结构和品格进行分析、认识。太极拳有自身的运动规律和运动轨迹。太极是武术，有武术的共性，又有它自身的特性。其特性是阴阳变动，举动轻灵、用意不用力、上下相随、内外相合、虚实渐变，被动练拳等等。太极拳的基本功十分重要，手脚结合上下相随，基本功为：从下往上，脚（脚趾）踝、膝、胯、肘、腰、肩、腕、手和手指完全放松，且节节贯串，这是九松。（听劲）十要是：溜臀、裹裆、收小腹、吸收左右腹股沟、展胸、圆背、吸收左右胸窝、驰项。（听劲）一虚灵：头上虚灵顶，囱会穴为阳顶，百会穴为阴顶。