Eight Desired Qualities in Movement in T'ai Chi Ch'uan

(According to T.Y. Pang)

1. Zhong - centered, always in balance, not leaning in any direction
2. Zheng - upright, body straight and erect
3. An - peaceful
4. Shu - comfortable, soothingly stretched
5. Qing - light, not heavy or clumsy
6. Ling - nimble, flexible
7. Yuan - round, smooth
8. Huo - alive

Six Important Points

(According to Cheng Man Ching)

1. The feet, legs, and waist must act together simultaneously. Don't move the hands by themselves. The beginnings and ends of movements can not be separated.
2. Sink the shoulders, drop the elbows and sit the wrists.
3. Sink the chest and pluck up the back.
4. Sink the Ch'i to the Tan T'ien
5. Effortlessly the chin reaches the top of the head.
6. The knees should not go beyond the toes of the foot, the instep should be as soft as cotton, and the "bubbling well" relaxed and sunken into the ground.