（一）虚灵顶劲 Empty Butting Force
虚灵顶劲即“顶头悬”。练拳时讲究头部的头正、顶平、项直、颌收，要求头顶的百会穴处要向上轻轻顶起，同时又须保持头顶的平正。要使头正、顶平，就必须使颈项竖直、下颌里收。顶劲不可过分用力，要有自然虚灵之意。做到虚灵顶劲，精神才提得起来，动作才能沉稳、扎实。
The empty butting force is “pull head up straight with one's intention，as if the hair were hanging up to the ceiling”.The head shall be upright，then the top of the head shall be flat，next the nape shall be straight，and the mandible shall be withdrawn.The butting force cannot be too strong，but shall be natural and empty.Only keeping mind empty that the spirit can be raised and movements can be stable and strong.
（二）气沉丹田 Gathering Qi into Dantian
气沉丹田，是指身法端正，宽胸实腹，“意注丹田”，意识引导呼吸，将气徐徐送到腹部脐下。太极拳在运动时，一般都是采用腹式呼吸，同时“意注丹田”，这样才能达到太极拳“身动、心静、气敛、神舒”的境地。用腹式呼吸来加深气息的深长，应自然、匀细、徐徐吞吐，要与动作自然配合，不能用强制的方法。要求整套动作都要与一呼一吸结合得非常密切，应根据动作的开合、屈伸、起落、进退、虚实等变化，自然地去配合。一般地说，呼吸总是与胸廓的张缩、肩胛的活动自然结合着。在一个动作里，往往就伴随着一呼一吸，而不是一个动作固定为一呼或是一吸。这种与动作自然配合的方法运用得当，可以使动作更加协调、圆活、轻灵、沉稳。
Requires the upright body techniques with wide chest and the solid abdomen.“Filling mind into Dantian”means the consciousness shall guide the breath，gently send Qi to be under the navel of abdomen.During the movement，Taiji generally adopts the abdomen breath.And“filling mind into Dantian”，so as to achieve the circumstances of“moving body，quiet heart，constricting breath，and extending spirit”.Abdomen-style breathing is adopted to deepen and prolong the breath which shall be natural，equable，slow and coordinated with the movements.Forcibleness shall be prevented and the whole set of movements，including opening，closing，bending，stretching，rising，falling，forwarding，re-treating，feinted moving，intended moving etc.，shall be in good and natural coordination with breathing.Generally speaking，the breathing is always naturally in coordination with the pumping of the chest and the movement of the blade bones.The completion of a movement is usually accompanied with a round of breathing instead of inhaling or exhaling only.Such a good command and application of this breathing method as in natural coordination with movements is necessary to make the movement coordinative，flexible，agile，light and steady.