Movement starts from the back leg, controlled by the waist and completes at the leading hand

Many Taijiquan practitioners have heard of the expression "movement from the waist", which is a very important principle in Taijiquan, but few really know how this principle is put into practice. The video clips in the first section show how you can, and should, perform Taijiquan with movement from the waist.

This waist-movement principle is crucial in attaining the three external harmonies of feet, body and hands. With the three internal harmonies of "jing", "qi" and "shen", which are "elegance of movement", "energy flow" and "presence of mind", they form the six harmonies, which should be applied in every pattern you perform, thus making Taijiquan alive.

The various patterns, shown in the video clips in the second section, are linked into a set called "White Crane Flaps Wings".