Lineage: Wu Jianquan 吳鑒泉 Hong Dihuai 洪滌懷 (Linhai) Lin Jianquan 林鑒權 (Hangzhou)

The Six Main Principles 六大要 of Wu style taijiquan as transmitted by Hong Dihuai, disciple of Wu Jianquan:

1. 虛靈頂勁 (xuling dingjin): emptying the mind and lifting the crown of your head

2. 沉肩垂肘 (chenjian chuizhou): Sinking the shoulders and dropping the elbows

3. 含胸拔背 (hanxiong babei): tucking the chest and stretching the back

4. 氣沉丹田 (qi chen dantian): letting the qi sink to the dantian

5. 鬆腰垂臀 (songyao chuitun): relaxing the waist and lowering the buttocks

6. 左腿翹腳 (zuotui qiaojiao): sitting on a leg and raising the foot