In traditional taijiquan, some turning is involved in every move, but in taiji-daoyin the rotating actions have been separated out to form new exercises, which Chang describes as taking "the strength of wound silk" from the Chen school of taijiquan, and "the strength of drawn silk" from the Yang school.
傳統的太極拳招式，無論是楊家或陳家都有旋轉的動作，但「太極導引」更直接地將這些動作提煉出來，「取陳家的纏絲勁，楊家的抽絲勁」，張良維說。