Hsiung Wei explains that taiji-daoyin is a form of physical training for the cultivation of qi (" ch'i "), or vital energy, developed from the essentials of the Yang, Chen and Hao schools of taijiquan, along with Daoist methods of diaphragm-breathing.
熊衛指出，「太極導引」是整理自傳統太極拳楊氏、陳氏及郝氏各派精華動作，融合道家丹道文化所發展出來的一種肢體養氣鍛鍊。