Chen Huixian teaches a beginner tai chi class at Premier Martial Arts Academy. You know the stereotypes: outdoor scenes of classmates moving together in a slow-motion ballet; serene images used to ...

Tai chi chuan, often shortened to tai chi, originated in China as a martial art for self-defense. But, in recent years, it has gained popularity among the general population as a beneficial exercise.

BEIJING — For weeks, mixed-martial-arts (MMA) fighter Xu Xiaodong had been taunting masters of the traditional Chinese martial arts, dismissing them as overly commercialized frauds, and challenging ...

The Confucius Institute at Miami University held its 7th Chinese Martial Art Duanwei Test on April 30th, 2020 via WebEx application. Students who were a part of the Tai Chi courses at Miami University ...

Martial arts as repped by Tai Chi hours are upon us, kids. Are you ready to witness the might and grandeur of this traditional martial art? Will you be able to handle the grace and fluidity of an ...

In a sparse Belfast sports hall, the sounds of a gently plucked harp are echoing off the high walls as onlookers watch a group of a dozen or so people. At first glance, it's like they're moving in ...

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:23 p.m. Peter Asco said he hasn’t caught a cold in 20 years. Asco credits his resilient health to the practice of tai chi, which not only has the ability to ...

Kung Fu masters are lining up to fight Xu Xiaodong after he destroyed and insulted a Chinese martial arts tradition. If you’ve seen Marvel’s new Netflix series Iron Fist, then you may have heard of ...

LITTLE ROCK — Tai chi is a physical and mental practice that goes back thousands of years. Arthur Rosenfeld, a popular practitioner, calls tai chi one of the crown jewels of traditional Chinese ...

More than 50 people gathered in Des Moines on Saturday as part of a worldwide celebration of the martial and meditative arts tai chi and qigong. The annual World Tai Chi and Qigong Day starts in Samoa ...

Ahoy, martial arts kids. No, I don’t usually talk like that. The hell was I thinking, opening with “ahoy”? Ugh. Anyway, hope you enjoyed watching Francis Ngannou shock the world as much as some of us ...

There’s an unexpected but important moment in “Man of Tai Chi” when the film goes from being a self-serious, mostlystraightforward martial-arts film to something weirder and sillier – the catapult ...