Tai chi is what is called an internal martial art – it uses the mind, body and the internal energy. Some people have described it as a cross between yoga and karate because it is about the importance ...

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.

LAS CRUCES - The movements are graceful, calculated and flowing. To some, it may appear as a slow dance, but it isn’t; it’s a martial art — it’s tai chi. Tai chi, also known as shadow boxing, was ...

Stretching, bending, pushing and swirling in perfect unison and with deliberate slowness, scores of men and women, donned in white uniforms, moved as gracefully as wing-spreading swans hovering under ...

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 ...

Discover the power of Tai Chi in Where Winds Meet. Learn how to acquire, use, and upgrade this versatile skill for combat and ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series on alternative medicine. If you or someone you know practices alternative medicine, email sturner@aikenstandard.com. Before her accident, Aiken ...

Tai Chi classes can be used to diffuse the pressures of daily life that can generate stress and manifest into chronic physical illnesses. Through the gentleness of its execution, the heart finds its ...

In the cool, misty morning air around the Wudang Mountains in Hubei province, a tall German man dressed in black robes slowly ...

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 ...