Teaming Master Ren Guang-Yi with friend and disciple Lou Reed on the exercise DVD “Chen Taijiquan” would seem like an inspired idea -- injecting a hefty dose of iconoclastic star power into the ...

On occasion, Chen Zhenglei, one of China's Top 10 Martial Artists, will visit a construction site 3 km from his home in Chenjiagou Village, Wenxian County, Jiaozuo City of Henan Province. The ...

There are many who believe that performing tai chi is an all-natural key to maintaining health and boosting energy and healing powers. In fact, supposedly it can make you forget yourself, make you ...

BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed China's Taijiquan on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural ...

Foreign students practice Chen style tai chi at an international cultural exchange center in Wenxian county, Jiaozuo, Henan province. [Photo by Xu Hongxing/For China Daily] Tai chi, according to a ...

When most people picture Taijiquan, better known as Tai Chi (太极拳), two contrasting images tend to come to mind. One is the slow-moving routine practised by elderly people in parks in the early morning ...

SINGAPORE – When she was nine, Charlotte Ng learnt taijiquan from national wushu exponent Vera Tan. In a poignant moment eight years later, master and pupil both topped the podium on the final day of ...

The fluid combination of slow, graceful movements and lightning-quick strikes easily sets taijiquan apart from other martial arts. The earliest traceable origin of taijiquan dates back to ...

With a gentle lift of the hands, a slow rise of the body and a steady bend of the knees, Taijiquan has been practiced for centuries by people of all ages and backgrounds. More than an exercise, it's a ...