We are continuing to add audio tracks to the videos in our Video Vault. The following video is the Editors Choice of bunch. It combines the energetic martial arts movements of Kung Fu with the beautiful flowing brandishing of the fan. As such it embodies the dual concepts of Kung Fu as a martial art [...]

We have been busy adding audio tracks to the videos in our Video Vault. The first one we’d like to share with you is the Tai Chi Yang/Chen 12 Form. Developed by Grandmaster Yong So himself, this form aims to mitigate some of the challenges that Tai Chi presents to students with physical limitations, such [...]

Our news roundup this month starts with a unique article relating Tai Chi with economics.  Apparently the basics of economic (and any universal phenomenon) can be understood through the forces of Yin and Yang. Gary Jiang, the President of American Tai Chi Association, explains:
When too many bad sub-prime mortgage loans failed, which is one of [...]

An article at Bella Online features a video of the Wu Shu Tai Chi performance in the Olympics opening ceremony. The second half shows 2008 Tai Chi performers moving in perfect unison. It’s quite amazing. They also have a video from the 2006 Traditional Wushu Championships in China.
In more Olympic news, taekwondo gold medalist Chu [...]

A new study out in the Sleep journal shows that Tai Chi helps you get a good night’s sleep.
Nearly two-thirds of people who learned the slow, gentle tai chi chih moves experienced significant improvements in sleep quality.
Read the full article here.
In other Tai Chi news for July, BlogCritics Magazine has a review of [...]

In the latest Tai Chi news, SeniorJournal.com reports that Tai Chi helps seniors sleep better and can even be as beneficial as a shingles vaccine.
[The study] showed that practicing tai chi chi alone boosted immunity to a level comparable to having received the standard vaccine against the shingles-causing varicella zoster virus.
Read the article here.
Stuff.co.nz [...]

The following the introduction is from Tai Chi for Everyone, available in paperback at Amazon.com and as a digital download at Lulu.com.

Tai Chi teaches a person how to guide his own natural healing energies. Tai Chi practitioners believe that obstructed currents of energy cause a person to lose his sense of harmony with nature, and [...]

News from Hollywood (or rather Korea) has Keanu Reeves planning a new tai chi movie. From CinemaBlend.com:
[Keanu Reeves] has been talking to Matrix stunt choreographer Yuen Wo Ping about doing a new kung fu movie. The film is called Tai Chi Tiger, and Keanu would be the villain. A guy named Tiger Chen [...]

Perhaps because of the Beijing Olympic Games coming up, a lot more tai chi news articles are appearing. With that in mind, we’ve decided to have a tai chi news roundup each Wednesday to keep you informed of what’s going on in the world of tai chi.
BBC News and the Straits Times of Singapore cover [...]

At long last, Tai Chi for Everyone is now available in paperback on the Amazon website. Click here to see the listing. The book is intended for the beginner who would like to learn a short Tai Chi workout in a minimum of time, with or without class instruction. It includes a history of Tai [...]