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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

POCATELLO — Debbie Tranmer said one of the many benefits of tai chi is that it improves blood flow, something that’s critical for maintaining good organs and retaining motor skills later on in life.

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

They’ve got it down to a fine martial art! Dozens of Brooklynites gathered at Grand Army Plaza for a free tai chi lesson on April 30 — also known as World Tai Chi Day — courtesy of Park Slope’s ...

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 ...