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  • Music Video By Latroit Features Tai Chi

    Music Video By Latroit Features Tai Chi

    Grammy award winning producer Latroit released a new music video which premiered this month on August 18th. The beautifully filmed video features Master Zi performing Tai Chi on a jetty outcropping into the ocean. Master Zi is the founder of the Dharma Health Institute located in Playa Del Rey, California.

    The music video is for the song “Don’t Give Up”, which is a cover of the song by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. Latroit teamed up with Australian singer Charlz for this wonderful version of the song.

    More information on the production and inspiration of the video can be found here.

    Don’t forget to check out our other Tai Chi videos and let us know what you think of them!

     

  • Tai Chi Featured For New Wrist Watch Series

    Tai Chi Featured For New Wrist Watch Series

    Casio, a company that is best known for their watches, has launched a new watch featuring Tai Chi. Their line of G-Shock watches has a new product line called the “Formless Tai-Chi series”. In a video for the new watches, the company has collaborated with the graffiti artist Yingjie Chen to launch the new watches.

    The philosophy of Tai-Chi has been figuratively interpreted into Yingjie Chen’s meaningful and vigorous Chinese painting, which also conveying the enduring vitality of traditional Chinese culture.

    – Video description on their Youtube Page –

     

  • 10,000 Take Part In Spectacular Display of Tai Chi

    10,000 Take Part In Spectacular Display of Tai Chi

    More than 10,000 practitioners of Tai Chi assembled in Chenjiagou, China, for a spectacular display of a group Tai Chi performance as part of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

    Chenjiagou is often referred to as the “Birthplace of Tai Chi Chuan” and is the home of the Chen family style of Tai Chi Chuan. The once small village has become transformed into a tourist and training destination for Tai Chi enthusiasts from around the world.

    Every year, thousands of people visit Chenjiagou to train at one of the 40 or more Tai Chi schools, or to experience the different cultural attractions. There has been a lot of development at the village in the past few years. Visitors can experience the Ancestral Shrine, Ancestral Cemetery, Taijiquan Research Institute, and the Yang Luchan Learning Site.

  • Tai Chi in Animated Kids Movie

    Tai Chi in Animated Kids Movie

    Tai Chi was featured in an animated movie called “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” based on the hit TV animated kids show. We are starting to see more references to Tai Chi in TV, film, commercials, and even music videos as the art is becoming more popular.

    In the movie there is a scene with two of the show’s characters, Cindy and Libby, who are friends of Jimmy Neutron. Cindy is trying to practice Tai Chi in her bedroom while drinking “Purple Flurp” and Libby is asking her what she is doing.

    As a practitioner and enthusiast who loves anything to do with Tai Chi, I am always happy when I see Tai Chi Chuan being featured in movies, TV shows, or commercials, even if it’s not good Tai Chi!

    Let us know of any movies, TV shows, commercials, or music videos you have seen Tai Chi being featured in!

    You can see this great kid’s animated movie by clicking on the image below!

    Check out our other articles about Tai Chi in Films and TV!

  • World Tai Chi Day

    World Tai Chi Day

    On the last Saturday of April every year, thousands of enthusiasts from across the globe will gather together in groups to demonstrate and celebrate the ancient art of Tai Chi. They start at 10:00 am locally in their time zones. This year the World Tai Chi and Qigong day will fall on Saturday, April 27th.

    Please enjoy this video of the 2018 event held in Greenville, South Carolina. Film maker Valdas Kotovas has been filming the day’s events in Greenville for over 10 years. You can see other excellent works of his on his YouTube Channel and learn more about him on his website valdasvideo.com.

    Beginning with the first time zone in the little country of Samoa, the worldwide events for World Tai Chi and Qiqong Day will begin at 10:00 am Somoan local time. The annual event will then move westward through such countries as Australia, Japan, China, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, North and South America. The last Word Tai Chi Day celebrations wills take place on the Hawaiian Islands, 23 hours later at 10:00 am local time.

    The World Tai Chi and Qiqong Day event began originated in 1999.  Tai Chi teacher Bill Douglas organized an event to celebrate the healing benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong. He gathered a group of about 200 participants and demonstrated Tai Chi and Qigong on the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, in the United States.

    There are many World Tai Chi and Qigong Day events across the globe are usually organized by the different local groups and schools of Tai Chi or Qiqong. To join an existing World Tai Chi and Qiqong Day event, or register your own event, you can visit the official World Tai Chi and Qigong Day website.

  • Country Music Video Features Tai Chi

    Country Music Video Features Tai Chi

    Country western music singer songwriter Jim Lauderdale has featured himself performing Tai Chi in his newest music video.

    Tai Chi has been a hobby and passion for Jim Lauderdale for more than 20 years.  He has attended regular summer camps held by George Xu, studied with Michael Tse, and regularly travels to China every few years to train with a Tai Chi masters there. When Jim Lauderdale is at home in Nashville, he can often be seen practicing Tai Chi in a local park in the mornings.

    I’m delighted to say that my new song “Listen ” is out this week. I wrote it with Buddy Cannon. It’s about the humility and wisdom that often comes with age and experience. The film clip was directed by Jeremy Dylan on location in Sydney, Australia. Just before making the video, I spent a week in China, learning the Yang family style of Tai Chi. I’ve still got a ways to go with refining it, but I thought this particular style of my practice would go well with what we are saying in the song. The majestic Blue Mountains were definitely a wonderful place to practice!

    Jim Lauderdale – Facebook post

    Jim Lauderdale had also performed Tai Chi in an earlier music video from 2007 called “This Is The Last Time I’m Ever Gonna’ Hurt”, where there were a couple of snippets of him doing Tai Chi.

    It is a real pleasure to see Tai Chi being featured in mainstream media such as music videos, commercials, television, and feature films. I look forward to seeing more quality Tai Chi being represented in these types of venues.

    Don’t forget to check out our other Tai Chi Videos!

  • Tai Chi In “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”

    Tai Chi In “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”

    In the sixth and seventh episodes of the third season of the hit television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we get to see the characters Angel and Buffy practice Tai Chi (or some version of it).

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a popular television show which aired from 1996 until 2003. It was based on the film of the same title from 1992. The series starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy, and featured David Boreanaz as the the Vampire called Angel, who became the romantic love interest of Buffy.

  • True To Life

    True To Life

    “True To Life – Taiji Beneath The Surface” is a wonderful short film by William Jobling which features Pamela Hiley, a British Tai Chi instructor who is living in Norway.

    The film is structured as a guided meditation into the spirituality of the Dao, exploring subjects of breathing, balance, defence, neutralising conflict and moving beyond polarity. It also discusses Pamela’s ideas on moving beyond religion and into a more profound connection to what it is to be a spiritual human being.

     

    From the website of the Norsk Taiji Senters.

    The footage of the film in Norway was shot on the premisses of the Norsk Taiji Senters located in the centre of Oslo, as well as on Tron Fjell. The footage filmed in China was from part of a trip to China which was organized by the “Beijing Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries” together with “Norsk Taiji Senter”.

    To see more about Pamela Hiley and the Norse Taiji Senter, visit the website of the school at https://www.taiji.no.

    To see more of the wonderful work of filmmaker William Jobling, please visit his website at https://williamjobling.com.

  • Tai Chi Helps This Concert Violinist Perform Better

    Tai Chi Helps This Concert Violinist Perform Better

    One of South Africa’s top classical concert violinists has fallen in love with the Chinese classical art of Tai Chi. As her private life became more complicated, Zanta Hofmeyr turned to the calming effects of Tai Chi to help improve her mental as well as physical well-being.

    What she also found was that her practice of Tai Chi also helped her improve as a classical concert violinist. She felt more at ease before going on stage to perform as well as better focus and concentration while playing the violin during concert performances

    Don’t forget to check out our other Tai Chi videos and let us know what you think of them!

  • Tai Chi Can Benefit Healing For Cancer Patients

    Tai Chi Can Benefit Healing For Cancer Patients

    The practice of Tai Chi has been shown to be beneficial to patients dealing with cancer. Recent studies have shown that tai chi has physical benefits for patients of cancer. These include improved balance and stamina, relaxed deeper breathing, and helping with the reduction of stress.

    Below is a video from TV channel WIBW in Topeka, Kansas, looks at an exercise class that features Tai Chi for cancer patients.

    “It’s kind of a flip from what a lot of people think of as exercise. It’s a slow; it’s rhythmic; it’s kind of continuous movement,” explained instructor Linda Gray, who is a two-time cancer survivor herself. “I got range of motion back personally in my neck through this so I know it works.”

     

    Quote from video source at TV channel WIBW