The late Lou Reed was mostly known as musician, however, one of his passions in life was practicing Tai Chi Chuan. Lou Reed was famous as the principal songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist for the band The Velvet Underground and later for wonderful work in his solo musical career.
Master Wei Lun Huang passed away at 11:25am on July 24, 2016. He was admitted to hospital on July 4th for a perforated colon. Unfortunately, it is reported that infection from the perforated colon spread leading to a kidney failure. Wei Lun Huang fell into a coma and never recovered. Master Wei Lun Huang was … [Read more…]
Grandmaster Yun Chung Chiang (1922 – 2016) passed away this last week. Y.C. Chiang was well known as a grandmaster of the Guang Ping style of Tai Chi Chuan. At the age of 28 he started training with the famous Guang Ping master Kuo Lien-Ying, where he learned the Gauang Ping style of Tai Chi … [Read more…]
Film maker Valdas Kotovas has produced a beautiful film capturing the events and people celebrating World Tai Chi and Qigong Day in Greenville, South Carolina.
The latest documentary by Empty Mind Films looks at the Wudang schools of Tai Chi Chuan. Once again, as with all of the Empty Mind Films productions, it is beautifully filmed and in quality HD format. The film features Taoist master Zhong Yun Long and other schools of the Wudang style of Tai Chi Chuan.
All across the globe at 10:00 am local time on April 30th, of people from more than 80 countries will celebrate the practice Tai Chi and Qigong. They will gather in small and large groups, and from large cities to small towns. The celebrations will first begin in Fiji, at 10:00 am their local time. … [Read more…]
n the 2007 movie “Hot Rod”, Andy Samberg and his co-star Isla Fisher perform a scene in which they are practising Tai Chi on the shore of a beautiful lake.
Daniel Medvedov practices and teaches what is known as the 384 Tai Chi Sequence of Yao style of Traditional Book Of Changes I Ching system.
Here is an interesting short film about the Martial Arts and “The Thin Line That Defines” the martial from the art. There is some Tai Chi featured throughout the film. This is a very beautifully filmed, and the editing is well done. Described as a A Film Documentary – Visual Poetry by spacebyspotmarasigan.com Please enjoy … [Read more…]
50,000 students of Tai Chi Chuan gathered in Jiaozuo, a city in the Henan province of China to set a world record. On the morning of Sunday October 18, 2015, students lined up in long rows upon rows and began their synchronized movements of slow gentle movements at 15 different locations throughout the city. The … [Read more…]