Helen Liang was a young woman in her early 20’s living in Vancouver, Canada. Earlier she had graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Economics, and was working in a bank in Vancouver and was up for promotion. She was also a top-notch wushu (Chinese martial arts) expert, and the daughter […]
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One Person’s Experience: Overcoming Lymphoma with Qigong, Taiji, and Alternative Medical Treatment
June 2012
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Taiji and Parkinson Disease
March 2012
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Many medical research studies in the last 20 years have already shown that there are many health benefits from practicing Taiji. [1] These include benefits for lowering of blood pressure, increase in immunity to shingles, relief to osteoarthritis, improvement in the control of Type 2 diabetes, lowering stress and pain reduction, reducing probability of falling […]
Taiji, Wuji, Modern Physics, and Cosmology
December 2011
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Being a Taijiquan [1] student and teacher, I, of course, can say something about what Taiji is. Being involved in Taijiquan, invariably on many occasions I have also heard of the term Wuji. However, in spite of the fact that I have heard of Wuji many, many times and have come across this term and […]
Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” and Taijiquan
August 2011
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“The Art of War” written by Sun Tzu (孫子兵法) about 500 B.C. is an ancient Chinese classic on conducting warfare. A large part of this book is about how to lead an army of soldiers to defeat the enemy’s army of soldiers. This classic has been read and studied by many military establishments, including the […]
