The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed on Thursday China’s Taijiquan on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was announced during the online meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held from December 14 to 19 in Kingston, capital […]
Fan Feng, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Sylvie Tuchman, B.A.,2 John W. Denninger, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Gregory L. Fricchione, M.D.,1 and Albert Yeung, M.D., Sc.D.1,2,⁎ The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (May 2020) Abstract The elderly are at high risk of contracting respiratory infectious diseases, including COVID-19 infection. The recent pandemic has the potential to cause significant physical and mental damage in older adults. […]
by Amanda Heidke COVID-19 has certainly meant many changes to our year and the thought of not being able to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival was not a happy one. However the easing of NSW Health directives allowing gatherings of 20 enabled us to share Tai Chi, Qigong and Mooncakes in the most beautiful natural environment […]
“World Health Qigong Day” was initiated by the International Health Qigong Federation and is celebrated on the 2nd Saturday of September each year. This year’s event’s slogan was: Have you Baduanjined today? Yes, we have! On 12 September 2020, Wushu & Tai Chi NSW, together with thousands of Health Qigong enthusiasts from all over the […]
by Steven Geisz Sport, Ethics and Philosophy(April 2020) Abstract Qigong practices are contemplative body practices and meditation techniques that emerge from Chinese philosophical, medical, and martial traditions. This paper argues that Qigong is a kind of embodied philosophical activity that is analogous to the ‘slow philosophy’ called for by Michelle Boulous Walker. Four features of […]
The 4th World Health Qigong Day will be held globally on 12 September 2020. The theme of World Health Qigong Day 2020 is “Have You Baduanjined Today?” Among the ancient Daoyin in China, Baduanjin is the most widely spread form. Among the Health Qigong promoted to the world, Health Qigong Baduanjin is also the form practised by the largest number of people in the world. This theme is in […]
by Roderik J.S. Gerritsen, Joelle Lafeber, Naomi van den Beukel & Guido P.H. Band Aging, Neuropsychology, and CognitionA Journal on Normal and Dysfunctional Development(August 2020) Abstract Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) is a promising intervention against age-related decline. Though previous studies have shown benefits in motoric and cognitive domains, it is unclear how these effects are functionally related. Therefore, […]
Recently, the International Wushu Federation has established the Ethics Committee in order to safeguard the ethical principles of the Federation. “The IWUF Ethics Committee’s responsibilities include but not limited to formulate rules and procedures governing the conduct of the ethics or disciplinary process, to oversee compliance with the rules of conduct, standards and policies, to […]
The 2020 TCAA Australian Open Tai Chi Championship, will be held on Saturday 30 May 2020 in New South Wales at the Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre, 150 Belmore Road North, Riverwood, NSW 2210. Participation is OPEN TO ALL TAI CHI ENTHUSIASTS. Please register as early as possible, and tell all your Tai Chi friends to register […]
On the “last Saturday of April” at 10 am local time worldwide, events begin … starting in the earliest time zones of New Zealand where mass Tai Chi and Qigong teach-ins and exhibitions are held that are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC. Then, as the planet turns events unfold all across Australia, Asia, […]
