Research

Kung Fu Wushu Norfolk Island was one of 15 associations created for the Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation.  

by Peter Payne(1) and Mardi A. Crane-Godreau(1,2,*) Frontiers in Psychiatry (July 2013)  Abstract This review focuses on Meditative Movement (MM) and its effects on anxiety, depression, and other affective states. MM is a term identifying forms of exercise that use movement in conjunction with meditative attention to body sensations, including proprioception, interoception, and kinesthesis. MM includes the […]

by Roger Jahnke, OMD, Linda Larkey, PhD, Carol Rogers, Jennifer Etnier, PhD, and Fang Lin American Journal of Health Promotion (July – August 2010)  Abstract Objective Research examining psychological and physiological benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi is growing rapidly. The many practices described as Qigong or Tai Chi have similar theoretical roots, proposed mechanisms of action and expected benefits. […]

by Guo-Bin Dai & An Lu  Journal of the Philosophy of Sport (published online 06 August 2019)  Abstract Wushu is widely misunderstood and its essentially combative nature is being challenged in public discussion. Understanding and recovering its essential nature has become a core issue. This paper first conducts a review of the history of the Chinese […]

by Gehao Zhang(Doctoral Thesis)  Abstract This thesis takes the primary contemporary icons of Chinese tradition –the popular practice of Tai Chi‐and subjects its career in both China and the West, to a series of critical interrogations focusing on three main moments; the invention and (re)imagination of tradition, the practice’s migration from China to the West, […]

by Brian Corless  The aim of this article is to let the Australian Tai Chi community know about the need for more people in Australia to become more physically active and to ask for your help with ideas and suggestions about getting more people involved in Tai Chi. In 2018 the United Nations World Health […]