by Brian Corless In the March, 2017 edition of the Tai Chi Association of Australia newsletter I wrote about the benefits of tai chi chuan for mental health and commented on published survey data from the USA by Dr. Romy Lauche* and colleagues (2016) which highlighted differences in U.S. participation rates between yoga and tai […]
Ethnomusicology Forum Colin P. McGuire Published online: 04 May 2018 Abstract Wong Fei-hung was a Cantonese martial arts master from southern China who became associated with a melody called ‘General’s Ode’. Since the 1950s, over 100 Hong Kong movies and television shows have forged the link by using this melody as Master Wong’s theme. During […]
Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography Volume 21, 2018 – Issue 2: Application of Modern Optimization Algorithm in Management Science Zhi-Yang Han Pages 601-605 | Published online: 20 Apr 2018 Abstract As a challenging topic in the field of computer vision, human action recognition has been widely used in many fields, such as virtual reality, […]
World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin Zhaojin Zhu,Yujie Yang,Jiabao Guo,Yanning Yan,Kuicheng Li,Jun Wang,Jun Yu & Yi Zhu Published online: 12 Apr 2018 Abstract This study proposes a novel occupational therapy (OT) practice tool derived from the native concept of the Tai Chi diagram. Four elements of the Tai Chi diagram, namely, Yang, Yin, Yang kernel, and Yin kernel, are matched to the elements […]
Journal of Chinese Cinemas Volume 12, 2018 – Issue 1 Pao-Chen Tang Pages 92-110 | Published online: 11 Jan 2018 Abstract By looking at selected sequences from Wong Kar-wai’s 2013 The Grandmaster in which characters, especially Gong Er (played by Zhang Ziyi), interact with the ubiquitous falling snow created by particle systems, this essay argues that the […]
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Volume 33, 1999 – Issue 2 Beng-Yeong Ng Pages 197-206 | Received 29 Apr 1998, Accepted 09 Nov 1998, Published online: 03 May 2010 Abstract Objective: This review article aims to explore current opinions on Qigong-induced mental disorders, an entity which is unfamiliar to Western psychiatrists. Method: Relevant literature published in Chinese […]
