The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, in collaboration with the Motion Analysis Lab at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, is conducting a 12-week research study for older adults between 60-85 years old. It is investigating whether a new remote tai chi program can demonstrate improvement in balance over the 12-week period.The instructional material includes pre-recorded classes, plus […]
| March 2022 | Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies by Wen-Hsuan Tsai, Zhengwei Lin Abstract Traditional Chinese martial arts have a long history. In terms of cultural positioning, traditional martial arts have two main functions, namely, to promote patriotism and to provide opportunities for commercial exploitation. These are primarily reflected in the combat style […]
Journal of Health, Sports, and Kinesiology, 2021, 2(4), 10-19. by Peter A. Hastie, Yanhua Mo, & Hairui Li Abstract This study examined the veracity of the commonly held notion that ‘there is only one way to teach Chinese martial arts.’ To achieve this, a cohort of Chinese physical education majors and their teacher participated in […]
January 2012 | in book Recent Advances in Theories and Practice of Chinese Medicine by Stefan Jaeger Abstract This chapter shows how to compute Yin and Yang for different latitudes so traditional Chinese herbalists can quantify the efficacy of herbal drugs. Based on daylight hours, the chapter provides a simple formula that allows computation of […]
June 2021 | International Journal of the History of Sport by Wenbo Li, Guobin Dai Abstract Wushu as a Chinese cultural inheritance has for centuries encountered the question of ‘what is to be inherited and how’? The question should always be answered in the light of fresh discoveries and current research on Wushu history. This […]
January 2021 | All-Russian Science and Practice Conference by A.V. Rotar, A.V. Korichko Abstract In this article, the value of flexibility in the training system of Wushu players is analyzed at the theoretical level, including the associated influence of flexibility on the development of physical qualities. It is assumed that the development of the physical […]
September 2021 | Sport, Ethics and Philosophy by Andrew J. Dell’Olio Abstract Cheng Man-ch’ing (1901–1975) is as responsible as anyone for the wide popularity of taijiquan in the West. While his stature as a master and teacher of taijiquan is legendary, he is less well-known as a philosopher. Yet Cheng wrote a number of philosophical commentaries on Chinese classics […]
August 2021 | Journal of Healthcare Engineering | by Jing Li, Guangren Zhou Abstract Martial arts tracking is an important research topic in computer vision and artificial intelligence. It has extensive and vital applications in video monitoring, interactive animation and 3D simulation, motion capture, and advanced human-computer interaction. However, due to the change of martial […]
August 2021 | by Farhad Ghadiri et al Abstract The aim of present study was to compare the mental skills of elite male youth and adult in Wushu and Kickboxing. Subjects included of 20 youth kickbox, 20 adult kickbox, 20 youth Wushu and 20 adult wushu players. Results showed psychosomatic skills and stress reaction of […]
May 2021 | In book: Expériences du corps vivant | Publisher: L’Harmattan Abstract In spite of their inexhaustible variety, martial practices and energy medicines from China (wushu, taiji quan, qi gong, etc.) share at least one common element: they all stress the importance of shenfa (身法), an operative concept for which symptomatically we cannot give […]
