Health Benenfits

Studies indicate that Tai Chi helps combat Type 2 diabetes.

Science Daily - Diabetes Control

Science Daily 1998 - Tai Chi Reduces Blood Pressure in Older Adults as much as moderately intense aerobic exercise.

WebMD - Tai Chi for Arthritis.

Mayo Clinic - Tai Chi reduces stress, improves balance, and improves agility.

Tai Chi - The Hindu

The Hindu had a nice write up about Tai Chi. The picture above is worth a thousands words. Tai Chi is becoming more popular as a means of staying healthy around the globe.

Dragon Con Tai Chi Demonstration

Any of you that frequent Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA might want to check out the Tai Chi demonstration put on by James Garner.

James sent us the info and here it is ...

"For those who're attending Dragon Con next weekend, I'll be holding a Tai Chi Chuan panel again this year. This year, the name of the panel is "Of Yin and Yang - Tai Chi and Tai Chi Chuan" and will be on the Silk Road track. Although the Dragon Con schedule hasn't been posted yet, I expect the tai chi panel will in the same time slot as last year - Saturday at 1:00pm in the Chicago rooms. If you're attending Dragon Con this year, please stop by!" -- James Garner

I participated in the demo a few years ago with Sifu Cook, and I must say it was an excellent experience. The room was full of people and they were eager to participate. James does an excellent job of organizing and executing this event each year.

UPDATE 8/27/2008 - The schedule for Draon Con has been posted. My Tai Chi Chuan panel will be on Sunday (instead of Saturday) at 1:00 pm in room M101 in the Mariott Marquis.

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- James

William C. C. Chen to Visit in November

We are excited that there are plans to host Grandmaster William C. C. Chen on Sunday November 9th at Roswell Budokan. William Chen as a teenager was interested in the martial arts and wished to become a great master. His father introduced him to an old playmate Chen Man Ching who just happened to be one of the most famous Tai Chi masters. He then became Chen Man Ching's (or Prof. Chen) youngest student.

Grandmaster William Chen is my teacher's teacher. I have been attending Grandmaster Chen's Seminar at Tennessee University, with Sifu Jeff Cook, for four years. I must say that their is a good reason Grandmaster Chen is consistently published in Kung Fu and Tai Chi magazine. He has certainly become the master he wished to be when he was a teenager. I was excited this year to get to meet him at the airport with Sifu Cook and Sifu Brown, Sifu Larry Brown hosts the event each year. In person he is a very humbling sort of person. Very relaxed, very generous, caring, and reserved. When he begins class, it is like awakening a sleeping dragon. He comes alive with an invigorating energy under his very relaxed facade. He is gentle and demonstrates a kind of patience in teaching I can only one day wish to achieve.

Grandmaster Chen has gone on to train champions in fighting include both his children (Max and Tiffany). Check out the website. Their is some extraordinary footage of Max and Tiffany fighting.