Tai chi master Jincai Cheng appreciates the scores of medallions his followers took home from two recent international martial arts tournaments. But he refuses to become complacent, looking instead to ...

Chen style tai chi chuan, the original form of tai chi, was created in the 1600s by a retired general, Chen Wangting. Unlike the highly popular Yang style, which derived from it in the mid-19th ...

Preparations have started on the application to UNESCO of Chen-style shadowboxing for the title of masterpiece of oral and intangible heritage, said a local official in central China's Henan Province.

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese martial art originally designed as a unique self-defense technique, which later evolved into an effective health exercise. Characterized by flowing, graceful, and well ...

Stomps, punches and kicks. Many of James Healy's movements are swift, powerful and explosive. Every time Healy, a 59-year-old American copy editor and an advanced student of Chen-style tai chi in ...