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The way of tai chi chuan |
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A soft martial art for health and martial power
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Often, at the break of dawn, one will see a
group of people at the parks practicing in unison dance-like
hypnotic movements. It is the form of tai chi chuan (literally
supreme ultimate fist), a soft style of martial art that originated
in China. Tai chi today is known as an integral part of traditional
Chinese medicine (TCM). Traditional Chinese doctors prescribe the
practice of tai chi together with acupressure, acupuncture,
moxabustion (burning of mugwort herb), Chinese herbology, tuin na
(massage) and chi kung (internal energy exercises) to regulate a
person’s chi or life force in healing various diseases.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Postnatal depression can be treated
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PARIS: Many women struggling with the post-baby blues may expect
only a hug or a couple of pills, but in new studies published on
Friday, doctors say counselling can not only treat this risky
condition but prevent it too.
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MARTIAL
TALK
By Perry Gil S. Mallari
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The influence of
geography on martial arts
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Geography played an important role in the development of some
systems of martial arts. In the Chinese martial arts, there exists a
saying that goes “hands in the south and kicks in the north,”
pertaining to the emphasis of southern...
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COME
FLOW WITH ME
By David C. Montecillo
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Do one thing good
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I remember the first few lessons I had with my tai chi teacher. On
the first day I was expecting to do all those really cool, flowing
movements of tai chi straight on. But rather than go to all the
flowery stuff we spent the whole hour session...
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Drinking coffee reduces risk of
Alzheimer’s
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STOCKHOLM: Middle-aged people who drink moderate amounts of coffee
significantly reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,
a study by Finnish and Swedish researchers showed Thursday.
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Medical ‘microbot’ deemed as future of surgical procedure
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PARIS, France: In 1966, the movie Fantastic Voyage recounted the
tale of doctors who are miniaturized along with a submarine and
injected into the body of a Soviet defector, sailing up his
bloodstream to destroy a brain clot that imperils the VIP’s life.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Doing the impossible
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All throughout my elementary school and high school, I wasn’t at
all a good student. The reason was clear: I wasn’t interested in
studying. I saw no meaning and had other things to do like indulging
myself into sports; I was...
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