Diana McKinney is excited yet nervous about showing her martial arts skills to the world next month. The 30-year-old computer technician from Sharpstown has taken only two years of lessons in tai chi with master Jincai Cheng. So she isn’t sure if her preparation is enough to be spotlighted for the first time in an international competition in Dallas. However,…
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Diana McKinney is excited yet nervous about showing her martial arts skills to the world next month. The 30-year-old computer technician from Sharpstown has taken only two years of lessons in tai chi with master Jincai Cheng. So she isn't sure if her preparation is enough to be spotlighted for the first time in an international competition in Dallas. However,…
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Tai chi instructor touts many benefits of martial art
CHUNHUA ZEN ZHENG, Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle Published 6:00 am CST, Tuesday, January 9, 2001 Stretching, bending, pushing and swirling in perfect unison and with deliberate slowness, scores of men and women, donned in white uniforms, moved as gracefully as wing-spreading swans hovering under the azure sky. The afternoon sun highlighted their sways and turns and cast their shadows that swung…
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Tai Chi: Ancient Chinese martial art finds following in America – Meditation In Motion
Original published on HOUSTON CHRONICLE newspaper section life Style & Entertainment on Jan.11, 1999 Written By MELISSA FLETCHER STOELTJE Al-asr Cordes moves with the grace and fluidity of an underwater ballet. Twisting and turning, swirling and lunging, his arms and legs sway in perfect time. It’s calming just to watch him. This dance – this poetry – is more than meets the…