Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937) and Sun Lutang (birth name Fuquan, 1860–1933) never met, and never could have — one lived in France, the other in China. Yet they were two of the outstanding men of their generation, and each, in his own country, became a founding figure of modern physical culture: Coubertin as the father of the modern Olympic Games, Sun as the Tai Chi grandmaster once hailed as "Tiger-Headed Junior Guardian, First Hand Under Heaven." Sun Lutang and Pierre de C

Tai Chi Chuan is well-known as being easy to learn but difficult to master. As a martial art, it is a lifelong journey. In Wang Zongyue's...

Translated by: 龔振勝 (Reprinted from: 武魂雜誌 Martial Spirit Magazine, February, 2010) Appendix: Recommendation Letter from Dan Lee (李愷)...

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Translated by: 龔振勝 "The root is in the feet. The power is issued through the legs, governed by the waist, and takes shape in the fingers....

Translated by: 龔振勝 Tai Chi Chuan applies a water-like quality, sinking both one's own weight on top of the weight of the opponent coming...

Translated by: 龔振勝 Water sinks and floats. Eight Gates Represent the Eight Trigrams, and Five Steps correspond to the Five Elements....

for Bataan Faigao Bend knees, shift weight Picasso’s blue deathhead self portrait tacked on refrigerator door This is the only space in...

Author: Peter Tong Translation: Stephen Tang “太和之謂道，中涵浮沉、升降、動靜相感之性，是生絪縕相蕩勝負屈伸之始” - 張載《正蒙、太和》 “The Great Harmony is called the Tao. It...

Author: Peter Tong Translation: Stephen Tang "一生二，二生三，三生萬物。萬物負陰而抱陽，沖氣以為和。" -《老子》 “Out of Tao, One is born; out of One, Two; out of Two,...

Author: Peter Tong Translation: Stephen Tang 引言 「太極」一詞，最早見於《莊子》，也見於《易—系辭》﹕「易有太極，是生兩儀，兩儀生四象，四象生八卦」，宋代周敦頤著有《太極圖說》，以陰陽五行理論解釋世界本源及人事、萬物，太極自始成...