NHS: A guide to tai chi

Tai chi v Zumba: Do you have to work up a sweat to get fit?

A recent (10 October 2018) edition of BBC’s Trust Me I am a Doctor investigated the health benefits of Tai Chi compared to Zumba.  The results were surprising!  The programme can be found on BBC iPlayer or you can see it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45799473?ocid=wsnews.chat-apps.in-app-msg.whatsapp.trial.link1_.auin

We do Chi Kung in Class as warm up. In chinese Chi is Breath and Kung is Work. So we do “Breath Work”.

Listen to Michael Mosley’s Just One Thing episode on “Breath”

Here it is on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM-PC2IjMnw

Michael Mosley also did an episode in the series comparing Tai Chi with brisk walking, Tai Chi improved participants’ Cognitive function.

Listen to what Bruce Lee says. Doing martial art is doing sport, art and philosophy all the same time BRUCE LEE, THE LOST INTERVIEW – full movie / EN

Ford: The Psychology of Performance This research shows that performance  (as in ability to concentrate and make fast decisions), is much improved with preparation using breathing mediation and visualization.