A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

Zimbabwe turning to traditional Chinese medicine

A photo of the TCM medicinal herb coptis. HARARE — Traditional Chinese medicine is gaining popularity in Zimbabwe following the opening of a TCM exhibition room at the Zimbabwe-China TCM and Acupuncture Center in the capital of Harare. In addition to acupuncture, the room is devoted to other aspects of TCM, including Chinese herbs, cupping tools, massage therapy tools, methods …

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Zimbabwe turning to traditional Chinese medicine

China Daily

China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-09 08:59 A photo of the TCM medicinal herb coptis. HARARE — Traditional Chinese medicine is gaining popularity in Zimbabwe following the opening of a TCM exhibition room at the Zimbabwe-China TCM and Acupuncture Center in the capital of Harare. In addition to acupuncture, the room is devoted to other aspects of TCM, including Chinese …

Zimbabwe Chinese Acupuncture Tcm Center Harare

Zimbabwe turning to traditional Chinese medicine

China Daily

HARARE — Traditional Chinese medicine is gaining popularity in Zimbabwe following the opening of a TCM exhibition room at the Zimbabwe-China TCM and Acupuncture Center in the capital of Harare. In addition to acupuncture, the room is devoted to other aspects of TCM, including Chinese herbs, cupping tools, massage therapy tools, methods of preparing Chinese herbs and related books. "I …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Foreign students in Lanzhou embrace Traditional Chinese Medicine

China Daily

A total of 42 international students from Gansu University of Chinese Medicine visit Lanzhou Foci Pharmaceutical Company for a study tour on Nov 14. In a vibrant celebration of cultural exchange, international students from Gansu University of Chinese Medicine recently embarked on an immersive journey into the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Lanzhou, Gansu province. On Nov 14, 42 …

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1 month, 1 week ago

10-year-old Guizhou girl goes viral for martial arts balance

China Daily

Ten-year-old Liu Shuhan, a girl from a rural village in Bijie, Guizhou province, has drawn public attention for her skillful balance on the soft rim of a plastic basin—a feat many liken to the martial art qinggong. The girl with sandbags on her legs steadies herself, then hops onto the basin's edge and walks along the circle in a martial …

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Ties that bind: Kung fu, food, language learning

China Daily

A student completes Chinese homework at Hamdan Bin Rashid Boys School. The enthusiasm for China, its people and its language is also felt at Hamdan Bin Rashid Boys School in Dubai, where more than 300 students in the ninth and 10th grades are studying Mandarin. Abdulla Mohammad Ali Aldarmaki, a 10th-grade student, says: "I started learning Chinese because I thought …

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Ties that bind: Kung fu, food, language learning

China Daily

A student completes Chinese homework at Hamdan Bin Rashid Boys School. The enthusiasm for China, its people and its language is also felt at Hamdan Bin Rashid Boys School in Dubai, where more than 300 students in the ninth and 10th grades are studying Mandarin. Abdulla Mohammad Ali Aldarmaki, a 10th-grade student, says: "I started learning Chinese because I thought …

China Chinese

2 months ago

Acupuncture's Journey: From Language Barrier to Global Expansion

China Daily

The article highlights the journey of Zhou Yunxian, an 86-year-old acupuncture teacher from China, who has spread the practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) worldwide. Despite the language barrier, Zhou faced the challenge of communicating with her students, but she overcame this by learning their language alongside them and numbering the acupoints on each meridian. Her efforts have resulted in …

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2 months ago

Acupuncture's Journey: From Language Barrier to Global Expansion

China Daily

The article highlights the journey of Zhou Yunxian, an 86-year-old acupuncture teacher, who has spread the practice of traditional Chinese medicine worldwide. Despite the language barrier, Zhou faced the challenge of communicating with her students, but she persevered and eventually trained over 30,000 healthcare professionals from over 100 countries in acupuncture, massage, and other TCM treatments.

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3 months ago

A Congolese heart guides Chinese healers

China Daily

Muisha Mbikyo Bienvenue conducts a training session for Chinese doctors at The First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, Liaoning. In a conference room at The First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, members of the 22nd Chinese medical team bound for The Gambia are undergoing pre-departure training. Over the past 60 years, China has sent …

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3 months ago

A Congolese heart guides Chinese healers

China Daily

Muisha Mbikyo Bienvenue conducts a training session for Chinese doctors at The First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, Liaoning. In a conference room at The First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, members of the 22nd Chinese medical team bound for The Gambia are undergoing pre-departure training. Over the past 60 years, China has sent …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wing Chun wows London audiences

China Daily

Actors from the Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater perform during the UK premiere of Wing Chun at Sadler's Wells in London on Friday. Provided to China Daily The worlds of dance and martial arts may not have the most obvious crossover, but lovers of both art forms will head to Sadler's Wells dance theater in north London this week to …

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4 months ago

Young Africans embrace benefits of martial arts

China Daily

Jean Philippe N'Dri demonstrates his martial arts technique at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny University in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. ZHANG JIAN/XINHUA ABIDJAN — "One, two, three, four", a young man in a Shaolin Temple training jersey commanded, as he demonstrated movements and postures to students in a gymnasium at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny University in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire. "My …

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4 months ago

Pakistan honors Ningbo University professor with Tamgha-i-Quaid-e-Azam

China Daily

Chinese scientist Liu Xinmin was honored with the Tamgha-i-Quaid-e-Azam award on Aug14 during a ceremony commemorating Pakistan's 78th Independence Day. Liu, who is a professor and chief scientist at the Institute of New Drug Technologies at Ningbo University and co-director of the Sino-Pakistani Cooperation Centre on Traditional Chinese Medicine, was bestowed with this national honor in appreciation of his pivotal …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Where innovation meets inclusivity

China Daily

Susan St. Denis, a 26-year-old US student at Tsinghua University. "I would say the Olympics is getting more and more diverse," said Stefanie Perner, a 21-year-old German student at Tsinghua University and a passionate skateboarder. Showcasing skateboarding at a huge event like the Olympics would help people accept this sport and see the beauty in it." One such principle involves …

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5 months ago

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

China Daily

Gam Bok-Yin, a 77-year-old Australian who has practiced Hung Gar for more than six decades, trains using a red-tasselled spear at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY On Hong Kong's Lantau Island, 77-year-old Gam Bok-Yin swiftly moves his fists and legs as he demonstrates the techniques of Hung Gar, a style of Chinese kung fu. Gam has …

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5 months ago

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

China Daily

Gam Bok-Yin SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Traditions preserved Wilfred Lam Chin-ting, president of the Chin Woo Athletic Association of Hong Kong Ltd, a martial arts organization with a history spanning about 100 years, said that although an exact count is unavailable, many foreigners visit Hong Kong every year to study Chinese martial arts. According to Yip Tak-ping, a senior lecturer …

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5 months ago

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

China Daily

Gam Bok-Yin, a 77-year-old Australian who has practiced Hung Gar for more than six decades, trains using a red-tasselled spear at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY On Hong Kong's Lantau Island, 77-year-old Gam Bok-Yin swiftly moves his fists and legs as he demonstrates the techniques of Hung Gar, a style of Chinese kung fu. Gam has …

Chinese Gam Hung Gar

5 months ago

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

China Daily

Gam Bok-Yin practices Hung Gar with his wife, who was also his student, in Hong Kong. SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Eastern exposure One day, Gam accompanied his neighbor to Sydney's Chinatown and was astonished to witness many people practicing the very same training techniques he had learned. His neighbor told Gam that the practice was called Hung Gar, a traditional …

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5 months ago

Foreigners help keep Kung Fu alive and kicking

China Daily

Chow Gar Tong Long devotee Paul Brennan trains with Master Ng Si-kay in Hong Kong. SUI PIU/FOR CHINA DAILY In search of the master Paul Brennan, aged in his 60s, is another Australian who came to Hong Kong to follow his martial arts dreams. Brennan's Tong Long journey began in the 1970s when he enrolled in a martial arts class, …

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5 months ago

Cheng Pei-pei, martial arts actor who starred in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,’ dies at age 78

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Cheng Pei-pei, a Chinese-born martial arts film actor who starred in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has died, her family announced Friday. Cheng, who had been diagnosed with a rare illness with symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease, passed away Wednesday at home surrounded by her loved ones, her family wrote on Facebook. The Shanghai-born film star …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Breathing life into a childhood dream

China Daily

Matt Jane poses for a group photo with his students and family members in front of his Temple in north London in 2021. "People often say you should do a movie, that would be great, but I am living the real-life version of it, that's more meaningful than making a movie," the British kung fu master said. "Many people have …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Breathing life into a childhood dream

China Daily

Matt Jane poses for a group photo with his students and family members in front of his Temple in north London in 2021. "People often say you should do a movie, that would be great, but I am living the real-life version of it, that's more meaningful than making a movie," the British kung fu master said. "Many people have …

London China Life Young Chinese Temple Jane

5 months, 3 weeks ago

University set to focus on rehabilitation

China Daily

By Wang Xiaoyu | China Daily | Updated: 2024-06-28 09:25 China recently unveiled its first university dedicated entirely to rehabilitation studies. The university plans to enroll its first batch of 300 undergraduate students across five majors: rehabilitation physical therapy; rehabilitation occupational therapy; clinical medicine; biomedical engineering; and bioinformatics. "We have established cooperation with top-tier colleges, research institutes and leading rehabilitation …

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6 months ago

International Yoga Day 2024: From trauma-informed Yoga to Yin Yoga, lesser known forms of the discipline you MUST try

Hindustan Times

Slowing down and letting yourself and your body breathe is one of the best things you can do for yourself, given the templated fast-paced lives we live. While most must have at some point or the other given Yoga a shot, the expansive world of the discipline actually has a variant perfectly suited to your body's very unique needs. International …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Tai chi master Chen Zhonghua practices moves in the Daqing Mountain in Wulian county, Shandong province, in May 2017. When Chen Zhonghua pursued his master's degree at the University of Regina in Canada 39 years ago, he practiced tai chi regularly on the lawn outside the faculty building. Chen's birthplace, Wulian county of East China's Shandong province, alone draws many …

Chen Tai Tai Chi Chi

6 months, 4 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Chen leads his students in tai chi in Yi'nan county, Shandong province. Young tai chi athletes may focus more on the competition but later realize it is not only about medals but is also good for health, mindset and discipline, Nebulana says. It's a lifelong journey for me," he says, adding that all of his family members are martial art …

Chen Tai Chi Chi

6 months, 4 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Indonesian Gora Nebulana, Chen's disciple, strikes a pose. Learning platform In 2005, Chen Zhonghua returned to Wulian county and conceived the idea of building a tai chi school in the Daqing Mountain area. Paul Pryce, a Lohan Qigong disciple of John Saw from Australia, says that he was captivated by Chen Zhonghua's tai chi skills when they met in 2013, …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Indonesian Gora Nebulana, Chen's disciple, strikes a pose. Learning platform In 2005, Chen Zhonghua returned to Wulian county and conceived the idea of building a tai chi school in the Daqing Mountain area. Paul Pryce, a Lohan Qigong disciple of John Saw from Australia, says that he was captivated by Chen Zhonghua's tai chi skills when they met in 2013, …

Chen Tai Tai Chi Chi Wulian Chen Zhonghua

6 months, 4 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Tai chi master Chen Zhonghua practices moves in the Daqing Mountain in Wulian county, Shandong province, in May 2017. When Chen Zhonghua pursued his master's degree at the University of Regina in Canada 39 years ago, he practiced tai chi regularly on the lawn outside the faculty building. Chen's birthplace, Wulian county of East China's Shandong province, alone draws many …

Chen Tai Tai Chi Chi

6 months, 4 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Tai chi contestants face each other at the start of the China Wulian 8th Fucai Cup Daqingshan Taijiquan Invitational Competition in Rizhao, Shandong province, this month. Chen subsequently heard of a local tai chi master, Hong Junsheng, who was a disciple of Grandmaster Chen Fake, and he resolved to pit his skills against the elderly practitioner. His tai chi skills …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Tai chi contestants face each other at the start of the China Wulian 8th Fucai Cup Daqingshan Taijiquan Invitational Competition in Rizhao, Shandong province, this month. Chen subsequently heard of a local tai chi master, Hong Junsheng, who was a disciple of Grandmaster Chen Fake, and he resolved to pit his skills against the elderly practitioner. His tai chi skills …

Chen Tai Tai Chi Chi Chen Zhonghua

7 months ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Tai chi master Chen Zhonghua practices moves in the Daqing Mountain in Wulian county, Shandong province, in May 2017. When Chen Zhonghua pursued his master's degree at the University of Regina in Canada 39 years ago, he practiced tai chi regularly on the lawn outside the faculty building. Chen's birthplace, Wulian county of East China's Shandong province, alone draws many …

Chen Tai Tai Chi Chi

7 months ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily

Tai chi master Chen Zhonghua practices moves in the Daqing Mountain in Wulian county, Shandong province, in May 2017. When Chen Zhonghua pursued his master's degree at the University of Regina in Canada 39 years ago, he practiced tai chi regularly on the lawn outside the faculty building. Chen's birthplace, Wulian county of East China's Shandong province, alone draws many …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kung fu dreams in the Cote d'Ivoire

China Daily

Max Yollando practises at the Shaolin Temple in Henan province. '," says Max Yollando, a young man from the Cote d'Ivoire, sharing his affection for Chinese culture. Yollando is also known as Yanming, the Chinese name he was given by his teacher at the Shaolin Temple, the Buddhist monastery where the "Shaolin kung fu" was born, and which today is …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

French martial arts enthusiasts get a kick out of China experience

China Daily

GUIYANG — With sunlight glinting on the leaves of trees and the running water in a brook at the world heritage site of Mount Fanjingshan, 62-year-old Yves Perrin sat beside the water wearing tai chi clothes, practicing traditional qigong breathing exercises. Between April 7 and 19, a group of 50 French martial arts enthusiasts visited Guizhou province to practice tai …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

French martial arts enthusiasts get a kick out of China experience

China Daily

GUIYANG — With sunlight glinting on the leaves of trees and the running water in a brook at the world heritage site of Mount Fanjingshan, 62-year-old Yves Perrin sat beside the water wearing tai chi clothes, practicing traditional qigong breathing exercises. Between April 7 and 19, a group of 50 French martial arts enthusiasts visited Guizhou province to practice tai …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

US teenagers make friends in China through martial arts

China Daily

US teenagers train with kung fu fans at the Capital University of Physical Education and Sports in Beijing on March 19, 2024. When members of the martial arts team of Capital University of Physical Education and Sports pulled quickly on wires, Kelpman rose into the air and experienced the feeling of being a "chivalrous woman" in a kung fu movie. …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

US teenagers make friends in China through martial arts

China Daily

US teenagers train with kung fu fans at the Capital University of Physical Education and Sports in Beijing on March 19, 2024. When members of the martial arts team of Capital University of Physical Education and Sports pulled quickly on wires, Kelpman rose into the air and experienced the feeling of being a "chivalrous woman" in a kung fu movie. …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

German student embraces traditional medicine

China Daily

Joel Mikael Walker from Germany practices Chinese kung fu. CHINA DAILY Locals who frequent a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Zhengzhou, in Central China's Henan province, are often surprised when they are treated by a German practitioner specializing in acupuncture. Joel Mikael Walker, who hails from Dresden in eastern Germany, went to Henan province in 2015, when he was 20, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

German student embraces traditional medicine

China Daily

Joel Mikael Walker from Germany practices Chinese kung fu. CHINA DAILY Locals who frequent a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Zhengzhou, in Central China's Henan province, are often surprised when they are treated by a German practitioner specializing in acupuncture. Joel Mikael Walker, who hails from Dresden in eastern Germany, went to Henan province in 2015, when he was 20, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Pinpointing growth of TCM culture

China Daily

Yang Shuo participates in the World Acupuncture Week free clinic event at the People's Hospital of Longli county, Guiyang, Guizhou province. "Beyond addressing the condition itself, we must also consider treating the individual," he instructs interns at Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. While juggling his teaching responsibilities, Yang attends to over 60 patients a day at the Second Affiliated …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Pinpointing growth of TCM culture

China Daily

Yang Shuo participates in the World Acupuncture Week free clinic event at the People's Hospital of Longli county, Guiyang, Guizhou province. "Beyond addressing the condition itself, we must also consider treating the individual," he instructs interns at Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. While juggling his teaching responsibilities, Yang attends to over 60 patients a day at the Second Affiliated …

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11 months ago

A martial arts odyssey in Sichuan

China Daily

Joshua Chiatovich donates his kung fu novel, The Baiji Mantis, to Xiamen University in August 2023, where he received his bachelor's degree in Chinese Philosophy. Chiatovich, an author and a Chinese martial arts teacher at a martial arts club in Detroit, has been practicing kung fu for decades. It is a martial arts fantasy, based in ancient China, about a …

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11 months ago

A martial arts odyssey in Sichuan

China Daily

Joshua Chiatovich donates his kung fu novel, The Baiji Mantis, to Xiamen University in August 2023, where he received his bachelor's degree in Chinese Philosophy. Chiatovich, an author and a Chinese martial arts teacher at a martial arts club in Detroit, has been practicing kung fu for decades. It is a martial arts fantasy, based in ancient China, about a …

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1 year ago

Actors get their kicks in new show

China Daily

Liang Biying, a former tai chi athlete, displays her skills in the show. Drunken Fist, or zui quan, is a traditional martial art depicted in Chinese movies that emulates the movements of someone who has overindulged. In a recently aired online reality show called Lai Zhe He Ren, which aims to nurture promising action stars for China's film and TV …

China Kung Fu Drunken Fist

1 year ago

Actors get their kicks in new show

China Daily

Liang Biying, a former tai chi athlete, displays her skills in the show. Drunken Fist, or zui quan, is a traditional martial art depicted in Chinese movies that emulates the movements of someone who has overindulged. In a recently aired online reality show called Lai Zhe He Ren, which aims to nurture promising action stars for China's film and TV …

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