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Grandmaster Chen Quanzhong (陈全忠) is my Chen Tai Chi (陈氏太极) teacher. Today our students had the chance to meet him in person for the first time. At nearly 90 years old, he is the senior most Chen Tai Chi Grandmaster in China and has practiced the art his entire life. Grandmaster Chen Quanzhong with TCCII [...] With China’s rich history, it is not surprising that it has developed a number of approaches to leadership and management. The philosophies of Confucianism, Taoism, Sun Tzu, Legalism, Maoism, and modern western management approaches have influenced Chinese methods of management. One English language book that attempts to analyze and organize these various strands of Chinese [...] Day 13, Wednesday, April 28 (Kunming again)
The legendary Stone Forest in Kunming China I had somehow turned off our alarm in the middle of the night so, when one of us woke up to go to the bathroom and checked the clock, we leapt out of bed as we had only 15 minutes to get [...] Day 12, Tuesday, April 27 (Lijiang, Shuhe and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) Jan and I walked from our room downstairs, over a small bridge, through the large garden to the breakfast room. There were two buffets. One offered a Western breakfast and the other a Chinese one. I chose the Chinese one. I began with congee [...] Day 11, Monday, April 26 (Xizhou to Baisha to Shuhe) Today was cold, very cold. Despite that, before breakfast, bundled up in my heavy coat and many layers underneath, I climbed up to the terrace to practice the Yang Style Tai Chi and to take some last pictures. As I looked over the landscape, I observed [...] Day 10, Sunday, April 25 (Xizhou) Our group enjoying breakfast in Dali Today was very cold and overcast. We practiced Qigong and Chen Style Tai Chi. We practiced longer than usual as a camera crew from the Chinese television came again to film us. This time Jeanee and Brian Linden planned to get a copy of [...] On our recent China adventure, we took a group behind the scenes in a real traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy in China. They got to see exactly how the herbal prescriptions were filled and were introduced to a bewildering array of traditional Chinese medicine herbs. This short video gives you an idea of what it is like [...] Our contacts in Shanghai secured a pair of tickets to the opening day at the Expo. The Expo was pretty impressive. The Chinese do things big, in part because big is better – an international event is a way to gain “face”. But they also build public things on a grand scale because they have so many people. [...] Today we did a little sightseeing. We visited Science and Technology Museum and then relaxed by drinking some excellent tea. Then we made our way across the river to the Temple Market area. The Temple Market was destroyed in WWII and rebuilt as a tourist attraction. But tonight the crowd was mostly Chinese. Prices are very [...] This morning we practiced Tai Chi and Qigong before our morning medical Qigong and certification lecture. The main activity today was a TCM diagnosis and treatment by professors from the local TCM University in Dali, China. They used traditional pulse, tongue and facial reading to diagnose everyone in the group. Afterwards, those who wished received acupuncture [...] |
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