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YMAA Author in Guinness World Record Attempt. Again.
How long would it take you to ride an exercise bike for 185 hours?
"The Sophmores, and me"
Dan Hood, a YMAA Headquarters tai chi student and author decided to pen his own autobiography
Arthur Rosenfeld at the Huffington Post
YMAA author Arthur Rosenfeld is now a regular columnist at the Internet newspaper
First Semester at YMAA Retreat Center was a Success
The Autumn 2008 semester at the YMAA CA Retreat Center consisted of body conditioning training as well as daily lessons
SNOW DAY - Testing this Sunday, December 21st is canceled
Due to the inclement weather and for safety reasons, testing at YMAA Boston on Sunday is canceled
YMAA Boston office closed between December 2nd - 9th
The YMAA Boston office will be closed for one week but classes will continue as usual during that period
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Shawn Kovacich, December 2008
"This DVD is simple, informative and most of all, very well done... High quality of instruction... demonstrating these very simple, yet effective techniques. The visual demonstrations of the exercises and the audio explanations of the exercises are very easy to understand and follow. I really enjoyed this DVD and am proud to say that it has found a permanent home in my martial arts library." Read more
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Occasionally Hollywood Can Actually Teach You Something, by Lawrence A. Kane, January 5, 2009
Recently I watched "Felon", a movie that makes some realistic and valuable points about self-defense. In most jurisdictions a person can only resort to deadly force to escape imminent and unavoidable danger of death or grave bodily harm.
"The Arts Must be Preserved", by Almut Schmitz, December 29, 2008
This year the internationally-established teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong, Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, commenced his long-planned ten-year retreat with five students in a newly built center in California.
Growing Up Wudang, part 2, by Zhou Xuan Yun, December 17, 2008
It wasn’t until my third year at Wudang that I started to find the training interesting, and started to train harder because I was genuinely interested in it.
Growing Up Wudang, by Zhou Xuan Yun, December 9, 2008
When I was in fourth grade my grandfather fell ill, and because we needed money for hospital bills, I had to leave school. I worked on our farmland, helping my family plant corn and cotton.
Zhang, San-Feng and the Ancient Origins of Taijiquan part 2, by David Silver, December 1, 2008
How old are Taijiquan and Taiji philosophy? Recent findings indicate that the basic Taiji movements and Internal Arts theory of breathing and Qi circulation pre-date Zhang and Chen significantly.
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