( Ancient Chinese exercises which focus ...)Older Adults could be Benefited from Chinese Martial-Arts,Health

Ancient Chinese exercises, which focus on meditation and relaxation techniques, have proved beneficial for older adults – a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois says//.

Adding strength to the previous work, a recent study of Martial arts such as Qigong and Taiji, practiced by ancient Chinese showed potential health benefits to older adults.

Qigong (chee-kung) and Taiji (tye-chee) – or Tai Chi, as it is more commonly known in the U.S. – combine simple, graceful movements and meditation. Qigong, which dates to the middle of the first millennium B.C., is a series of integrated exercises believed to have positive, relaxing effects on a person's mind, body and spirit. Tai Chi is a holistic form of exercise, and a type of Qigong that melds Chinese philosophy with martial and healing arts.

‘Traditional Tai Chi training includes Qigong, but most contemporary Tai Chi researchers have omitted Qigong from their research,’ said visiting kinesiology professor Yang Yang. ‘As a result, previous researchers may not have documented all of the health benefits possible from traditional Tai Chi training.’

Yang, a Tai Chi master with three decades of experience, said Tai Chi and Qigong are relatively simple, safe and inexpensive, and require no props or special equipment, making them easily adaptable for practice by healthy senior citizens. In two studies – one quantitative, one qualitative – presented recently at the North American Research Conference on Complementary & Integrative Medicine, lead researcher Yang found that healthy seniors who practiced a combination of Qigong and Tai Chi three times a week for six months experienced significant physical benefits after only two months.

Not only did participants demonstrate noticeable improvements in laboratory-controlled tests designed to measure balance, lower body strength and stance width, a subset of participants who contributed responses in the qualitative study p
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