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"Taichi for life" starts at Hotel Taj Sports Centre
Thaijiquan or popularly known as "Taichi", a time honoured traditional Wushu physical exercise will be properly introduced to Sri Lankan sports lovers and health conscious people on coming Tuesday (1st of June) at Hotel Taj Samudra Sports Centre at 6.30 p.m.

Taichi has been very popular among the people since ancient days and centuries of practice have testified its value in prevention of many diseases, improve health condition and prolong life. Taichi is almost suited to anybody regardless of age, sex or physique. It is an excellent therapeutic exercise particularly for the feeble and chronically diseased. In Taichi all actions are directed by the mind or rather mental images. Thus there will be no excessive mental strain or fatigue in practice.

The main benefits you can get from practicing "Taichi" is it improves the function of the central nervous system, improves cardiovascular and respiratory system and does lot of good to the skeleton, muscles and joints of the body. Taichi helps to prevent heart attacks and diabetes, relieves mental stress and increases lung capacity and many more.

The main people behind introducing Taichi are Mahesh Vilharanapathirana and Manel Dharmakeerthie, the two of renowned International Wushu judges and referees. They have learned Taichi from world famous Chinese Wushu instructors such as Sifu Xia Mei Xia, Sifu Wang Quan Yi, etc. Both of them are diploma holders in Wushu from IWUF. If any Taichi lover wants to get more details please contact Mahesh or Manel on 0714724030.

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