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With ever-increasing demands being placed on the National Health Service by an ageing population, unprecedented levels of childhood obesity, and high-pressure lifestyles, the Government is actively encouraging each of us to take responsibility for our own health and general well-being. The change in emphasis from treatment of illness to prevention, and the maintenance of good health, means now is an ideal time to start learning Tai Chi Chuan. Skills formed here can help you stay safe, fit and healthy throughout your life.
Created some 450 years ago, Tai Chi is one of the Chinese internal martial arts. Health benefits cannot be fully realised unless it is practised with regard to the self-defence skills it develops. So, even if our main interest is in health and fitness, we need to develop an insight into the martial aspect of Tai Chi if we are to get any real and lasting advantage from our practice.
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