The hate crimes against Asians and Pacific Islanders and other minorities prompted me to reprint this article I wrote sometime at the millennium. The crimes have been directed not only against the people of Asian and Pacific descent but also against their culture. A few years ago, I was practicing Tai chi chuan sword and staff at a public gym when I was told by the director that I could not do it there. I used to leave my staff/pole at the gym but one day it was gone. I was told by a custodian that he was ordered to get rid of it.
The first sword form of Traditional Yang Family Tai chi chuan handed down by my teacher Gin Soon Chu who passed on several years ago. I studied with him in the 1990s in Boston while I was at the New England School of Acupuncture as a student and then as a Qigong teacher. The video of the first sword form and an excerpt from the 108 solo fist form is shown here:
Tai chi sword: Posture from Shoot the Goose.
Photos of Tai chi chuan practice in the park in Taiwan and New York:
