SUNSET— Tyrone Aranda is applying a principle he was taught early on while learning martial arts — if you learn something, you give it back. After studying karate for 35 years, Aranda is now giving ...

The pop of grinding cartilage over the gentle background music causes heads to turn sharply toward Harriet Kelly. "I can hear that," tai chi instructor Suman Barkhas says. "Are you OK?" Kelly nods and ...

Tai chi, an ancient Chinese martial art, may improve senior citizens' strength and help them avoid falls, South Korean researchers find. "Regular exercise is very important as we get older because ...

At the Monroe Street Neighborhood Center, some mornings there's a certain calm. Combine it with exercise and that routine experience is said to help with overall health and well-being. The focus comes ...

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a New York City-based magazine and book writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Women’s Health, Health, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, Prevention, ...

Studies have shown that tai chi exercises can significantly reduce the risk of falling by frail seniors. This ancient martial arts form has been used by the Chinese for centuries to promote health, ...

A group of seniors — predominantly septuagenarians — gathers each Tuesday afternoon at a gym, moving with a distinct fluidity and grace. The half-dozen participants, who live with Parkinson's disease, ...

Sifu, as she calls him. Thatrsquo;s Chinese for instructor.Nixon is the instructor of a new Tai Chi class at the Sunshine Center in downtown St. Petersburg. And chances are, itrsquo;s like none ...