The world's able and fit congregate to breathe, stretch and awaken with low-impact tai chi, yoga and Chinese movement-and-breathing therapy, qi gong.

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Adverts that suggest a benefit for the family seem to work, such as that drinking bottled water while doing tai-chi in the park makes you a more energetic grandmother.

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To make "The Matrix" (1999) and its sequels, the Wachowski brothers hired legendary Hong Kong action director Yuen Woo-Ping as a fight choreographer so Michelle Yeoh's scorpion kick from Mr. Yuen's "Tai-Chi Master" (1993) became Carrie-Anne Moss's scorpion kick in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003).

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Lunch-hour yoga classes are widespread and tai chi, a leisurely martial art and traditional pre-work exercise in China, is finding its way into the unlikeliest of places.

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My ancient neighbor puts in a 16-hour day starting with tai chi at dawn.

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Mr. Reeves's "Man of Tai Chi" is being funded by Australia-based Village Roadshow along with the state-backed China Film Group and Wanda Group, China's largest movie-theater operator.

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