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About Master Pixiang QiuPixiang QiuWeimo Zhu

Master Pixiang Qiu is director of the Chinese Wushu (martial arts) Research Center of Shanghai University of Sports. A veteran tai chi instructor Qiu was named a national master of traditional exercise by the Chinese government. The International Wushu Federation also elected him the first international referee in 1990 named him as one of Chinas famous wushu professors in 1995 and rated him as a Chinese wushu ninth duan the highest level in wushu in 2003. He was the wushu chief judge for the 11th 12th 13th and 14th Asian Games and the chief judge for the 2nd 4th and 7th World Wushu Championships. He was designated as an excellent national sports referee and has been ranked as a national top 10 wushu referee. Professor Qiu has published multiple books in Chinese on tai chi and wushu and has lectured worldwide. He gave the keynote address on tai chi at the 2009 American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) convention and based on his tai chi teaching and contribution to the promotion of culture exchange was made an honorary citizen of the city of Dallas in 2009. Weimo Zhu PhD is an internationally known scholar in physical activity and health research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he regularly teaches mindbody exercise classes at both the university and community levels. He has practiced Chinese mindbody exercises including tai chi and qi gong for more than 25 years and has been instrumental in introducing them in the United States and around the world. He has given demonstrations and lectures on Chinese mindbody exercises in the United States China South Korea and the Czech Republic. He was awarded a NIH grant to study the effect of long-term mindbody exercise on cancer survivors and presented the research findings at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) annual meetings in 2009.