Lin Xu (rear), wife of Chen Sitan, teaches kids martial arts at Sitan Tai Chi and Martial Arts, a martial art school in Syosset of New York, the United States, Nov. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Lin said people from different age groups come to her classes for different reasons.
"Parents send young kids to my class to improve fitness and learn Chinese culture, adults take classes to relief stress from work, and retired people practice it to prevent health problems," she said.
"As an engineer and then a sales manager, I was on phone a lot and thus had poor posture. I needed to get back into some healthy type of lifestyle after I retired, and I found Tai Chi," said Frank Mandarino, who has practiced Tai Chi for 11 years at Sitan Tai Chi and Marts.
He added that Tai Chi is difficult because people who practice it should coordinate their muscles when making movements, and he enjoyed such challenge.
