Tai Chi in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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• 1 Thomas // Aug 11, 2008

  Controversial games, but one heck of a spectacle.

• 2 markstraining.com // Aug 17, 2008

  This really was a great opening ceremony

• 3 Chris // Aug 20, 2008

  Behind the scenes of the Olympics opening ceremony:

  Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor - other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on.

  Cheng and 2,200 other carefully chosen pugilist prodigies spent an average of 16 hours a day, every day, rehearsing a synchronized tai-chi routine involving high kicks, sweeping lunges and swift punches. They lived for three months in trying conditions at a restricted army camp on the outskirts of Beijing.

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• 4 Anonymous // Aug 28, 2008

  wonderful!!!

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