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  2. Qigong - Wikipedia

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    Qigong (/ ˈ tʃ iː ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ /) [1] [a] is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation [2] said to be useful for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. [3]

  3. Baduanjin qigong - Wikipedia

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    The Baduanjin qigong (八段錦) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise. [1] Variously translated as Eight Pieces of Brocade, Eight-Section Brocade, Eight Silken Movements or Eight Silk Weaving, the name of the form generally refers to how the eight individual movements of the form characterize and impart a silken quality (like that of a piece of brocade) to the ...

  4. History of qigong - Wikipedia

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    The practice of qigong spread from an institutional setting to a popular movement led by charismatic promoters. Guo Lin (郭林), a Beijing artist who claimed to have cured herself of uterine cancer in the 1960s, was one of the first qigong masters to teach qigong openly to the general public outside an institutional setting. [26]

  5. Category:Hindi words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Hindi words and phrases" ... at 18:35 (UTC). Text is ...

  6. Indian martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Unarmed silambam (kai silambam) is based on animal movements such as the snake, eagle, tiger and elephant. Other Martial Arts of Tamil Nadu are Varma Kalai , Adi Thadi, Malyutham , [ 73 ] Valariveechu , Vaalveechu, Gusthi (Boxing form of Tamil Nadu, not to be confused with North Indian Kushti which is a Wrestling art).

  7. Tai sabaki - Wikipedia

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    Tai sabaki is also the name of a group of kata created by Yasuhiro Konishi under the tutelage of Ueshiba Morihei, the creator of aikido.These kata were named Tai sabaki Shodan, Tai sabaki Nidan and Tai sabaki Sandan and are some of the original kata of Shindo Jinen-ryu style of karate, created by Yasuhiro Konishi.

  8. Sahaja Yoga - Wikipedia

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    The word 'Sahaja' in Sanskrit has two components: 'Saha' is 'with' and 'ja' is 'born'. [6] A Dictionary of Buddhism gives the literal translation of Sahaja as "innate" and defines it as "denoting the natural presence of enlightenment (bodhi) or purity", [11] and Yoga means union with the divine and refers to a spiritual path or a state of spiritual absorption.

  9. Anti-Hindi agitation of 1937–1940 - Wikipedia

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    The anti-Hindi movement viewed the Hindi legislation as an attempt by Brahmins to impose Hindi and Sanskrit over Tamil. [23] [24] Rajaji's earlier attempt to translate an English Language Physics book into Tamil using Sanskrit words was viewed as proof of his preference of Sanskrit over Tamil. The anti-Hindi movement portrayed the Brahmin ...