<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[World of Martial Arts: Martial Arts News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Articles]]></description><link>http://www.worldofmartialart.com/martial_arts_news/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright World of Martial Arts: Martial Arts News]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Tai chi -vs-  chicken-pox]]></title><description><![CDATA[      Do a little Taichi and get immunized against chicken-pox and Shingles    

  In a recent research sponsered by National Institutes of Health (USA), by analysing 112 people who where aging from 59 to 86, concluded that   Tai chi chuan (Taiji Quan)   practitioner may be well defensive against the virus varicella-zoster which causes chicken-pox and shingles (painful nerve condition affecting mainly older people). Even if they get caught, the effect may be very little.  

  During the research they split up the group into 2.
They had given taichi lessons for the first group three times in a week for a period of 16 weeks. While on the mean time the other people were submitted for health-counseling classes. The researchers reached a conclusion that those who practiced taichi had improved their immunity towards the virus. They also found that the taichi practitioners have better response to the vaccine when they were later vaccinated.  

  The research was led by Dr. Michael R Irwin of the University of California and was published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  
  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.worldofmartialart.com/martial_arts_news/chinese-martial-arts-kung-fu/tai-chi-vs-chickenpox/</link><guid>http://www.worldofmartialart.com/martial_arts_news/chinese-martial-arts-kung-fu/tai-chi-vs-chickenpox/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaolin Monk&#039;s Suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
       Shaolin Monk's Suicide Shocks Martial arts world       

  Things are again getting worse in   New York Shaolin Temple.   On around 12:40 pm on, 24th November, 2006, Friday, a Shaolin monk named  Shi Hengshan, aka Jimei Wang, hanged himself in the backyard of an old couple in New York. Shi Hengshan was being a shaolin kung fu instructor of Shaolin Temple Overseas Headquarter at 41st Ave, Flushing. Monk Shi Hengshan was immigrated to USA by Shi Guolin who is Abbot of New York Shaolin Temple. Abbot Guolin is being criticized for the cause of the suicide. It is said that Abbout Guolin was ill treating and torturing Shi Hengshan and many other buddist monks throughout time.   

  Shi Hengshan was working with Shi Guolin for three years, but with out any salary. He got sick many times and he wasn't able to get any medical attention since he was penniless and the Abbot didn't helped him in attaining a medical insurance. And at last he got seriously injured during workout and instead of getting any aid, he was  kicked out of the temple by Abbot Guolin explaining that he didn't extend Hengshan's visa and his working visa is expired. So it was no longer legal for him to stay in USA. But a the same time Shi Guolin was not ready to give Shi Hengshan's passport back. So Hengshan was in a deadlock.  

  Shi Hengshan is not the only monk who was  hired as a Chinese Martial Arts Instructor by Abbot Shi Guolin. Another Shaolin monk who suffered was Yuguo Song. The ill fated Shaolin Kung fu instructor tried to suicide by jumping down from second floor. Fortunately or unfortunately, he was not able to kill himself. But was seriously injured and sent back to china.   

  Many people suspects Shi Hengshan's suicide to be a murder. But until now, no evidence found to support this.     ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:17:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.worldofmartialart.com/martial_arts_news/shaolin/shaolin-monks-suicide/</link><guid>http://www.worldofmartialart.com/martial_arts_news/shaolin/shaolin-monks-suicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to World of martial art's martial arts news portal.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:46:41 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.worldofmartialart.com/martial_arts_news/home/welcome/</link><guid>http://www.worldofmartialart.com/martial_arts_news/home/welcome/</guid></item></channel></rss>