XU Weiguo is teaching Dannie Taichi.
If you go to the West Lake at 6:15 a.m., you will see near 30 foreigners in rows learning Taichi from XU Weiguo, provincial super-class martial art professor for foreigners.
This group is led by Dannie, 55-year-old doctor of medicine who is now teaching in New York Chiropractic College. She has learned Taichi for 25 years. Dannie came to China to learn Chinese in 1987. That was the first time she got to know Taichi. As a college teacher, she not only learns Taichi herself but encourages her students to learn together. She has come to the West Lake to learn Taichi every year ever since 2000. |