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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Jake Pinnick practices martial arts at Yuxu Gong Temple in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 29, 2024. An American who traveled to the Wudang Mountain to study martial arts in 2010, Jake Pinnick now serves as an instructor, imparting knowledge of Tai Chi and Chinese culture to a global audience. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Hu Jingwen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Jake Pinnick practices martial arts at Yuxu Gong Temple in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 29, 2024. An American who traveled to the Wudang Mountain to study martial arts in 2010, Jake Pinnick now serves as an instructor, imparting knowledge of Tai Chi and Chinese culture to a global audience. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Wang Yuguo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Jake Pinnick practices martial arts at Yuxu Gong Temple in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 29, 2024. An American who traveled to the Wudang Mountain to study martial arts in 2010, Jake Pinnick now serves as an instructor, imparting knowledge of Tai Chi and Chinese culture to a global audience. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Wang Yuguo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Jake Pinnick practices martial arts at Yuxu Gong Temple in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 29, 2024. An American who traveled to the Wudang Mountain to study martial arts in 2010, Jake Pinnick now serves as an instructor, imparting knowledge of Tai Chi and Chinese culture to a global audience. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Cai Yang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Jake Pinnick practices martial arts at Yuxu Gong Temple in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 29, 2024. An American who traveled to the Wudang Mountain to study martial arts in 2010, Jake Pinnick now serves as an instructor, imparting knowledge of Tai Chi and Chinese culture to a global audience. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Cai Yang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)CHINA-SHIYAN-WUSHU-THE 7TH WUDANG TAICHI INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION (CN)

(231023) -- SHIYAN, Oct. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jacob Pinnick of the United States competes during the 7th Wudang Taichi International Fellowship Competition in Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province, on Oct. 23, 2023. (Photo by Du Zixuan/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUBEI-AMERICAN KUNG FU MASTER (CN)

(230127) -- DANJIANGKOU, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jake Lee Pinnick plays the Xiao, a vertical end-blown flute which is generally made of bamboo, at his home in Danjiangkou, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: American Kung Fu master's Spring Festival experience in China" (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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CHINA-HUBEI-AMERICAN KUNG FU MASTER (CN)

(230127) -- DANJIANGKOU, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jake Lee Pinnick and his family select Spring Festival couplets in Danjiangkou, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: American Kung Fu master's Spring Festival experience in China" (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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CHINA-HUBEI-AMERICAN KUNG FU MASTER (CN)

(230127) -- DANJIANGKOU, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jake Lee Pinnick records a course at his home in Danjiangkou, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: American Kung Fu master's Spring Festival experience in China" (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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CHINA-HUBEI-AMERICAN KUNG FU MASTER (CN)

(230127) -- DANJIANGKOU, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jake Lee Pinnick writes Spring Festival couplets with his daughter at his home in Danjiangkou, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: American Kung Fu master's Spring Festival experience in China" (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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CHINA-HUBEI-AMERICAN KUNG FU MASTER (CN)

(230127) -- DANJIANGKOU, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jake Lee Pinnick practices martial arts at the Wudang Mountains in Danjiangkou, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 11, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: American Kung Fu master's Spring Festival experience in China" (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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American Kung Fu master loves Chinese culture, Spring Festival

STORY: American Kung Fu master loves Chinese culture, Spring Festival DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: SHIYAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of martial arts 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAKE LEE PINNICK, American Kung Fu master 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAKE LEE PINNICK, American Kung Fu master 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAKE LEE PINNICK, American Kung Fu master STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAKE LEE PINNICK, American Kung Fu master "My name is Jake. I'm from America. I first came to China in 2010 to study martial arts. Before I came here, I haven't had any practice, studying, but I was very interested in martial arts at a pretty young age. I chose Wudang because I felt like there was more of a system. So there was Kung Fu, but there was also Tai Chi, there was also meditation, there's also music, there's also culture. And so, I felt like it suited me." After more than 10 years of hard training, he has mastered various forms of martial arts and is now a teacher for 200 stud