Cover: Grandmaster Ip Chun at the Ip Man Tong About 300 years ago was the Qing At that time, Chinese herbs Dynasty period in China. During this time needed to be cooked with water for an Qi Magazine is published by the Tse Qigong Centre. lived a woman who was a farmer but hour or even more. Then the patient Its aim is to bring you information not readily available in the West. very poor. One day she was ill, but still would need to drink the soup, which is she went to work. After a few days she the essence of all those herbs. Today Editor: Michael Tse could not go to work any more and she many people take tablets instead as they Deputy Editor: Darryl Moy Design Assistant: David Drennan lay in bed every day. Her body kept cannot stand the long time for cooking, Assistants: SarahBloomfield getting weaker and weaker, and she had the smell and also the taste of the John Hayes no energy to do anything. She medicine. 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By Dr. Shulan Tang By Michael Tse 13 Fig and Sugar Cane Drink 40 Know Your Worth A recipe of a refreshing and tasty drink. It is not always easy to live in another culture, especially when certain customs are very alien to you. All you can do 14 Acupoint Massage for Spine Pain and Disease is to go along and see how to manage them. Many people suffer from back problems. These simple By Peter Anderssen massage techniques can be used to help ease the suffering. By Zeng Qingnan & Liu Daoqing 42 Humanity Vs Technology There seems to be a new gadget for everything that you 16 Chinese New Year – Shanghai Style might want to do. However, the more we have the more On Chinese New Year Chinese people all over the world we seem to forget about who and what we are. celebrate in the same way, but places like Shanghai add By Adam Wallace their own unique twist to the festivities. By J. Reynolds Nelson 43 Basic Self Defence Vs Weapons 18 5 Elements of Taijiquan 44 Feng Shui for the Living Room Part IV The Five Elements are often thought about in TCM and Feng What makes the Feng Shui of your Living Room good and Shui, but as many of you know, they can be applied to how does it affect you? anything. So how do they apply to Taijiquan? By Michael Tse By Michael Tse 20 Chinese Horoscopes for 2003 Cover Feature...Cover Feature...Cover Feature... The year of the Goat is upon us. How will this affect you? 22 Opening of Ip Man Tong By Michael Tse Some people have said that Wing Chun Kung Fu is practised by over a 21 Poems for Healthy Living Gong Part I million people worldwide. This is due Here are some of your offerings. to the efforts of Grandmaster Ip Man and this has made him one of the 30 Eating the Chinese Way most influential teachers to have ever Chinese have many customs and rules of etiquette. These lived. As a tribute to his life, teaching extend to the dinner table. When a non Chinese knows the and skill, a memorial museum has etiquette Chinese people are always very impressed. been built in Foshan, China, where By Sihn Kei he was born. The Ip Man Tong was opened in November and it proved to be one of the 34 Feng Shui Flying Stars for 2003 biggest celebrations in the Wing Chun world ever. As the energy of the New Year arrives, this changes your By John Hayes Feng Shui.