Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Survey of Tai Chi Chuan in the United States

You are invited to complete the online survey: Survey Measuring the Spread of Tai Chi in the United States. Your participation in this landmark survey should take less than 5-10 minutes to complete. This survey was opened on July 10, 2011 and will end on Dec 29, 2011. (Link to survey removed after survey period.)

This survey was designed by Mr. Jie Zhang as part of his Ph.D. research at the Beijing Sport University (北京体育大学). His major area of focus is Chinese Traditional Martial Arts: Theory and Practice.

I met Mr. Zhang this past summer at the University of Michigan where he is a scholar in residence. During his one year stay in the U.S., he is visiting martial arts schools and classes across the country interviewing masters, teachers and students.

If he receives over 1,000 unique survey responses from students and teachers in the USA, he may submit a summary article of the survey results to T'ai Chi Magazine for possible publication. Could be very interesting! (T'ai Chi Magazine discontinued publishing after the death of its founder, publisher, and editor Marvin Smalheiser in October of 2016.)

Be part of this project! Time is limited!

And... Let's help him spread the word to all the U.S. Tai Chi teachers and students! Share this survey link with friends through Twitter, email, Facebook, your website.

Take this Tai Chi survey now: Survey Measuring the Spread of Tai Chi in the United States. Be sure to click the "Submit - Finish Survey" button at the bottom of the survey when you finish. (Link to survey removed after survey period.)

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