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Chinatown celebrates World Tai Chi Day

Practitioners take to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for a display of the art.

World Tai Chi Day is on April 30. Courtesy of the Greenway Conservancy

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Just down from the iconic Chinatown Gate, students and instructors of the Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Association come together to perform the sweeping flow of gentle Tai chi during a free and public celebration of World Tai Chi Day on April 30.

Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts and the Rose Kennedy Greenway partner for a 90-minute performance of not only tai chi, but also a variety of other Chinese martial arts including qigong, xing yi, bagua, weapon forms, and much more. While the annual event has been promoting the disciplines in 80 nations and several hundred cities since 1999, this local gathering also celebrates the legacy of Grandmaster Mark, who Black Belt magazine once named one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century.

The celebration’s rain date is May 1.