Dueling Dragons

Fantastic Beasts Inspired by Tai Chi Moves

Chanwoo Park
MArch II 2023
Baiting Chen
MArch II 2023
Mengyu Zhao
MArch II 2023
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1 The two dragons, red and blue, gracefully floating in air.

Tai Chi is a graceful form of exercise and movement developed long ago as a martial art that is now widely used for health and wellness, and it can be practiced by almost anyone and in nearly any situation. Often known as "moving meditation," tai chi is a series of slow and gentle motions that are patterned after the movements in nature.

Using a motion-capturing device, we captured the intricate moves of the art and created an image of two Dueling Dragons. Each hand representing a red and a blue dragon, the choreography of the two fantastic beasts best shows the soft yet hard and slow yet fast sequences of this traditional art. [Performance by Baiting Chen]

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2 The form was inspired by this anatomy of a dragon.
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3 Tai Chi movements captured using HTC Vive.
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4 The fluid movements of the two dragons.