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Property In terms of actual content the various generations of the
Chen Family and many others who are spreading the practices across
Planet Earth are to be commended. In our case, there are at least
fifteen sets or forms from Chen Family Tai Chi Chuan that will be
taught in addition to nine sets from the International Health Qigong
Association.
1. The six Tai Chi tools that are taught are NOT
typically included in many or perhaps even any martial arts. There are
manifestly what can be called transmission errors where exercises
featuring the various tools have been lost, assigned to the incorrect
tool or performed incorrectly. A book and accompanying videos are in
progress. The bulk of the material for tai chi bar and long tai chi
bang (chidu) has never been published.
2. A second uncommon aspect is the assignment of
individual homework. This extension of classroom education is
sometimes, but not always, seen in the training of collegiate martial
arts students in China. Student assignments are based on individual
genotypes and health and are stored by our SAITO application software,
but there is no (zero) plan to publish general advice.
3.
Currently, a wrist is the preferred location for biosensors to measure
heart beat, blood pressure and body temperature. There have been
expectations of a non-invasive blood glucose sensor for years. For our
purposes the mode can be described as a reduced function smart watch
that does not tell time, but does transmit the sensor measurements.
The primary role of such a device is to provide early warning of
seizures, tachycardia and overheating in hopes that aides can lessen
the impact of or completely pre-empt such events. Professional opinion
is divided about whether such a device will be tolerated by
hypersensitive students and about whether temperature measured on a
wrist has any relationship to pain elsewhere in the body or to
conditions like vertigo, nausea or migraine headaches. In the event
that there is a reluctant recognition that commercially available
devices (such as FitBit or AppleWatch, for example) are not adequate,
patent research in this area will likely be necessary. We have
discovered that most smart watches are tuned for a left wrist location
and that having two three or four collections of biosensors
(wrists and ankles) takes some adjustments.
4.
Recent research at Harvard asserts that head sway, especially during
intervals such as sitting or standing meditation when the head is
supposed to be relatively motionless, is a significant predictor of
falls and injuries. This calls for one or more accelerometers
mounted in or on a visor or cap. Whether such an arrangement will be
tolerated by hypersensitive students remains to be seen. As with
wrist-based biosensors, it would be disappointing to discover that some
vague patent in this area limits the ability to help those students in
need.
5. The idea of mounting pressure sensors in a mat to be
used on a chair seat or on the floor (or both) during sitting or
standing meditation is under active consideration.
6. Until
recently it was believed that there was no need to embed any sensors
in shoes because foot location could be calculated from sensors on the
lower leg. However, limited samplings have clearly established that
temperature sensors mounted in a shoe insert will be able to measure
pain in the soles of the feet. How widespread such chronic pain is
remains to be determined.
7. We still would favor the use of smart garments
that include mounting multiple location sensors in a traditional
Taoist shawl known as a pi sha. In a manner similar to the discovery
of pain in the feet, limited samplings have clearly established that
temperature sensors mounted in a pair of sports armsleeves will be
able to measure pain in the forearms. How widespread such chronic pain
is remains to be determined. Presently, there are two problems: the
sensors move a lot because the pi sha is designed to be loose and
flowing AND there is sensor on sensor contact and data lossss when
arms or legs cross.
8. We have reluctantly abandoned work on
correlating facial expressions with emotions.
9. Our HERON
software is intended to allow students and their families to record
meals, sleep, behavior, medications and other significant events. This
data is sent to our SAITO application so that parents and physicians
can make informed quantitative decisions - if the Tai Chi scores went
up the logistical change was correct. HERON is currently 50 Windows
forms and about 18,000 lines of code. It will likely need to be ported
to Android and Apple platforms using something like Xamarin. Whether more protection that copyright
should be sought is a subject of interest.
10. Our SAITO
software is an order of magnitude larger than HERON. Among the rather
novel features of SAITO are comparing scores among students by
genotype and implicitly mapping metabolic pathways. This means that
instead of contrasting the velocities of learning of two students in
the autism disability category, searching for similarity is done at
the gene or even mutation level. For example, it can make a
significant difference which mutation of the ADNP gene, which causes
Van Der Aa-Helmsmoortel Syndrome, one has. Or how many trinucleotide
repeats are in the HTT gene that causes Huntington's Disease.
Similarly, it is conjectured that a gene like MME, which is thought to
regulate other genes, should cause similar velocities of learning for
students with spinocerebellar ataxia type 43 and Charcot-Marie-Tooth
disease type 2T (axonal).
11. Various martial arts and styles
advocate different Iron Palm training regimes. Most such regimes use
one or more liniments with Dit Da Jow (probably best translated as
'hit wine medicine') being very common. There was a famous lawsuit
years ago in San Francisco that established that Dit Da Jow is a
generic term somewhat akin to maple syrup. Today in the US alone there
are easily 80 different ingredients involved in various commercially
available Dit Da Jow recipes. One can buy ready to use Dit Da Jows,
packaged ingredients (add cheap vodka and let steep a few months)
or assemble one's own ingredients. Generally soaking or applying
liniments like Dit Da Jow involves only the hands. While there is no
intention to teach Iron Palm it has been observed that in several
types of cerebral palsy and in several types of arthrogryposis there
is chronic pain in the forearms, wrists and feet. It is conjectured
Dit Da Jow might be helpful. This suggests the possibility of a
custom formulation.