Shawn Tucker (left) in a Therapeutic Tai Chi session with his physical therapy patient Phillip Menendez (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

“I predict that Taiji will be as American as apple pie in the next 5 years, particularly as the Baby Boom generation ages and social security and other government medical programs dry up,” says Sifu Justin Meehan in the article published in St. Louis Chinese American News on July 3, 2009.
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“Tucker often eases chronic pain patients into exercise with Tai Chi, a gentler, less strenuous martial art that also focuses on deep breathing, meditation and awareness of the body,” states Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, in the article “How Much Pain Can You Take?’ on November 17, 2009. This news story focuses on R. Shawn Tucker as a physical therapist incorporating tai chi into his work with patients.
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“It was amazing to see Jeanette Saunders standing up from her wheelchair after ten minutes of warm-ups. The second part of the class was Therapeutic Tai Chi for Health. With clear verbal instruction and lead, the seniors followed her well, ‘ writes St. Louis Tai Chi Examiner Violet Lee in her story about our youngest instructor, Jardena Green, on December 9, 2009. Jardena, who just turned 19, has been giving one-hour sessions twice a week at Sullivan Place, a gated senior living community in North St. Louis.
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