Monday, July 21, 2008

Tai chi teacher takes 5 medals home

Brooksby Village specialist brings home five Tai chi medals


By Jenny Amaral/The Daily Item

PEABODY-Peabody resident and Brooksby Village Fitness Specialist Lisa Kirshon recently won five medals (three golds and two silvers) at the USA Wushu Kungfu Federation National Championships held at Eastern Connecticut State University.

The 49-year-old has been practicing the Chinese martial art of tai chi and sword forms, as well as chi gong, a Chinese healing art, for the past 18 years.

“I began training because of ill health,” she said, noting disc pain in her lower back. “I was just kind of looking for my self-care piece.”

She started her search with acupuncture and various bouts of physical therapy, but she said something was missing.
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