Practitioners test their skills against students from other schools and martial arts styles in tuishou ("pushing hands") and sanshou competition. Wushu Wushu is primarily for show. Forms taught for wushu are designed to earn points in competition and are mostly unconcerned with either health or self-defense. Benefits A 2011 comprehensive overview of systematic reviews of tai chi recommended tai chi to older people for its physical and psychological benefits. No conclusive evidence showed benefit for any of the conditions researched, including Parkinson's disease, diabetes, cancer and arthritis. A 2015 systematic review found that tai chi could be performed by those with chronic medical conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, and osteoarthritis without negative effects, and found favorable effects on functional exercise capacity . In 2015 the Australian Government's Department of Health published the results of a review of alternative therapies that sought to identify any that were suitable for coverage by health insurance. T'ai-chi was one of 17 therapies evaluated. The study concluded that low-quality evidence suggests that tai chi may have some beneficial health effects when compared to control in a limited number of populations for a limited number of outcomes. In 2022, the U.S.A agency the National Institutes of Health published an analysis of various health claims, studies and findings. They concluded the evidence was of low quality, but that it appears to have a small positive effect on quality of life. In media Tai chi was the inspiration for waterbending in the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Legend of Aang and its sequel The Legend of Korra. The Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings features tai chi being used by the title character, his mother, his aunt, and his sister. Kung Fu Hustle features tai chi being used by the Landlord of Pigsty Alley. See also Martial arts Self-healing Wushu Yangsheng (Daoism) References Further reading Books Agar-Hutton, Robert (2018), The Metamorphosis of Tai Chi: Created to kill; evolved to heal; teaching peace. Ex-L-Ence Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9164944-1-1 Magazines Taijiquan Journal T'ai Chi Magazine Wayfarer Publications. Bimonthly. Chinese martial arts Qigong Chinese swordsmanship Meditation Neijia