Parkinson's disease and P.M.C. Association

Since 2006 P.M.C. Association has been cooperating with the Associazione Vicentina Malattia di Parkinson within the regional project "Volere è Potere" ("You can if you want").
Master Benetti with Franca Rizzi and other members of the Association run regularly Tai Ji Quan classes twice a week from October till June. The average number of students varies from 25 to 30 and there are always at least two teachers for each class.
The 1-hour lesson is organised as follows: first half an hour, study of Nei Gong or Aware Movement, which can be practised by those having ambulation problems as exercises can be practised seated, too; second half an hour, study of the basic footwork movements of Yang Style Tai Ji and study of the 24 Form.
In 2010 Master Benetti has been invited by the Associazione Parkinson Italia at the 10th National Congress, which took place in Riva del Garda (TN) on April 17th 2010 to report on Pratica del Tai Ji e Malattia di Parkinson (Tai Ji Practice and Parkinson's Disease) with the Vicenza group, with whom he performed a Tai Ji Quan sequence in front of a large audience, who could observe the results obtained on people suffering from Parkinson above all as far as posture, stability and balance in movement are concerned.
Following some pictures of the Congresso di Riva del Garda 17-04-2010.