Beginning Qigong: Chinese Secrets of Fitness

　　Steven Kuei, born near Guandong in 1912, began studying the internal martial arts and Qigong in Hong Kong in 1926, partly to cure tuberculosis. A licensed herbalist and acupuncturist, he taught Tai-chi, Hsing-i, and Pa-kua, in addition to Qigong.

　　Stephen Comee, born near Boston in 1950, has studied Oriental healing methods, meditation techniques, and martial arts since 1965. He began his study of Qigong and Chinese internal martial arts with Steven Kuei in 1975. He now resides in Tokyo, where he teaches Tai-chi, and is both a licensed acupuncturist and an accomplished Noh actor.