Professor Du began to learn and practice Chinese Wushu (Martial Arts) at 8 years old. She practices Taiji quan, Taiji Sword, Chang quan, Shaolin quan, Nan quan, Xingyi quan, Sword fighting, and Spear fighting among others. She won the Northern China college Wushu Competition and has gained the first-class athletes on Wushu in China. And now she is the director of Wushu Department of College of Sports and Physical Education, and the President of Wushu Association in Beijing Normal University. Dr Du has over 32 years experience training and teaching Tai-Chi and Wushu in China. Dr Du's research is about Chinese traditional culture, Wushu, Chinese traditional exercises, Chinese TaiJi and the body Aesthetics , sports and the self-concept. She has directed some important research in China, and has published several papers.