The Dragon's Head Blog

Day 1: CIT Week at the International Center Florida with over 220 participants from all over the world.

76 participants from nine countries enjoyed last weekend an international workshop in Madrid. Martina Pavlovicova led us into the practice of smiling, relaxing, enjoying, opening… Once again the Southern European Centre was everybody’s home. A space of gathering to develop the wide aspects of the Taoist Tai Chi® arts.

More comments from Lok Hup Week as taught by instructors of Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® at the International Center Florida: It’s amazing how the art of Lok  Hup can be so soft and so powerful at the same time. – Marian Varner My son says when I do Taoist Tai Chi® practice I […]

130 participants from Eastern Region assembled for a national program at the Longueuil location in October. Under the guidance of Susan Lundy, international director and instructor in Central Region, assisted by the Eastern Region Instruction Committee, we practised the Taoist Tai Chi arts with particular emphasis on the foundation exercises. The two days were filled […]

We have 125 participants attending Lok Hup Week at the International Center Florida in Dunedin. We have participants from Europe, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Canada and USA. We did a demo by the water in front of the center at sunset. Here are some comments from our participants: Another day in paradise. – Carmen Capilla […]

On October 26, 85 attendees participated in an intensive held at the Brandon, Florida center.  The intensive was led by Ms. Pegoty Packman, President of the National Board of Directors, Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA. After opening with two sets, Pegoty led the attendees through the foundation exercises with particular emphasis on elongating the […]

All Taoist Tai Chi® arts play is about health recovery. The 108 people who attended the recent Health Recovery Day at the International Centre had the opportunity to witness the courage, persistence, grace and dignity of people with a wide range of health problems in their practice of the set and foundation moves. Hearing first-hand […]

The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Slovakia hosted a 2-day workshop in Bratislava on October 15 – 16. The workshop was led by Carmen Capilla. We welcomed over 170 participants from various countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland and Spain. The workshop started on Saturday morning in the school gym close to […]

On Saturday October 8th, for the third time we celebrated the national Awareness Day, in the beautiful Piazza del Popolo in Rome.  Taoist Tai Chi® arts, “internal arts” as we know, were shown in the middle of “external art”, with churches, fountains, sculptures, arches from the XVI century witnessing the event, together with Michelangelo, Bernini […]

What a change in the group from Day 1. We really noticed when the new people came for the weekend as there was a marked difference between the two groups. Today the difference is less obvious as the whole group move as one unit, grounded and strong yet light and fluid, a human wave of […]

  An excellent national program was led by Nicole Morency at the Winnipeg Henderson Centre on October 15th-16th. Nicole reminded us that the points to keep in mind while practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts are the hands, the top central point of the head and the feet. In doing so we focused on our body’s […]

Expansion, contraction, mind, intention, feelings and we’re … flying! Use the pain and lose the pain.  People with knee pain, back pain and arthritis all discovered relief through their practise of Taoist Tai Chi® arts.  We are understanding how to use the pain to find alignment and balance.

Our spines are whips, our elbows are drunk and we record the image in our minds. It’s the feeling not the form. Drilling down into the floor and coiling up to the ceiling. Wow! New sensations inside. It is sensational, experiencing ourselves differently. We’re all different and better than we were on day one. Not […]

  Aspiration, inspiration, perspiration, change. Smiling, happy, centred, balanced, beautiful. Andrew helps us with the basics and the result is anything but. We hear about developing and then we experience it directly. Can we be better? Yes we can. Does it stop here? No, it keeps on going, if we do. “This is not just […]

International Taoist Tai Chi Workshop – National Centre, Bayswater, 12-16 October 2016 I have been very lucky to participate in my first international Taoist Tai Chi workshop, at the national centre in Bayswater. The very first sequence that I watched our workshop leader, Tony, demonstrate was mesmerising and I have never seen anything like it. […]

Day 1 Andrew has enabled us to quieten the body and concentrate the movements and the mind whilst showing us how to explore, use and develop the elasticity of the body. It’s been a very exciting day and by working on the principles of one move, chop with fist, our whole set has improved. Thank you […]

Before you get your glam rags on There are tables and chairs to set up Dress the tables Who forgot the white tablecloths? Chairs to be just so Place the newly arrived white tablecloths Red tablecloths next, all pointed this way How do you get square tablecloths to fit nicely on round tables? Lesson on how […]

    A great demo, a grand dragon, a grateful celebration Close to 140 participants came together to celebrate the Taoist Tai Chi® arts in Rivière-du-Loup last weekend. Under the guidance of Joé Thibault and other members of the Regional Instruction Committee, program participants worked together in harmony and simplicity, in recognition of the rich tradition […]

On the last weekend of September the Oregon Branch hosted its 5th annual International Workshop.  Ninety-five participants attended from Canada, Mexico, and many corners of the USA.  We listened intently as Jim Nicholson of Vancouver, BC instructed us in the practice of the Taoist Tai Chi® arts.  We were invited to relax and listen to […]

It’s the natural way. This was our motto at the International Workshop in Budapest in 17-18 September.  With Carmen Capilla’s lead there were 170 members enjoying the benefits of Taoist Tai Chi®. We could all practice to take the time in finding our center, standing up fully or to take the time to open, and […]