The Dragon's Head Blog

With the southern Ontario heat,  we enjoyed a beautiful set outside, followed by a brush knee parade around the second floor of the Health Recovery building at the International Centre in Orangeville to take advantage of the air conditioning. The icing on the cake was a final push hands session. One more morning and then we […]

Working and learning (and eating!) together.   “My tai chi is improving from teaching others.” — Wade from Taraunga, New Zealand     “There’s no criticism. It’s all help” — Pat from Gravenhurst   “This Health Recovery is one of the best gifts I’ve given myself. It’s taken me a while to get here, but […]

  On May 28 and 29, 2016, 95 participants came together on a beautiful warm weekend at the International Centre near Orangeville for a Central Region Program. John Balinski and Lise Laneville instructed us in the standing jongs, paying particular attention to the tor-yu, standing up from the front foot with a gentle, firm push, finding […]

Plusieurs intensifs de révision ont eu lieu dans les dernières semaines pour la levée de fonds pour les feux de forêts en Alberta. Ces intensifs sont organisés même partout au Canada.  Informez-vous auprès de votre instructeur si vous souhaitez contribuer, ou si l’intensif de votre emplacement n’a pas encore eu lieu. Plusieurs photos seront ajoutées […]

Lors de la fin de semaine du 30 avril et du 1er mai 2016, vingt personnes ont pris part à un programme régional de tai chi taoïste animé par Sylvie Roy, leader de la section de Québec. Cet intensif fut grandement apprécié par tous. Voici quelques commentaires des participants : Nous sommes choyés d’être dans […]

Although the Hungarian capital has the most tai chi practitioners in the country, there is another location that occupies a special place within the life and history of the Hungarian Taoist Tai Chi community. This is Sopron, close to the northwestern border with Austria, where Taoist Tai Chi celebrated its 15th anniversary on May 7, […]

The Cross-Canada Seniors Day video feed is underway, with different locations taking turns to lead the more than 1000 participants across the country in a different foundation move. We’re working together even though separated by thousands of kilometres. Meanwhile Winnipeg Branch Centre has sent a welcome message, saying 80 participants and friends have travelled from […]

The Pacific Region is pleased to kick off the first Cross Canada Seniors Day in Vancouver just after 10 am local time with an energetic Taoist Tai Chi® arts set featuring more than 100 regular participants and several friends trying tai chi for the first time. Participants have arrived from Vancouver, Surrey and Chilliwack branch locations […]

Here at the Calgary Branch of the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® Western Region we are thrilled to learn the that our Seniors Day lands in conjunction with the the City of Calgary and the Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Senior’s Week as proclaimed by Mayor Nenshi. To celebrate this event we are honored to welcome  Councillor Sean Chu  of Ward […]

Close to 200 people are gathering in Longueuil today for the Cross-Canada Seniors Day. They’re coming from all over the region, from the Magdalen Islands through Quebec City, Lanaudière, the Eastern townships, Montérégie and Montreal. Far-away Abitibi Branch is also hosting a Cross-Canada Seniors Day. Longueuil will be one of the six locations that will […]

Greetings from Halifax . We have 145 participants from the Atlantic Region here today. Canada’s most Easterly provinces — Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick are all well represented. Incredible energy in the room!

Greetings from Newfoundland and Labrador,  the most easterly point in North America.  At our branch in St. John’s, we started the day with an open house  and welcomed many visitors, including some local dignitaries. Everyone enjoyed a delicious vegetarian pot luck lunch.  Our afternoon workshop has approximately 25 participants who are eagerly awaiting the cross-Canada video link to […]

The mango pudding is chilling, the buses and cars have flocked to the International Center, with a record of more than 400 participants for a seniors day, and there is a excitement in the air for what’s ahead. Seniors Day is always the largest one-day event at the International Center but this year it takes […]

In Ballina, Co Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, the Friday of the International Workshop is the time for celebration, to mark the 20th anniversary of Taoist Tai Chi in Ireland. The workshop programme, for 145 members from 9 different countries, combines working all together and in small groups, and runs until mid-afternoon. We […]

Over the Memorial Day weekend holiday the International Center in Florida hosted an international sabre program lead by Sean Dennison.  Over 90 participants took part in the program coming from as far as New Zealand. The first day started with the USA Board receiving a guided tour of the historic Fenway Hotel from the Dunedin branch […]

  How does an International Workshop of Taoist Tai Chi® arts in Ireland start? Weatherwise, with sunshine! And the same sunny and joyful atmosphere was felt by all participants when we started under Tony Kwong’s guidance with our foundation exercises. And how does an International Workshop in Ireland continue, in this our 20th anniversary year? […]

Celebrating 20 years of Taoist Tai Chi® in Costa Rica with more than 70% of our membership plus 27 participants from Australia, Aruba, Canada, USA, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, was a great experience. The preparation of the international programme, the reception and the banquet taught us a lot about participating, working together, communicating, coordinating and exploring things […]

We celebrated with a banquet the grand opening of a new clubhouse in Warsaw. It was attended by 132 smiling participants. We were honored by the presence of seven officials from the Warsaw City Hall:  mayors and vice-mayors of 4 Varsovian districts: Bielany, Żoliborz, Bemowo and Wola. We were also honored by the presence of Carmen Capilla from Spain. […]

They all knew it would be a very special night.  So they came from all locations across Belgium and also from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Hungary and Canada. In total 50 people attended the program, for Marsha Eberhardt, President of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism was visiting Brussels to lead a very […]

Doing the daily chores in small groups without group leaders was a new experience for most participants. For some it was a challenging way of working together. It was an opportunity to learn from each other and to learn more about ourselves. There are many ways to practise flexibility. The beautiful weather during the workshop gave […]