The Dragon's Head Blog

A ten day international program is under way at the National Centre in Bayswater, Western Australia. During the first five days, 108 participants from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Great Britain are enjoying a Lok Hup Ba Fa program (‘six harmonies and eight methods of heart and intention’). Every day we discover anew the richness […]

International Program Helmond in The Netherlands 26 -30 September 2018 During the 5 day program  in Helmond we were helped to experience the power of dropping the elbows and coiling the hands and arms. As Andrew Hung said these moves work on the bones and make  us forever young. Our understanding of the power of […]

The Oregon Branch celebrated its 30th Anniversary in September with a challenging and enlightening International Workshop and a chocolate cake that will be remembered.  Many Taoist Tai Chi Society participants traveled to join us from Canada and across the US.  The workshop program included practicing several of the Taoist arts including tai chi, standing meditation, […]

On September 22nd and 23rd, the Ottawa Branch held a national program led by John Huang. This was a weekend to remember, as the night before the program began, several tornadoes hit the Ottawa area. Fortunately, the Branch Centre was not affected apart from losing power. The FLK community spirit quickly began to shine, and volunteers […]

Wong Dai Sin Temple in Markham, Ontario, welcomed 272 visitors when it opened its doors for a second year to participate in the Doors Open Markham festival. The temple took part in the event from 10am until 4pm on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Chanting took place for the entire day and 18 volunteers from five […]

    International Senior’s Day celebrates the end of the 5th season of partnership between the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Belgium and the City of Brussels. The program included free introduction class, demos of the set, standing and seated, and foundations. On a beautiful sunny day, passers-by and seniors could simply follow the flow […]

A small group of dedicated people, showing great care and respect, gave the shrine in Colchester a thorough clean.  It needed it. The work was satisfying and quite therapeutic and the spirit of the whole building feels lighter and brighter.  

Essex is a county in Great Britain where many people practise Taoist Tai ChiTM arts. On Wednesday participants from South East Essex hired a coach and joined others in North East Essex for chanting and tai chi. Everyone enjoyed meeting up together and sharing lunch. We love to have people visit the Taoist Tai Chi […]

Our beginner weekends are always popular and this one was no exception. 120 new members found balance in the 108 moves and learnt something of our culture. Many new friendships were made and the good-humoured group were great company for all. We hope that everyone will find a local class and enjoy even more benefit […]

Every year in September, the TTCS  of France has the opportunity to showcase the Society’s activities. Most of the towns and villages where we have classes organize a Community Fair on the 1st or 2nd weekend of September. Information boards, videos, demos and discussions help us to Promote the activities of the Society. Traditionally, people […]

The strength to be gained by practising Tai Chi has been recognised in an article published by the widely-read New York Times this week. The author, Personal Health columnist Jane E. Brody, says she was surprised by Tai Chi’s effects on strength, “but good research — and there’s been a fair amount of it by […]

On Saturday, 28 July, 75 people, including participants, friends, and family from the Asociación de Taoist Tai Chi Centre in Heredia as well as participants from the three satellites in Costa Rica, gathered for a “Health in the Community” banquet at our Club’s Centre.  We also hosted several members of the medical community, who had […]

 

This year the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Great Britain celebrated Taoist Tai Chi® Awareness Day in Cambridge, the historic city of learning and excellence, on the Sunday afternoon of the three-day International Workshop held there.   The workshop brought together over 150 members from 9 countries, to practice together and deepen our understanding of our […]

Accumulate virtue and continue to do good deeds. Help people while they are living, comfort them while they are dying or after death. Moy Lin Shin – May 1998 In keeping with Master Moy Lin Shin’s guidance, the All Souls Festival has been observed at the Calgary Centre between August 24th to 26th, 2018. There […]

Approximately 30 New Zealand  participants gathered at the Lower Hutt clubrooms on the weekend of the 25th and 26th August for a two-day program led by National President Sue Lightfoot, ably assisted by Wellington continuing instructors Mary Brownlow and Peter Love.  Participants ranged from those who have done Tai Chi for many years (including a […]

We had the opportunity to showcase the Society at a Community Fair with our information boards, demos, audience participation, and discussions with attendees and other vendors Doors were opened with other non-profit organizations to introduce our internal arts.

To finish the summer classes in Mallorca (Spain) we have organized a special day starting with a workshop customizing t-shirts and another workshop of Mahjong, then a Tai Chi class, and finishing with a special dinner with shared food. It has been very interesting and sure we will repeat it.

On Saturday August 18, approximately 40 participants gathered at the Tallahassee, Florida center for an afternoon intensive. While they practiced their Tai Chi and learned about different aspects of Taoist training, others practiced their Tai Chi in the kitchen. Later that evening 60 people gathered in the transformed practice hall for a 5 course Thai […]

A volunteer at the International Centre near Orangeville describes how helping at the All Souls Festival has a profound effect.