The Dragon's Head Blog

The tunes were the same but the words very different when we sang three songs during karaoke dan-yus at an International Workshop in Tauranga, New Zealand, this month. She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain and Old MacDonald’s Farm were all changed to become tai chi songs and Michael Row The Boat Ashore became the Master […]

The Vancouver Branch’s Fenway Fundraiser community art project has been hanging around on our bulletin board since February 2015 – it was such a fun project and turned out so well, we haven’t had the heart to take it down yet. It reminds us how much fun we had eating crab cakes and drinking mojitos […]

Five years already! Five years of classes and intensives. Five years of small weekend programs and large International Instructors Workshops. Health Recovery Week, Sabre and Lok Hup programs. Five years of Instructors and Board Meetings, of tasks and hard working. Five years of cooking for small groups and for large banquets. And then the High […]

The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, Portland Branch, hosted an International Workshop in Portland, Oregon on September 26-27.  The Workshop had one hundred participants from nine states and Canada.  The Workshop was led by Verity Rolfe, an international instructor from Vancouver, Canada, Pacific region. The Workshop included large and small group sessions, working […]

Participants have been enjoying working together to care for our balcony garden at the Pacific Region Centre in Vancouver, BC. The garden is a host to a wide variety of fruits and vegetables (which we have been using in our kitchen), and flowering plants, including strawberries, peppers, tomatoes of many kinds, eggplants, grape vines, verbena, […]

On the weekend of September 25th, 26th and 27th our Calgary Branch welcomed in the Autumn Moon with a celebration banquet and a National Program lead by Susan Lundy, from Toronto. The Autumn Moon event began with a reception and entertainment from cellist Liz Tremblay of Bella Cello. The reception was a great opportunity for […]

This weekend we had a beginner intensive course. A dozen people took part in it, and for two of them it was their first experience with Taoist Tai Chi® arts. Once again it was proved how efficient this method is for both newcomers and old members. It even had an international flavor, as there was […]

The Pacific region of Fung Loy Kok brought International Awareness Day home in 2015, inviting participants from throughout British Columbia and beyond, as well as members of the public, to enjoy Taoist Tai Chi arts together, share a traditional jai lunch and learn a bit more about what we do and how we do it. […]

Last Saturday we had a “Get to Know your Centre” Day at the Southern European Centre in Madrid. Around 20 members, some very new, and our very younger ones! joined for a full exposure to the Taoist Tai Chi® arts. We started the day by Opening the High Shrine, followed by some chanting. There was Tai […]

On Saturday, September 5th, 2015, 30 club members came together in the morning at the main club in Heredia and for the first time rented a bus to go to the different locations to promote the arts to celebrate the Awareness Day. The objective was to visit five locations including three in towns were we […]

Scottish Region’s Taoist Tai Chi Awareness Day in Edinburgh, 19 September 2015    

A good ‘high five’ uses all five fingers and not three or four. This is what we discovered during the International Instructors Workshop in Helmond (9-13 September). It has a great effect on our tai chi. This and many others things were taught by Joé Thibault and Louis Blaquière who were leading the workshop. The […]

Video report by SHAW TV of our Awareness Day Taoist Tai Chi in Vancouver.

A Study by the University of British Columbia concluded that: “Tai Chi can improve some physical performance outcomes in four chronic conditions…but not at the expense of worsening pain or dyspnoea [breathlessness],” ……. “may provide a suitable exercise stimulus for people with several comorbidities,” and could be used as a complementary therapy in some long term conditions.” Read […]

In early September 167 participants from 8 countries gathered together in Budapest to attend a two-day international workshop led by Joé Thibault and Louis Blaquiere. In an easy-going and cheerful atmosphere, we had a chance to participate and enjoy a well-rounded and full program. A major focus was on the eyes, which help connect the […]

Andrew Hung received welcome gift basket from Lynn Wargo, President and member of Dunedin Chamber of Commerce. 

Broome Branch or be it Twiglet! came together for a fun filled weekend to celebrate 25 years of Taoist Tai Chi. Many members  from Branches in Perth and beyond  travelled up to be there for the celebrations  with the Broome members . A mere 2300 kms from its nearest capital city Perth Western Australia , […]

Taoist Chanting every day from 8.30 – 9.3o at the St. Petersburg location! More info Interfaith Week: St. Pete’s Interfaith Week coaxes community bonds >    St. Petersburg location details & Class Schedule >

In 2001, Barbara Patriquin, had reached a point in her life where, like many others, she found her job stressful. As a healthcare worker she took part in a committee on fall prevention. The topic of Tai Chi came up and the suggestion that it was a proven exercise for better balance and bone density. […]