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School visit to the centre
Pupils from St George’s School took some time out from their classroom lessons to visit the Taoist Tai Chi European Centre in Colchester. After a long walk from their school they were welcomed by a small team of volunteers. They sat enthralled, listening to the story of The Crane and the Snake and Master Moy’s […]
Autumn Moon Festival: Getting started on the Apps
The preparations for the Autumn Moon Festival Jai dishes are well underway. Working on the Jai duck & chicken appetizers today. The vegetables should be arriving soon, so… Enjoy the fall colours on your drive up & come join us in the kitchen! Chop a little, learn a lot. And of course, your helping hands […]
30 years worth of Taoist Tai Chi® arts celebrated in Newmarket
On Saturday September 19th, Newmarket hosted a 30th anniversary celebration which also coincided with the fifth anniversary at our beautiful location at 355 Davis Drive. Despite the extensive construction activities on Davis Drive, everyone found their way to the celebration including Mayor Van Bynen who assured us that after three years of noise and disruption […]
Filled with gratitude are we …
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 […]
Vancouver’s Fenway Fundraiser Still Fabulous
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 […]
Happy Birthday dear Southern European Centre!
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 […]
International Workshop held in Portland, Oregon
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 […]
Balcony Garden in Vancouver, BC
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, […]
Autumn Moon Celebration Banquet and Calgary Branch National Program
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 […]
How to jump to continuing class in a weekend
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 […]
A Homecoming: International Awareness Day 2015 in Canada’s Pacific Region
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. […]
“Get to Know your Centre” Day in Madrid
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 […]
Awareness Day Costa Rica 2015
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 […]
Regional Awareness Day in Scotland
Scottish Region’s Taoist Tai Chi Awareness Day in Edinburgh, 19 September 2015
‘High five’ in Helmond
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 Awareness Day Vancouver
Video report by SHAW TV of our Awareness Day Taoist Tai Chi in Vancouver.
International Workshop in Budapest
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 […]
A warm welcome in Dunedin
Andrew Hung received welcome gift basket from Lynn Wargo, President and member of Dunedin Chamber of Commerce.
25 year Celebrations in Broome in the Kimberley Western Australia
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 , […]
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