The Dragon's Head Blog

Over 50 participants of Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® kicked off their 40th anniversary celebrations on the first day of the year — Jan. 1 — with some tai chi and a 40 Dessert Potluck.   The festivities started with long-time participant Dennis Dong giving a short history of the Branch, including how participants […]

Following Master Moy’s teachings to help others in need, FLKTTC has become a proud sponsor of ‘A Dream Come True’, a community-based fundraising campaign for less fortunate youth in the City of Markham. The announcement was made at a press conference launching the event, held at Canadian Chinese Radio Station in Markham. This campaign targets […]

                                  Participants from the Windsor branch annually collect food and other necessities to help those in need. Every year participants dig deep to try to help those less fortunate so that they can have a better holiday season and quality of life. […]

What a memorable weekend in early December.  It was truly extraordinary to gather together for a Lok Hup Ba Fa program under the guidance of Marsha Eberhardt, President of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. With Marsha leading the way, we practiced this ancient art steeped in the Taoist tradition and became acquainted with […]

Completing our exploration of opening in the first 17 moves,  we played with appear to close entrance and cross hands. Listen to the push and the elasticity of the body, connect and open. Listen to the roundness of the move. One individual cannot know everything, together we learn from each other.  The 108 moves reflect […]

Lines, angles, timing, balance. Things go where they need to go. The expression comes from the inside. We continued to explore the feeling of opening in the beginning of the set. The movement of hands is driven by the push from the feet. We enjoyed a preview of the preliminary results of the Canadian Health […]

Just a short time before Christmas and all throughout the Windsor branch over 100 participants, family and friends got together for a home-cooked meal prepared by all on Saturday December 3. The Windsor Banjos played softly while 25 children danced and sang and made crafts throughout the day. As Santa arrived they jumped and they cheered […]

Building on yesterday’s strong foundation, we continued to work on opening up,  focusing on the don-yu and the first few moves of the set.We were reminded that when we drop our elbows, the Latissimus dorsi muscle relaxes. Going all the way up will align the structure, allowing a natural drop with the knees following. We […]

Over 130 participants are gathered for Fall Tai Chi week, lead by Marsha Eberhardt, at the International Centre in Orangeville.  We worked together on our Tor-yu, one of our foundations, and continued to explore our feet, the foundation we stand on. We discussed the physics of the 49/51 forces coming from our foundation and put […]

What could be better on a warm sunshiny fall day than 70 participants from the southwest area, Brantford, Niagara and the International Centre (including volunteers from Switzerland and Australia) practicing the 108 moves together outside. The day’s events started with a the location leaders’ meeting and finished with the Instructor Development session. It was a […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

October 8, 2016, during Canadian Thanksgiving weekend participants from the Windsor, Ontario branch spoke on a local radio station.  Branch leaders spoke about new classes and the health benefits of Taoist Tai Chi® arts. As a charitable organization the Windsor branch was invited by the station to do three programs this year.  The station covers all of the […]

The Autumn Dreams Festival at Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, invited us to introduce Taoist Tai Chi to festival goers throughout the festival, which was held in two locations over several days. People from all over the world had the opportunity to try Taoist Tai Chi, and, brochure in hand, they can return home knowing where to find […]

Close to 20 participants from Lac-Beauport and Charlesbourg gathered for a demo and to give free classes in the magnificent area of Tewkesbury north of Quebec City. The annual public market was the perfect opportunity for us to introduce people to the many health benefits of Taoist Tai Chi®. It was quite enjoyable to work […]

Instructors from the Quebec City branch met on Sunday Sept. 11th for a wonderful day of tai chi and discussion in Charlesbourg. The day started with a class and proved an excellent occasion to welcome new participants. A potluck lunch and afternoon period of discussion rounded out a very enriching day. Each time there is […]

    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 […]

The prestigious Governor General’s Medal for Architecture has been formally presented in a ceremony in Ottawa for Fung Loy Kok’s Wong Dai Sin Temple in Markham, near Toronto. Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism president Marsha Eberhardt and manager Chris Farano were present. Bottom row (left to right): Monica Leung, Shim Sutcliffe Architects, Brigitte Shim, […]

Participants demonstrate the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® arts at the Parkinson’s SuperWalk in Langley, BC on Sunday September 11th, 2016.