The Dragon's Head Blog

A group of 16 seniors came together in Tauranga, New Zealand on Monday April 4, for the first seniors’ workshop to be held in New Zealand. After the participants worked on the foundations in the morning, with particular emphasis on danyus, the group left the clubrooms for a visit to the historic Elms Gardens the […]

The weekend of the 9th and 10th of April Rome experienced another exciting international workshop, led by Paul Davies, member of the FLK Board of Directors and the ERC, and Kerstin Gummelt, member of the ERC. Participating were 87 people from seven different countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany and Italy). Paul reminded us that […]

  At the end of a very exciting program and Chinese New Year banquet the Grande Prairie Branch announced the winner of the wonderful, colourful quilt donated by our talented member, Helen Botha. Our participants sold the tickets far in advance of the raffle date and we are pleased to announce that the winner was Ruth Lovlin. […]

Wherein a continuing instructor reports on an international workshop of Taoist Tai Chi® arts held in Wellington, New Zealand, March 16-20, 2016. Arriving early on the first day of the international workshop, I was thrilled to meet up with old friends and acquaintances from past workshops and other tai chi events. There is a real […]

The Ottawa Branch was pleased to welcome Louis Blaquière to lead us in a National Program on the weekend of March 19. The theme for these two days was trust, relax and let go. We worked on these three aspects in our dan yus and tor yus, and while reviewing the moves in the first […]

The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, Columbus Branch, hosted a weekend workshop March 12 and 13. The workshop celebrated 20 years of providing Taoist Tai Chi® arts training to the central Ohio area. Forty individuals including the two instructors attended the workshop and enjoyed the ambiance of the location and the food prepared […]

The weekend of March 19-20, 2016 saw a fun and lively experience for attendees learning the tai chi sabre set in Sarnia, Ontario.  Led by Central Region Management Committee member, Blaise Baillargeon, 37 participants from near and far, including Michigan, Ohio, Sault Ste. Marie, Collingwood, Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo, Stratford Branch, and Sarnia Branch, played and laughed […]

The smiles in this group photo say it all about how much participants enjoyed this week of Taoist Tai Chi® arts in Brisbane led by Tony Kwong, Director of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. We were also privileged to be joined by the President of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism, Marsha […]

Members and special guests in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia), celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Brisbane branch at a dinner on March 10, 2016. We were pleased to be joined by special guests Mr. Duncan Pegg MP, member for Stretton and representing the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk; Councillor Vicki Howard from Central Ward of the City […]

  On a cool but fortunately sunny spring weekend an international workshop with 70 participants from five countries took place in Frankfurt. This year we were able to rent the rooms of the Waldorf School in Frankfurt. This gave us the opportunity to have all in one place. A large gym, a separate dining area […]

Les 20 et 21 février dernier, un weekend pour débutants à Saguenay a réuni onze nouveaux participants, quelques continus ainsi que tous les instructeurs de l’emplacement, pour un total de 24 personnes pour le samedi. Impressionnant de voir la rapidité d’apprentissage des 108 mouvements. La technique d’enseignement trois-trois-trois, une grande simplicité et voilà, tous travaillent […]

Česká verze následovně   On January 30 and 31 we attended a big two-day workshop where we had a further opportunity to deepen our knowledge of Taoist Tai Chi® arts. The workshop was enjoyed also by some members who were quite new to Taoist Tai Chi® and who have participated for the first time in an […]

Chinese New Year banquet in Bratislava, Slovakia, 13 FEB 2016 We have celebrated the upcoming lunar year, in sign of fire monkey, traditionally by banquet in our location in Bratislava. Before the celebration there was an intensive, during which the members could warm up. There was a very enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere during the banquet, which […]

The latest International Workshop in Great Britain closed with a vote of thanks by Crispin, and a show of appreciation by the participants. Andrew gave news of the Fenway, and everyone gave a big cheer for the kitchen team.

All together – 193 participants for 5 days, and a further 51 for the weekend – plus volunteer helpers.  

Early Sunday morning in Colchester, before the programme starts, participants visit the shrine, and practice together.

Saturday afternoon – Andrew asked Theo from Cambridge and Yvonne from Netherlands to practice Single Whip, and talk about how it feels.

Saturday morning: Catherine from Suffolk has been seen to walk with the aid of two trekking poles, so Andrew invited her to find her inner fishing rod instead. The effects were clear to see, and she spoke of how it felt. Dave from Cambridgeshire has lived with MS for many years, and always speaks very […]

Saturday morning, and another 60 people join the International Workshop. The Set now fills the hall, before words of welcome for the new arrivals.

On Friday night, while reviewing our Needle at Sea Bottom, Andrew asked Crispin to demonstrate how the structure is like a fishing rod, and soon we were all catching fish together.