The Dragon's Head Blog

Thursday February 28, 1985 Branson Hospital 9:30am As I was walking from my car to my appointment at Branson Hospital, I was wishing that I was going skiing instead. The neurologist walked into the examining room. He took one look at me and said, “You have Parkinson Disease!” After lunch, I went to the public […]

We’re just back at the International Centre after a hot but wonderful day celebrating International Awareness Day at Yonge Dundas Square in Toronto. Delegates from the 25 countries practising Taoist Tai Chi® arts brought greetings, and a lively samba band played during the parade. Sixty-three curious passers-by dared to try the four first movements of […]

  There were tables and chairs set out across the room and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea. A somewhat mad affair in Lewis Carroll’s version, but in Nelson, New Zealand, it was quite civilised – the Queen of Hearts didn’t shout “Off with his head!”   A huge amount of work […]

C’est ma première visite à Orangeville pour un atelier de cinq jours : «J’ai été impressionnée par l’organisation physique de la Société. Ici, les gens sont amicaux. Ils s’entraident. Il y a une ouverture par rapport aux autres. J’ai été émerveillée de voir Tony faire les mouvements. Il est à l’intérieur de lui-même. J’aime beaucoup observer […]

Summer Tai Chi week kicked off on June 29  with a great start.  The five-day workshop began at the International Centre Orangeville on a beautiful summer day, with 184 participants supported by 18 volunteers. On day one, participants received instruction from Tony Kwong on tory-us and dany-us. Following the instructions, participants took part in 24 […]

One participant captured the answer to this question in pictures.

Health Recovery participants don-yu their way down the room as they play with balance and weight-shifting.      “There’s such a strong feeling of community within the group.  It warms my heart.” – Angie from Durham, Canada     “This has been a phenomenal week to help me work on issues that are present for me. It’s […]

News coverage of the Cross Canada Seniors’ Day program held in Victoria, BC. [huge_it_video_player id=”3″]Courtesy of CHEK Media.

  Everyone agreed they will all recommend the Volunteer/Tai Chi Retreat weekend to people at their branches. More than 30 people enjoyed three days of tai chi and volunteering in the  retreat held at the International Centre near Orangeville after Cross-Canada Seniors Day. This is what they had to say: Nice balance of work and […]

The Pacific Region is pleased to kick off the first Cross Canada Seniors Day in Vancouver just after 10 am local time with an energetic Taoist Tai Chi® arts set featuring more than 100 regular participants and several friends trying tai chi for the first time. Participants have arrived from Vancouver, Surrey and Chilliwack branch locations […]

Here at the Calgary Branch of the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® Western Region we are thrilled to learn the that our Seniors Day lands in conjunction with the the City of Calgary and the Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Senior’s Week as proclaimed by Mayor Nenshi. To celebrate this event we are honored to welcome  Councillor Sean Chu  of Ward […]

Greetings from Halifax . We have 145 participants from the Atlantic Region here today. Canada’s most Easterly provinces — Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick are all well represented. Incredible energy in the room!

The Mother’s Day banquet in Toronto had special significance this year, with the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism presenting a cheque for $50,000 to Red Cross Canada to help those suffering from a massive wildfire afflicting the Fort McMurray area in Alberta. FLK also pledged to raise another $50,000 and each location across Canada […]

8 April 2016, Rijswijk.  For the third time, the seniors committee in The Netherlands organized an intensive spiced with an afternoon delight of playing traditional Dutch games.  Thirty-six members represented the cities of Helmond, Delft, Rijswijk, Voorschoten, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Weert, Haarlem, Limburg and Chiltern (Great Britain)! Before the start of the program, one member asked, what […]

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 […]

On February 27th the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi Windsor branch came together to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the year of the fire monkey.   114 participants gathered to share a delicious meal while renewing connections with with family and friends from all locations around the Windsor-Detroit area.

96 participants came together to celebrate the Anniversaries of Hamilton 40th, Oakville 35th, and Burlington 30th  these branches are part of the Horseshoe area of Central Region. Marsha Eberhardt, President of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism, National and International Director, lead the instruction by asking the question “What is Tai Chi?” We were […]