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Theatre and Tai Chi in Stratford, Ontario

Theatre and Tai Chi in Stratford, Ontario

On Saturday, May 13, 2017 60 people arrived in Stratford, Ontario to take part in our biennial Theatre and Tai Chi event.  After a brief class, a delicious buffet lunch was enjoyed by all. Then it was off to the theatre for a rousing production of HMS Pinafore.  As usual, getting together to eat and socialize […]
Windsor, Ontario Branch Featured on Radio

Windsor, Ontario Branch Featured on Radio

During the Victoria Day holiday weekend participants from the Windsor, Ontario branch spoke on a local radio station.  Branch leaders spoke about new classes, balance 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 […]
National Workshop in Canberra, Australia

National Workshop in Canberra, Australia

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia had good reason to smile on Saturday 29th April when 82 members from Canberra, Perth, Sydney and Adelaide joined together to celebrate ACT’s 25th anniversary at a national workshop.  A high tea, delightfully prepared by local members with an abundance of treats […]
Celebrating Forty Years at Bathurst Location in Toronto, Canada

Celebrating Forty Years at Bathurst Location in Toronto, Canada

  This year the Bathurst location in Toronto, Canada celebrates its fortieth anniversary of practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts in this location.  We are fortunate that Master Moy settled in Toronto, Canada when he came to the west to share these arts.  The first locations where he taught these arts were rented sites and the Bathurst […]
National Program in Windsor, Ontario

National Program in Windsor, Ontario

Eighty-three participants from Windsor, Sarnia and the midwest USA gathered at the Windsor branch for a national program led by Tony Kwong May 6 & 7, 2017.  Participant’s from 14 to 80 years of age, improved their understanding of Taoist Tai Chi® arts by working together on the foundations and the first 17 movements of […]
Shifting to Balance — May Health Recovery Week at International Centre in Orangeville, Ontario

Shifting to Balance — May Health Recovery Week at International Centre in Orangeville, Ontario

“Keep it simple”, says Frazer Smith as he leads 31 participants at the May Health Recovery program at the International Centre in Orangeville.  “Up, up, …” go the participants as the instructor guides us through the first few moves of the set. And slowly, gently, softly day one ends with a shifting to balance.   […]
Central Region Program in St. Catharines, Ontario

Central Region Program in St. Catharines, Ontario

Fully 76 participants gathered at the Horseshoe Centre in St. Catharines for a Central Region program on Saturday, May 6, 2017.  All branches in the Horseshoe area were represented and visitors from Stratford, Toronto, Buffalo, and Syracuse were welcomed. Chris Lewis, our instructor for the day, observed that our first tai chi set was disconnected […]
Training Body and Mind in Frankfurt, Germany

Training Body and Mind in Frankfurt, Germany

There were 45 happy people who met in Frankfurt the first weekend in May for an international program led by Carmen Capilla. We worked a lot on donyus and toryus with a special focus:  changing our understanding of the moves and watching that change of the mind then transform the physical move. Dropping instead of […]
Intensive in Portland, Oregon

Intensive in Portland, Oregon

The Portland Branch was thrilled and deeply grateful to have Marsha Eberhardt stop over in Portland to conduct an intensive following her weekend workshop in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Even though the intensive took place on a Monday evening and a Tuesday morning, there was a very high turnout with many rearranging their work and family schedules […]
Afternoon Tea in South East Essex, Great Britain

Afternoon Tea in South East Essex, Great Britain

On 29th April, South East Essex branch members met at a local garden centre tea room to enjoy an afternoon tea together. The dress code was ‘wear your brightest tai chi T-shirt’ — and we did! The tea room kindly let us use their outside space to practice a tai chi set in the garden […]
National Instructors’ Workshop in Adelaide, Australia

National Instructors’ Workshop in Adelaide, Australia

There were 82 participants from around Australia who gathered in Adelaide the first weekend in May for a national instructors’ workshop to explore substance and sensitivity.  Some participants had only begun practising Taoist Tai Chi® arts a short six weeks earlier.  Here are comments from only the first day of the event: Supportive and friendly, […]
Awakening the Dragon in Orangeville, Canada

Awakening the Dragon in Orangeville, Canada

On a sunny and crisp Saturday, April 29, the 10-leg dragon was prodded from its lair at the International Centre in Orangeville by a posse of 18 participants from Toronto, Quebec and Halifax. The sleepy dragon patiently allowed its head to be reattached after a long winter sleep before going outside for a good stretch and run. Energized by a morning of […]
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