The Dragon's Head Blog

After a difficult time at the beginning of the lockdown, despite practicing every day, I was washed over by stress and fear. I hung on dan yus, tor yus and our instructors’ encouragement. Over the weeks and keeping practicing, I realized with the lockdown how retreats, intensives and classes make Taoist Tai ChiTM arts a […]

Last weekend, in Belgium,  participants had an appointment with a 50 Set Marathon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our Society. As the sets went by we could feel more fluidity inside and outside . The repetition of the moves helped us to let go of our thoughts and worries … we were just there, […]

On Sunday 15 December 2019, the Netherlands Seniors’ Committee invited Belgian members and Dutch participants for an intensive, a delicious Christmas lunch and a fun(d)raising activity in Helmond. The Belgian members even rented a coach for this occassion because so many wanted to go. The fun(d)raising activity was ‘Bingo’, a typical seniors game with balls […]

The members  of the TTCS of Belgium gathered with enthusiasm for a Beginner Weekend. The instructors guided the participants to  discover the Tai Chi in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Enchanted by this beautiful moment of sharing and meetings, we are all ready to start again in 2020 …. 🙂   C’est avec enthousiasme  que les […]

On this beautiful summer day in Brussels we celebrated Awareness Day. We did some sets and gave an introduction class to interested people. This announces the beginning of the Taoist Tai Chi TM season in the parks that will take place in Belgium in July and August. The bravest ended with a picnic and a […]

Nice challenge to set up for the banquet celebrating 30 years of Taoist Tai Chi in the Netherlands and Chinese New Year on the first day of the workshop. A very joyful celebration as we tried to work with no arms but from the heart.   A very international celebration as the workshop was organised […]

Over the years, our celebration of the Chinese New Year has become a special event for us members of the TTCS. A time of meeting and sharing, where we work together to make this day a beautiful rewarding memory, between decoration, preparation of spring rolls, an intensive,  our delicious  meal, and a fundraising for the […]

The Dutch Seniors committee liked to organize an activity to celebrate International Seniors Day in which they could sing together songs from the old days. And the Belgian board liked to organize a Christmas lunch. So why not combine these two? We did – on Sunday December 9th there was a Sing Along Christmas lunch in the TTCS Centre in Helmond. The […]

On November 10th, members from Belgium travelled to Helmond (NL) for a Doe Dag – it’s s now a ritual for us to take care of the  Center once a year. A Continuing class was running while our great kitchen team was cooking simple but delicious Belgian recipes. So that during the lunch, we could hear here and there, “hmm, it’s super good”, […]

    International Senior’s Day celebrates the end of the 5th season of partnership between the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Belgium and the City of Brussels. The program included free introduction class, demos of the set, standing and seated, and foundations. On a beautiful sunny day, passers-by and seniors could simply follow the flow […]

There were 57 members from Belgium and the Netherlands who gathered to celebrate the Year of the Earth Dog.  The day started with an intensive, focusing on softness of the hands, continuity of the moves and how the roundness can help us find our feet, giving a stronger structure to our foundations.  Anchored well in […]

To beautifully finish five months of introduction sessions in the Brussels parks in collaboration with the Ville de Bruxelles on September 30 we celebrated seniors on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons. Seniors in training or beginners of all ages brush knees through downtown Brussels and the Grand-Place. Passers-by, tourists, delivery men and newlyweds benefit from […]

The weekend of March 4 and 5 last will remain in our hearts as a wonderful memory.  The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Belgium celebrated its 20th anniversary and organized its first international workshop. There were 127 members from 10 countries who gathered in Brussels to practice Taoist Tai Chi® arts. Among them, ERC representatives and […]

On Sunday September 25th, we celebrated our Awareness Day in downtown Brussels, in front of La Bourse where, for three years now, we have been giving free introduction classes of Taoist Tai Chi® arts every Sunday from May 1st  to September 30th. Thanks to favourable weather, there were a lot of passers-by and a few of […]

They all knew it would be a very special night.  So they came from all locations across Belgium and also from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Hungary and Canada. In total 50 people attended the program, for Marsha Eberhardt, President of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism was visiting Brussels to lead a very […]