The Dragon's Head Blog

The benefits of an active lifestyle are well documented in studies.  But for living proof look no further than Stratford’s Isabel Plant. A five-day-a-week regular at the city’s branch of Taoist Tai Chi the energetic and charming senior celebrated her 90th birthday with fellow participants at the Ontario Street facility this week. Along with Anneli […]

On February the 20th the Winnipeg Branch filled the practice hall to capacity to mark the Chinese New Year. The communal sounds of people talking and laughing filled the colourfully decorated room as guests waited for the delicious buffet. The dinner program was rich with a combination of FLK education, cultural exchange, prizes and comedy. […]

Centre volunteers have been busy working long days harvesting and preparing the sap collected from our property’s maple trees. Once in the evaporator the sap is boiled down until it reaches the right level of sweetness. The delicious liquid is then brought over to the kitchen to be filtered and bottled.

C’est à l’emplacement de Limoilou à Québec, samedi le 27 février dernier, qu’avait lieu une introduction au chanting.  Une vingtaine de personnes dont quelques novices ont pu apprécié ce moment et en apprendre davantage sur les bienfaits du chanting. Après un délicieux repas communautaire choyé en dessert, presque tous sont restés pour le Sutra des […]

Lors de la première pratique de 2016 du samedi organisée pour réunir les 3 emplacements du Bas-Saint-Laurent , 36 personnes se sont présentées. 11 de Rivière-du-Loup, 10 de Rimouski et 15 de Trois-Pistoles. Pratique de l’enchaînement et des mouvements de fondation et excellent repas communautaire au menu. Un bon début d’année pour ces emplacements de […]

The Ottawa branch hosted its first annual Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, February 27th.  Posters announced the event approximately six weeks beforehand.  A friendly competition developed between the seventeen Ottawa branch locations as the day drew near.  The afternoon went smoothly thanks to members of the branch Seniors’ Committee, who oversaw organizing the cook-off. Upon arriving, each participant […]

Our generous maple trees, fully tapped and connected to a grand evaporator setup, have been giving their precious sap for a couple of days now! Immediate help is needed daily to collect firewood and to process the sap into the delicious syrup we have enjoyed for the past two years. In this beautiful spring weather, […]

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 […]

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.

  Red Deer, Alberta, part of the Western Region in Canada, hosted a quick start day on February 27, 2016. We welcomed 30 participants of whom about one third were beginner students who have been practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts for a little over a month. We learned from three local beginner instructors from our satellite […]

The Vancouver branch celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Monkey with food and games as well as by joining the local Chinese and other communities in the annual Chinatown Spring Festival Parade. On Saturday February 13th about 60 participants and friends gathered for a six-course vegetarian jai meal, prepared in our own kitchen […]

(Version française plus bas) The Eastern Region held its New Year’s Banquet on Friday February 4th at its headquarters in Longueuil, just before its Regional Instructors Workshop Weekend. The Montreal Lion Dance club opened the festivities, finding a way around the tables to perform the traditional lion dance. They invited our regional president to welcome […]

Lundi le 15 février, 47 participants se sont réunis à Saint-Augustin, emplacement à l’ouest de Québec, pour un intensif de trois heures. Simplicité, alignement des pieds, équilibre et confort ont semblé plaire aux nouveaux participants des classes continues entourés d’autres plus anciens participants. « Repousser le singe » et « Effleurer le genou », sont des mouvements qui ont […]

A little over 700 people sat down in the Banquet Hall at the International Centre on February 21st, 2016 for 8 courses of delicious Chinese vegetarian dishes. Followed by about a 100 volunteers that helped with the setup, serving, bussing, dishwashing and the many many other tasks that are a part of this wonderful annual event. […]

  As a result of corrections in the sitting meditation and in my tai chi, a new part of my back opened up that had been hurting before. — Matt from Oregon       You have to pay attention to your task, watch the other people, if you want to learn about something and […]

The evening of February 13th, 2016 saw over 60 Surrey, British Columbia participants and their families celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Fire Monkey with a pot-luck dinner. In addition to a wonderful meal, attendees were entertained by singer, magician, clown, and balloon maker extraordinaire Mr. Bubbles (incarnated by a local participant).  They […]

Awaiting the arrival of 800 guests for Lantern Festival Jai Lunch.

Another successful beginner weekend was held on January 30 and 31 at the Atlantic Region Centre.  These weekends, more and more popular, provide an excellent opportunity for new participants to experience immediately many of the things we do together: practicing the 108 moves, setting up for meals, cooking, and cleaning up.  As we are fortunate […]

On February 5 and 6, 2016 the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi Calgary Branch hosted a successful two-day national program event led by Verity Rolfe. Sixty-nine people (including a visitor from England) gathered to deepen their understanding of the Taoist Tai Chi® arts, make connections with other participants, and work together. Volunteers kept everyone […]