The Dragon's Head Blog

It was a warm and sunny day as almost 80 participants and guests arrived to celebrate the Collingwood branch’s 20th Anniversary at its Creemore location. For the past 8 years Creemore has hosted a potluck and tai chi evening.  This year, the evening also included a walk down memory lane with a slide show presentation […]

The weekend of 18-19 June saw three beginner weekends occurring, in Cambridge, Colchester and Edinburgh. Over 200 people appeared to learn and practice Taoist Tai Chi® arts in these three locations. In their own words (and pictures)…. Cambridge – A very enjoyable weekend. Friendly instructors and good food. I would recommend to others. [Pete] – What […]

We are holding a photo contest to celebrate Wong Dai Sin Temple winning the Governor General’s Medal for Architecture 2016 Award, the A-Z Award, and the Ontario Concrete Award. A ceremony to award prizes will be held at Fung Loy Kok’s Wong Dai Sin Temple on International Awareness Day, August 11, 2016. Contest details WHEN: July […]

To celebrate the 149th anniversary of the founding of Canada over 40 joyous practitioners of Taoist Tai Chi® arts took part in the grand parade during Port Credit’s annual Paint the Town Red event on July 1st. This is the second year we have paraded our 22-person dragon to the delight of young and old […]

Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism has been thanked for its “incredible dedication and commitment to other peoples’ needs” in a ceremony  marking the completion of its CAD$100,000 donation to the Fort McMurray wildfire appeal. Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti said the institute’s help for “men, women and children you’ll never meet is the highest form […]

On June 13th, the Etobicoke location held their 3rd annual Spring Luncheon. It was another successful event with 50 people in attendance. We had live music, a raffle and excellent food! This year we raised $710.00! It will go toward the FLK pledge to the Alberta Fire Relief.

Plusieurs intensifs de révision ont eu lieu dans les dernières semaines pour la levée de fonds pour les feux de forêts en Alberta. Ces intensifs sont organisés même partout au Canada.  Informez-vous auprès de votre instructeur si vous souhaitez contribuer, ou si l’intensif de votre emplacement n’a pas encore eu lieu. Plusieurs photos seront ajoutées […]

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

Although the Hungarian capital has the most tai chi practitioners in the country, there is another location that occupies a special place within the life and history of the Hungarian Taoist Tai Chi community. This is Sopron, close to the northwestern border with Austria, where Taoist Tai Chi celebrated its 15th anniversary on May 7, […]

Eighty members and special guests met at the Phoenix Restaurant in Histon to celebrate 20 years of classes of Taoist Tai Chi® arts in Cambridge with a delicious Chinese meal. We were honoured by the presence of Sarah Sayer of Cambridge Live, Eve Dziura of the Meadows Community Centre and Dr. Wei Sun of the […]

  The tea party at Colchester has become an annual event. This time it had a 60’s theme and was at the weekend.  As always there was lots of fun and lots of food.

The Cross-Canada Seniors Day video feed is underway, with different locations taking turns to lead the more than 1000 participants across the country in a different foundation move. We’re working together even though separated by thousands of kilometres. Meanwhile Winnipeg Branch Centre has sent a welcome message, saying 80 participants and friends have travelled from […]

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 […]

Close to 200 people are gathering in Longueuil today for the Cross-Canada Seniors Day. They’re coming from all over the region, from the Magdalen Islands through Quebec City, Lanaudière, the Eastern townships, Montérégie and Montreal. Far-away Abitibi Branch is also hosting a Cross-Canada Seniors Day. Longueuil will be one of the six locations that will […]

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!

Greetings from Newfoundland and Labrador,  the most easterly point in North America.  At our branch in St. John’s, we started the day with an open house  and welcomed many visitors, including some local dignitaries. Everyone enjoyed a delicious vegetarian pot luck lunch.  Our afternoon workshop has approximately 25 participants who are eagerly awaiting the cross-Canada video link to […]

In Ballina, Co Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, the Friday of the International Workshop is the time for celebration, to mark the 20th anniversary of Taoist Tai Chi in Ireland. The workshop programme, for 145 members from 9 different countries, combines working all together and in small groups, and runs until mid-afternoon. We […]

The Portage la Prairie location hosted its first ever Winnipeg branch Mother’s Day Banquet on Friday 6 May 2016. The event was held at the Herman Prior Centre in Portage la Prairie. The evening consisted of several demos, a meal and a great silent auction with prizes donated by each location in the branch. We started […]

Celebrating 20 years of Taoist Tai Chi® in Costa Rica with more than 70% of our membership plus 27 participants from Australia, Aruba, Canada, USA, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, was a great experience. The preparation of the international programme, the reception and the banquet taught us a lot about participating, working together, communicating, coordinating and exploring things […]