The Dragon's Head Blog

The smiles in this group photo say it all about how much participants enjoyed this week of Taoist Tai Chi® arts in Brisbane led by Tony Kwong, Director of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism. We were also privileged to be joined by the President of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism, Marsha […]

On February 27th the Corpus Christi, Texas location welcomed the Year of the Fire Monkey with our traditional Chinese New Year banquet at our Santa Fe street location. Over 80 guests attended including the Corpus Christi Chief of Police, Fire Chief, and Assistant Director of Parks & Recreation, as well as participants from Austin and […]

The final numbers from the 2016 Central Region dan yu challenge are now in. From the reports across the region everyone enjoyed the challenge and found a deeper understanding of the benefits of this exercise in the Taoist Tai Chi® arts. There were 1,385 participants and $17,780 was raised for the Fenway project. The number of […]

Members and special guests in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia), celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Brisbane branch at a dinner on March 10, 2016. We were pleased to be joined by special guests Mr. Duncan Pegg MP, member for Stretton and representing the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk; Councillor Vicki Howard from Central Ward of the City […]

  On a cool but fortunately sunny spring weekend an international workshop with 70 participants from five countries took place in Frankfurt. This year we were able to rent the rooms of the Waldorf School in Frankfurt. This gave us the opportunity to have all in one place. A large gym, a separate dining area […]

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 Friday, March 18th, the Tampa Bay Times will run the following article with an online video of the work being done at the International Center Florida, Fenway Hotel and the Society. Watch the video Tampa Bay Times Article Even during its latest 10-year stint as a vacant building, the historic Fenway Hotel has remained […]

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.

Over eighty members attended the Chinese New Year Dinner at the Buffalo Center on March 5th. Everyone enjoyed the northwestern Chinese style menu as well as the music provided by our talented members.  Thanks go out to everyone who participated in the planning, preparation and clean-up of the dinner.

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 […]

There has been lots of activity in the southeast wing of the A building (the Fenway Hotel). This wing has had the roof dried-in. This refers to the process of applying a layer of roofing paper, tar and a thick rubber material to waterproof the roof. The final roofing material layer for all of the wings […]

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 […]

Česká verze následovně   On January 30 and 31 we attended a big two-day workshop where we had a further opportunity to deepen our knowledge of Taoist Tai Chi® arts. The workshop was enjoyed also by some members who were quite new to Taoist Tai Chi® and who have participated for the first time in an […]

Chinese New Year banquet in Bratislava, Slovakia, 13 FEB 2016 We have celebrated the upcoming lunar year, in sign of fire monkey, traditionally by banquet in our location in Bratislava. Before the celebration there was an intensive, during which the members could warm up. There was a very enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere during the banquet, which […]

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.

The latest International Workshop in Great Britain closed with a vote of thanks by Crispin, and a show of appreciation by the participants. Andrew gave news of the Fenway, and everyone gave a big cheer for the kitchen team.