The Dragon's Head Blog

8 April 2016, Rijswijk.  For the third time, the seniors committee in The Netherlands organized an intensive spiced with an afternoon delight of playing traditional Dutch games.  Thirty-six members represented the cities of Helmond, Delft, Rijswijk, Voorschoten, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Weert, Haarlem, Limburg and Chiltern (Great Britain)! Before the start of the program, one member asked, what […]

  At the end of a very exciting program and Chinese New Year banquet the Grande Prairie Branch announced the winner of the wonderful, colourful quilt donated by our talented member, Helen Botha. Our participants sold the tickets far in advance of the raffle date and we are pleased to announce that the winner was Ruth Lovlin. […]

The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, Columbus Branch, hosted a weekend workshop March 12 and 13. The workshop celebrated 20 years of providing Taoist Tai Chi® arts training to the central Ohio area. Forty individuals including the two instructors attended the workshop and enjoyed the ambiance of the location and the food prepared […]

The weekend of March 19-20, 2016 saw a fun and lively experience for attendees learning the tai chi sabre set in Sarnia, Ontario.  Led by Central Region Management Committee member, Blaise Baillargeon, 37 participants from near and far, including Michigan, Ohio, Sault Ste. Marie, Collingwood, Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo, Stratford Branch, and Sarnia Branch, played and laughed […]

To ring in the Year of the Fire Monkey, the Tristate Branch (comprising New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut) held its annual Chinese New Year Banquet, Auction and Raffle on Sunday, March 6. Having outgrown the James Beard House, the historic culinary center where we have held banquets in years past, we ventured farther […]

The grey clouds and wet weather above Brisbane’s Reddacliff Place could not dampen the spectacular sight of two hundred members of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia performing a lunchtime demonstration of Taoist Tai Chi® arts on Friday 11 March 2016. This event was timed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the volunteer, non-profit […]

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 […]

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 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. […]

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.

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 […]

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 Portland Oregon Branch held its annual Chinese New Year Reception and Banquet on February 27th Approximately 200 participants and guests came together to celebrate and to welcome honored guests, Aide to US Senator Ron Wyden, State Representative Lew Fredrick, and VA Recreational Therapist Nancy McFarland who is helping us make Taoist Tai Chi available to […]

  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 […]

On February 13th we celebrated the Chinese New Year in Lausanne, Switzerland. We had the chance to welcome Martina Pavlovicova, visiting from the European Regional Council (ERC). She led a wonderful intensive, worked with us on smiling and, while practicing move hands like clouds, we actually did manage to move the clouds which allowed our visitors […]

After many volunteers worked cheerfully together to create a scrumptious lunch, more than 100 members and guests gathered to celebrate the arrival of the lunar new year and to enjoy the results of their labour. Many stayed on to assist with clearing tables, washing dishes and returning the centre to “normal” ready for classes the […]

In Great Britain, Colchester hosted a five-day International Workshop led by Andrew Hung, from Toronto in Canada. On Thursday at lunchtime we hosted a Chinese New Year celebration which started with a keenly anticipated lion dance. Our invited guests included Sir Bob Russell, former Member of Parliament for Colchester and now High Steward of Colchester, […]