The Dragon's Head Blog

The Mississauga participants have spent the summer practising the Taoist Tai Chi® arts in different parks throughout the city each Sunday morning, rain or shine. Riverwood is a favourite because of its beautiful gardens and lots of people passing through. After class at the Cooksville location on Saturday, August 11th, the practice hall was swiftly […]

After an incredible five days of Taoist Tai Chi® teaching, the 150 participants had much to take away with them and incorporate into their own practice. Throughout the foundations and moves we worked on, there was an emphasis on ’up-down-same-time’, through the dropping of the elbows and coccyx and the rising of the spine from […]

Around 50 people gathered at the St Petersburg Center for the Beginning Class Graduation Brunch on Sunday, July 29th.   It has become the tradition at the end of the semester to have a Pot Luck brunch for all the beginning classes. This has become a nice way for the new students to meet the […]

At the 5-day International Workshop in Colchester, around 170 participants from 13 countries are enjoying a warm welcome, in exceptional (for England) temperatures of up to 32 degrees. We have been practising what has been described as ’cool tai chi’, taking advantage of the softening effects of the heat. Mornings start with chanting – part […]

Last summer we were invited to do demos at the first Tea Fest PDX in Portland OR and were delighted to be asked back this year. We were given a quiet and inviting space away from the main vendor area to set up our booth, serve iced puerh tea and do demos throughout the day. […]

Last month, in a tranquil social atmosphere, we had an opportunity to make the profundity of Taoist Tai Chi® arts available to 50 people in our satellite in Tibás, San José, capital of Costa Rica. Through an Intensive, a lunch and a talk about Physiology and Taoist Tai Chi® practice, we could see the connections […]

… there was a little boy whose name was Moy! And this was the beginning of our interaction with a group of dynamic children in a downtown neighborhood primary school in Lisbon on July 4. After the school invitation we immediately started constructing a plan for the activity which we considered very exciting: we consulted […]

The Tennessee Branch’s National Workshop and Annual Meeting was held on June 23-24, 2018 in Knoxville. This year the workshop had 66 participants from as far away as Ithaca, New York, to the neighboring states of Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina. Allen Pearce, of Portland Oregon, led the sessions, and Ed Bell, Regional Management Committee […]

The Florida Keys Branch recently marked the 97th birthday of Jean Goff at the Marathon location. Jean joined in the winter of 2013 when classes first began at this location and has been a regular participant ever since. Her warmth and clever sense of humor make us smile. In every class she inspires the rest […]

  The Niagara Branch celebrated their 40th Anniversary with an Open House and Program at the Horseshoe Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday June 23rd, 2018. The day started with chanting to mark 20 years since the passing of Master Moy Lin Shin. Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism director John Huang, our […]

A beautiful early morning at Weaver Park in Dunedin, Florida. Participants enjoyed a nice breeze off the water with some morning tai chi.  Celebrating the 4th of July.

On July 5th,  the first activity of 2018 organised by the seniors committee of The Netherlands took place in Haarlem. A city walk with a surprise treat at the end of the tour was planned after the Intensive in the morning followed by a pot luck lunch. Over thirty members from different locations started the […]

July marks the two-year anniversary of my first encounter  with Taoist Tai Chi® arts and I am reflecting on my journey so far. Almost immediately the word happiness comes to mind. This seems an odd choice; while learning tai chi makes me happy so do lots of other activities. Obviously, there is more to my […]

108 moves … and all made up of don-yus and tor-yus! “Isn’t that simple?”, is the question. “Yes, but not easy!” Instructions and advice follows…. “Smile! Not so serious, Relax” “Do you see the don-yu and tor-yu in each movement of the set? It makes it stronger and better.” “Call it out. Call out clearly, […]

Many participants from a number of locations in the Toronto Branch actively supported our involvement in the 2018 Rotary International Convention at the Metro Convention Centre from June 23 to June 27. It was a significant commitment because we needed to cover 60 hours at our booth during the five days of the conference, and […]

We just celebrated Awareness Day here in he Netherlands! Here are some of the aspects that we worked on last June 24th in Helmond, with participants from several branches: having fun, moving meditation, improving our quality of life, focusing on our attention, connecting both the inside and the outside world, enjoying being together, doing a demo in the city center to reach out to […]

Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism directors welcomed guests from Dunedin, Florida, to our International Centre this weekend, including the city’s Mayor Julie Bujalski, Deputy Mayor John Tomga, and city Commissioners and officials.  The Dunedin group were on an annual visit to Toronto and accepted an invitation extended by President Marsha Eberhardt to visit the […]

For the fifth year running, the Mayor of Oshawa, Honourable John Henry, has proclaimed a Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® Day in the City of Oshawa.  The first proclamation in 2014 was given to Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® in recognition of our service to the community in our 20th Anniversary year.  This […]

We performed a demonstration of Taoist Tai Chi® arts, including Lok Hup Ba Fa, Sabre and also did a dragon dance in the centre of Madrid during the meeting of instructors from Spain, Portugal and Italy. Nearly one hundred people had the opportunity to deepen the knowledge of these arts. This is the dragon dance […]

A hard-hat tour through the Fenway Hotel in Dunedin, Florida, this week in anticipation of the boutique hotel’s opening in October has generated several stories in the news media, including the Tampa Bay Times, Bay News 9 and ABC Action News. The role of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA in preserving the […]