The Dragon's Head Blog

The very first 5-day IWS in Ireland and more than 163 people from 12 different countries gathered in Foxford!  The workshop was led by Tony Kwong. We worked on the foundation exercises and on a lot of the moves in the set. We largely worked in our small groups and this helped each of us […]

On July 19, 2015 approximately 50 participants from the Taoist Tai Chi Society, Windsor (Ontario, Canada) location attended the 13th annual Dragon Boat Race for the Cure on Lake St Clair.  With an audience of approximately 5,000 people, the demonstrations offered many opportunities to show the Taoist Tai Chi® arts and talk about its benefits.  The Dragon Boats […]

On June 13 and14, we enjoyed a wonderful spring weekend in historic Exeter, NH for the New England Branch Regional Workshop. Exeter served as New Hampshire’s Revolutionary War Capital. George Washington once spent a night in Folsom Tavern where our Saturday lunch was held and President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in 1860 at the […]

Port Credit, July 1, 2015 Many participants from the Mississauga, Etobicoke, Oakville and Brampton locations danced with the new red dragon in the parade that was part of the Canada Day celebration, Paint the Town Red, in Port Credit. The Dragon came ashore in the Port in the early morning hours and then came alive […]

Passersby were invited to join a free class in Stratford park.  As you can see, several of the locals joined the group.

Tooling Up for Restorations at the Fenway – an eventful morning! Kicking off the commencement  of our renovations of the Historic Fenway Hotel building in Dunedin, FL was the event of our day!  The City’s sincere interest was felt immediately as Dunedin City Mayor Julie Ward-Bulalski joined our welcoming committee in the front of the Fenway.  […]

On the weekend of May 29-30 the Toledo, OH USA branch celebrated their 25 years of practicing the Taoist Tai Chi® Arts by having a weekend of activity. On Friday evening we started by doing a round of 108 Move Sets, then we enjoyed a delicious Chinese meal. On Saturday we continued doing Sets until […]

96 participants came together to celebrate the Anniversaries of Hamilton 40th, Oakville 35th, and Burlington 30th  these branches are part of the Horseshoe area of Central Region. Marsha Eberhardt, President of the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism, National and International Director, lead the instruction by asking the question ”What is Tai Chi?” We were […]

The Toowoomba branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia celebrated its 25th anniversary, plus 20th anniversary of its Taoist shrine, at a weekend workshop and High Tea held on 20-21 June 2015. We were delighted to have special guests at the High Tea on Saturday afternoon: Councillor Paul Antonio, Mayor, Toowoomba Regional Council; the Hon […]

Staff and volunteers at the International Centre near Orangeville celebrated Canada Day in style with a barbecue dinner and red and white cupcakes followed by a bonfire party with fireworks. Canada’s flag also flew proudly at the centre entrance during the day and we had several groups of people visiting our property for the national […]

On Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st a workshop was held at the Pleasant Hill Center of the San Francisco Bay Area Branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA. Our guest instructor was Tony Kwong. There were over 60 enthusiastic attendees from San Diego, Portland, Denver, the Vancouver area, Phoenix and […]

My name is Pat and I have been a member of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Great Britain for 15 years and an instructor for 10 years. 5 years ago I had an accident in my car. I woke up just as the airbag was deflating and because the car was tipped on its […]

It’s hard to comprehend the thousands of volunteer hours that often go unnoticed behind the scenes including very unglamorous tasks like washing windows and window screens; and then there’s also the necessary expenses to hire out tasks that volunteers couldn’t possibly do like re-painting the weathered red trim on the classical Chinese roof tiers of […]

A group of leaders from Dunedin, the site of our new International Centre in Florida, has visited us in Toronto. Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism president Marsha Eberhardt and executive director Andrew Hung gave the American group a warm welcome, hosting them to a dim sum lunch before a tour of our headquarters at […]

Thanks to everyone who came to the International Centre’s Rhythm and Vines day early june to help weed our vineyards. About 30 people turned up over the day and there was a lot of laughter and good conversations among the grape vines in the north field. Thanks to the kitchen too for keeping our energy […]

The outside of our Three Religions Temple at the International Centre near Orangeville has just been repainted in areas where the Canadian winters have taken their biggest toll since it was opened in 2007. Work is also being done on freshening the paint on some of the deities inside the temple.

Participants of summer Tai Chi week celebrated Tony’s Birthday.

In the spirit of all cultures moving together in harmony, the Tallahassee Branch joined their brothers and sisters in Quebec in celebrating Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day. On Tuesday night 20 folks enjoyed the regular dinner before the weekly Branch Class.  Homemade Habitant Pea Soup (the first time I’ve had it other than from a can), fresh homemade […]

  Southern European Centre, 20-21 June 2015 This weekend the Southern European Centre held our annual Instructors Gathering. For the first time the event included Italy, with 65 participants in total. Saturday morning was a Tai Chi session led by Madalena Carmona, Lucia Tiribilli and Jesús Vicens. Connecting the pushing from the feet with the […]

Leading up to the big grand opening of the Wong Dai Sin temple this summer, the regular D’Arcy Street Wednesday morning classes have been moved to our new location on Steeles Avenue! Thanks to the innovative cantilevered design of the temple, participants have been enjoying the opportunity to practice and learn outside comfortably, rain or […]