Taiji Kungfu Fan session

On Saturday I took a group of students through parts 5 and 6 of this popular fan form. We used The Florrie in Mill Street which is an amazing building, recently restored and opened this year. The day went well and we managed to cover all that was planned. Other day sessions will be arranged to look at other aspects so if anyone is interested in attending please contact me. In addition I have now secured a venue for a weekly fan class. This will start on Monday 7th January, 7.30 - 9 at Bridge Chapel. Details of their address can be found by clicking on the link. The cost of each session will be £4 and it is suitable for those new to the fan although some Tai Chi experience is preferred for those wishing to learn this form. Please contact me if you wish to register for this class.

Great News!

My proposal to host a World Tai Chi Day event in the Liverpool Festival Gardens was accepted yesterday. The event will take place on Saturday 27th April 2013 (World Tai Chi and Qigong Day) from 10am - 12pm. This is very exciting news both for Tai Chi and also for the Festival site which was opened earlier this year. My school performed Tai Chi and Qigong demonstrations on the opening day (see photos). The setting is perfect for doing Tai Chi and I have contacted a number of instructors to see if they would like to take part. If you are an instructor and would like to know more about this event and how you can take part, then please email me.

Chinese Health Qigong

Last Thursday (8th November) saw the start of the Health Qigong UK seminars tour organised by Deyin Taijiquan and British Qigong Health Association. I am very proud to say they started their tour in Liverpool with a three hour workshop on Yi Jin Jing health qigong. Twenty three people attended and the feedback received was very positive (see below). Professor Hua from Wuhan delivered the workshop after demonstrating the whole set (see pictures below)

Here are some of the comments received from attendees: "a very good, interesting session and (I) really enjoyed it very much. ….I also found it surprisingly relaxing" (Rita). "the Professor was a brilliant tutor" (Valery). "It was lovely to see such a master perform the sequence so beautifully, and glimpse its potential for calm, energising movement. It was an inspiring reminder of what to keep aiming at, rather than focussing on the sometimes difficult struggle to learn particular movements. I thought the pacing of the session worked out well. We were given scope to really begin to assimilate the earlier, easier moves, without feeling rushed, which certainly gave me … a degree of confidence and relaxation…" (Anne). "Really great evening and slept the best I have in ages!" (Mary).

Fame!

The school was featured in issue 324 of the Your Move magazine after our display at the Bold Street Festival. Check out the pictures on page 78. Yesterday we were down at the festival gardens on a beautiful sunny autumnal day. This was some of us off for a cuppa after we had finished.

We will be back there on Saturday 17th November from 10 - 12 if anyone would like to join us. Places have been filling up for the health qigong workshop. There are still places left so please get in touch if you are interested.

Festival Gardens

What a wintry blowy day but not to be deterred I went down to the Chinese Garden this morning to do some practice under the Pagoda. Whether it rains or not it always remains dry under there. I made sure I was well wrapped up and I had almost an hour of doing some Tai Chi and Qigong. I was watched by the swans - check out the ruffled feathers on the one on the right.

The festival site is beautiful and the autumn colours are really coming through now. I am hoping to do some activities in the park over the coming months so once I have approval then I will publish details on here and on my website In the meantime check out the colours in this photo I took last week when I was down there practising. What a difference in the colour of the sky compared to today!

Unique Qigong Opportunity

I am thrilled that Faye from the Deyin Taijiquan Institute asked me if I would host a Chinese Delegation for an evening in November with the purpose of delivering a Qigong workshop. I have now secured a venue at St John's community centre in Steble Street for Thursday 8th November, 6pm till 9pm. The cost is £25 and if you would like to attend please send me an email and I will then send you out a booking form and how to pay. This is a rare opportunity to welcome these Qigong masters to Liverpool and I am sure this will be an event to remember. The workshop is suitable for complete beginners as well as those of you who have done Tai Chi or Qigong before.

New class started

Yesterday (Monday 8th October) saw the start of a new class in a gym called Something for the Ladies. As it suggests this is a ladies only gym but anyone interested in joining this class can just turn up on a Monday ready for a start at 10.30am. The class is an hour long and costs £5 payable on a pay as you go system with the gym therefore no membership is required. If you want to read more about the gym then follow this link