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I wrote something earlier in the year about the Games but my wonderful Tai Chi sister Vicky Ahern-Hardiman put out a request for further articles. I was happy to oblige and Vicky has put together three reports on her website about the games. Each from a slightly different angle. One is from Vicky herself; another […]

As well as having an amazing time in China, the press also covered some of the week’s events. I have translated them on google translate so here are the links for you to have a read: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhi.people.com.cn%2Fn2%2F2018%2F0918%2Fc231190-32071691.html%3Ffrom%3Dgroupmessage%26isappinstalled%3D0&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hndnews.com%2Fp%2F227837.html%3Ffrom%3Dgroupmessage%26isappinstalled%3D0&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ft.m.china.com.cn%2Fconvert%2Fc_VT9OOuca.html%3Ffrom%3Dgroupmessage%26isappinstalled%3D0&edit-text=&act=url

As you fly into Sanya on Hainan Island you see the magnificent 108m tall Buddha rising out of the sea. This was the start of an incredible four day experience – the 3rd World Taiji Cultural Festival. Last year Master Faye Yip had attended with her father Professor Li and subsequently was invited back this […]

Saturday 8th September was designated World Health Qigong and here in Liverpool we were fortune to have Master Tary Yip, of the BHQA, booked in for that date to do our annual seminar. Upon Tary’s arrival it was evident we were in for a treat. Tary brought along some of the health qigong banners used […]

Following the morning Health Qigong session we then had a wonderful afternoon of Sun Style Tai Chi. The Deyin Institute has direct lineage to the Sun style and you can read all about it yourself by clicking here. Last year Tary introduced the students to Sun style and over the past year, two groups have […]

3rd European Health Qigong Games Hatfield, Hertfordshire 24th – 30th August 2018 This summer at the University of Hertfordshire a unique event in British history took place when the BHQA hosted the 3rd European Health Qigong Games. This was a coming together of teams and people from around the world to share, experience and compete […]

What a weekend! This was the second year that the Tai Chi Inter-Fest was held. It is a coming together of two organisations – Deyin Taijiquan Institute and Longfei Taijiquan Association – creating one amazing summer camp. Last year was the first one and coincided with Professor Li’s 80th birthday and was a huge celebration […]

Each summer I organise a day out for my students and any family members that wish to come along. For some of the years I have used a company called Great Days to provide the itinerary and guide. This year we went with one of their new events – One Man and his Dog. I […]

This year was the 10th anniversary of the London Tai Chi Chuan Competition. Gary Wragg of Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan Academy and his team put on another fabulous event in Hackney. I’m not sure how many times I have been but it is a few years since the last time. I travelled on the Saturday […]

I have just returned from the British Health Qigong Association (BHQA) Instructor course for 2018. This year I chose to do the Mawangdui set. This is one of nine Health Qigong sets compiled by the Chinese Health Qigong Association (CHQA). This was my 5th course over recent years and as always never failed to please, […]