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Charity Coffee Morning 2024

Our Charity Coffee Morning on February 12th was a resounding success. The sun shone the whole time and people streamed in over the course of the morning. We had a fabulous selection...

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Chinese Cultural Walk 2023

The photo of the lamp post may say lucky but there was nothing left to luck when Harriet Gilmour of Experience Liverpool put together a guided walk for the Tai Chi School...

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World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2023

The last Saturday in April is designated as World Tai Chi & Qigong Day. We have held an event for the last eleven years and this year was no exception. We joined...

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Charity Afternoon Tea Party

As a continuation of our celebrations of the ATCS 10th anniversary we held our charity afternoon tea party on the 18th April on a beautiful sunny spring day. As well as celebrating...

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Master Faye’s Return to Liverpool

A further indication of moving forward following the pandemic was our first visit by Master Faye Yip since 2019. To celebrate her return we invited Master Faye for not one but two...

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Tai Chi Christmas 2022

A winter solstice, beautiful clear skies, a floating restaurant and a group of Tai Chi students and their teacher. These were the ingredients for a wonderful 2022 Christmas day out. The Floating...

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Chinese New Year – The Year of the Ox

Chinese New Year was never going to be the same as any other year! But the Ox is strong and powerful and was not going to let anything spoil its celebrations. As...

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Taiji Kungfu Fan returns!

All of the ATCS events planned for 2020 were cancelled earlier this year. Taiji Kungfu fan was one of them. Prior to the lockdown fan had been a popular feature of the...

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4th World Health Qigong Day 2020

On the second Saturday in September, for the last four years, World Health Qigong Day has been celebrated globally. We may be in the middle of a pandemic but this was even...

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Update on classes returning following lockdown

As of 25th July the Government has stated that gyms and indoor sports activities can resume. This will include Tai Chi classes which is great news. The current plans for ATCS is...

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Tai Chi Goes off the Rails for Sport Relief 2020

This coming Sunday – 15th March – myself and a group of students are demonstrating Tai Chi and Heath Qigong to the people of Merseyside.  Starting in Southport and travelling by train...

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Sword class goes to Telford

It’s great to head to Telford for training but it’s even better when the whole class follows you!  The weekend had been in the diary for literally months and the sword class...

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Master Faye’s Seminar July 2019

Saturday 27th July was a wet and miserable day but at IM Marsh campus Tai Chi and Qigong enthusiasts were waiting for yet another masterclass from Faye Yip, Deyin Institute. We were...

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Belt and Road Roadshow Liverpool 2019

In a church hall in the quiet suburbs of Blundellsands those gathered waited for a session of Health Qigong, the likes of which they had not experienced before.  This was no ordinary...

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Deyin Summer Camp 2019

The Deyin Taijiquan Institute held their 20th annual summer camp in June.  A fantastic record for Masters Faye and Tary Yip which highlights the impact these two people have had on the...

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Tai Chi Day Out to Manchester 2019

The sun was shining and we were off to Manchester for the Tai Chi annual day out.  The tour was titled “Cottonopolis and the Arts” and we were in for a treat. ...

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Belt and Road Roadshow 2019

I am absolutely delighted to be hosting one of a number of events for this roadshow.  The roadshow is the brainchild of Master Faye Yip, president of the BHQA, and will celebrate...

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Video Library Goes Live!

It has always been a question asked by my students about videos to help  with home practise.  Well after a year of preparation the first videos have now made it onto the...

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World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2019

On Saturday 27th April we celebrated the wonder of Tai Chi and Qigong with millions of people around the world. In 1999 Bill Douglas introduced the world to World Tai Chi and...

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Change to Thursday evening class

With effect from the 4th April, the Thursday evening class will be splitting in two. Previously it was one session lasting one and half hours. We will now be putting on two...

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Festival Garden Classes

Due to work being carried out at the Festival Garden site, there will be no classes on a Tuesday morning for the next three weeks. The site will re-open on Saturday 16th...

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Deyin Boot Camp Feb 19

On the 9th February the Deyin Institute held their first boot camp of 2019 to coincide with the Chinese New Year – the year of the pig. As usual there was a...

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Results of our Charity Coffee Morning 2019

Our charity coffee mornings have become a staple in the Tai Chi calendar.  Each one has been a wonderful way to promote, share and enjoy Tai Chi as well as raising funds...

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Auction of a signed and framed Everton FC shirt

As part of our charity coffee morning I am delighted to be able to have an auction as part of the fundraising efforts. The Everton shirt has been signed by 18 of...

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Happy New Year

We have now been back for two weeks and classes are in full swing. Last week we welcomed new members to several of the classes and on Saturday I held the first...

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Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and thanking you for a wonderful 2018. There have been so many highlights during the year. You can read about them and look through the...

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EHQG One Love One Qi 2018

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...

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Press Coverage in China

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...

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My Trip to Sanya 2018

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...

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World Health Qigong Day 2018

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...

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Master Tary Yip’s visit to Liverpool 2018

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...

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3rd European Health Qigong Games 2018

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...

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Tai Chi Inter-Fest 2018

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 –...

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Our Annual Day Out 2018

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...

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London Tai Chi Competition 2018

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...

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BHQA Instructor Course 2018

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...

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Taiji Fan Workshop with Master Faye

For the second year in a row Master Faye Yip of the Deyin Institute came to Liverpool to deliver a top class session in the Taiji Kungfu Fan routine.  Last year we...

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New class starts on Linnet Lane

I am pleased to annouce that we have been able to, with the help of Riverside Housing, put on a brand new class.  I am delighted to say that Mo is the...

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