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Afternoon Tea Party in Support of The Whitechapel Centre

A Delightful Event for a Noble Cause This year, we have the immense pleasure of supporting The Whitechapel Centre charity by organizing our main charity event, the Afternoon Tea Party, held on...

29
Apr

Chinese New Year Celebrations 2025

Our first celebration for The Year of the Snake started slightly early with a heart warming concert in the Music Room at the Philharmonic Hall. The event was organised by Pagoda Arts....

07
Feb

Fundraising News January 2025

This year ATCS is supporting The Whitechapel Centre, a local charity that supports people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Back at the end of November Rita and I went...

23
Jan

Tea Meditations

I am delighted to be working in collaboration with The Liverpool Tea Warehouse in delivering tea meditations once a month in store. To date we have delivered four sessions starting in October...

11
Jan

Southport Fundraising Event 2024

Our latest fundraising event for the Swan Women’s Centre took place on the streets of Southport. Chapel Street and Lord Street to be exact. As it was the end of term we...

29
Jun

Tai Chi Summer Day Out 2024

RHS Bridgewater, 7th June 2024 Photos in the gallery Every year we have a social day out and this year was no exception. We chose to visit the beautiful RHS gardens at...

07
Jun

World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2024

For twenty years on the last Saturday in April Tai Chi and Qigong enthusiasts from around the globe gather at 10am local time to practise and share these wonderful arts with fellow...

27
Apr

Chinese New Year 2024

On the 10th February 2024 Chinese all around the globe celebrated the New Lunar Year and The Year of the Dragon began. At ATCS we celebrated two weeks after and we choose...

23
Feb

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...

12
Feb

Tai Chi Christmas 2023

For the second year running ATCS chose to have their Christmas day out on The Floating Grace. A testament to how much everyone enjoyed last year’s event. We had even more people...

15
Dec

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...

23
Jun

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...

29
Apr

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...

18
Apr

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...

08
Jan

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...

21
Dec

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...

12
Feb

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...

26
Sep

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...

12
Sep

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...

11
Jul

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...

10
Mar

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...

13
Oct

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...

27
Jul

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...

02
Jul

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...

30
Jun

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. ...

28
Jun

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...

04
Jun

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...

02
Jun

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...

27
Apr

Change to Thursday evening class

10th March 2019

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...

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...

19
Feb

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...

09
Feb

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...

06
Feb

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...

24
Jan

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...

21
Jan

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...

23
Dec

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...

25
Nov

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...

18
Sep

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...

14
Sep