Tuesday 19 April 2011

A good time for tai chi

May and June are always a good time for tai chi and qigong in the Northwest - there is lots going on.

I already mentioned in a previous post that my teacher, Master Faye Li Yip, will be doing a one-day seminar on 24-step tai chi and ba duan jin near Oldham on 8 May. She will also be taking part in a joint UK tour of the British Health Qigong Association and the Chinese Health Qigong Association. On the northern part of the tour there will be seminars on 21 May in Derby, 22 May in Oldham again and 1/2 June in Manchester. You can get the details of the tour and who to contact for booking here.

On the weekend of 25/26 June there is my school's annual summer camp in Wolverhampton. (Yes, I know it's not the Northwest, but it's just an hour and a half's drive down the M6 and I'm quite excited about it this year.) There is a choice of 24 step tai chi or tai chi kungfu fan on the Saturday, followed by yi jin jing health qiqong or san shou two-person tai chi form on the Sunday. Booking details here.

Closer to home, Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang will be giving a set of seminars in Liverpool from 11-14 June (details and booking here). Although this is a different style of tai chi (Chen style) I would recommend the qigong seminars to anyone interested in tai chi.

I will be giving a free two-week taster course in Liverpool on Friday 13th and Friday 20th May at Newsham Adult Learning Centre. There will also be at least one other free tai chi taster course by Angela Howarth at Granby Adult Learning Centre. I will give you details about booking later, when I know myself.

And of course there is my introduction to the 24-step for learners who have already done some tai chi, at Lowton High School Warrington from Monday 9 May. This is almost booked up now, but there are a couple of places left.

Monday 4 April 2011

...and for my Rotunda students...

Here is Tary doing the 8-step, very slowly to make clear the different parts of each move. He also calls out the names of the moves so you can hear what the Chinese sounds like when said by a Chinese person!

Tary Yip doing 16-step

I did promise that when my teacher got round to putting his video of the 16-step on YouTube that I would post it here. So here it is - this is what it is supposed to look like.