The Dragon's Head Blog

Hundreds of practitioners of Funk Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® arts came out Sept. 12 to celebrate International Awareness Day on the Vancouver, B.C. waterfront and take part in a Sabre program at our Pacific Region Centre. More than 300 of us arrived by ferry, bus, transit and on foot at Jack Poole Plaza, overlooking […]

During the workshop we were introduced to the members of the seniors’ committee of The Netherlands. The committee has the name Ietsjes meer, meaning, a little bit more. Like a little bit more donyus, fun and activities. It clearly shows that this committee is very energetic and bubbling.  Their enthusiasm was very catching. We laughed […]

I experience the sheer joy of movement – of moving a body that has been paralyzed. These words are from one of the participants talking about their experience of doing Tai Chi at the International Centre in Orangeville. On day 4 of our 5-day Health Recovery Program there are looks of focus and determination on […]

Chanting helps us in many different ways to improve our health. Bea, one of the participants, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s a few years ago. Practising Taoist Tai Chi® arts helps her to keep her body flexible. Chanting gives her the benefit of moving the muscles in her face and keeping them flexible. Pronouncing the sounds […]

The workshop of Taoist Tai Chi® arts started on a lovely warm autumn day. Paul Davies helped us to deepen our understanding of opening the joints in arms and knees as we practised some of the foundation exercises. We also focused on shifting the weight. Paul described it as rolling, rolling, rolling until all the […]

Under Carmen Capilla’s watchful eye and gentle instruction the International Workshop in Edinburgh, 03-04 September, managed to pack in quite a lot into two days.   Starting to put out the breakfast things … while the world sleeps … cooking the bacon …. ready for an instructor meeting over breakfast …     Morning chanting […]

The NYC Tri-State Branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA was contacted for a television interview on Good Morning America, an internationally broadcast program. They answered a call that came in during last Thursday night’s class. The caller said he was from ABC News, and that the Mayo Clinic and the NIH (National Institute […]

International Taoist Tai Chi Awareness Day is held each year to celebrate and promote the many benefits of Taoist Tai Chi ® arts of health for physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being. Members, family and friends from more than 25 countries will gather throughout the world for public demonstrations, parades and festivities. In Great Britain, […]

On Sunday August 28, in a parade we went to downtown Helmond to celebrate Awareness Day in the Netherlands. The colourful balloons and the silver t-shirts were shining in the sun. All the shops were open, the terraces were full, live blues music played next to our demo spot, and there was an Oldsmobile car festival […]

  Yoga, tai chi and acupuncture – some of the most popular non-drug health approaches – may be effective tools for managing chronic pain conditions such as back and neck pain, osteoarthritis and migraines, new research has found. http://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/yoga-tai-chi-may-help-manage-chronic-pain-conditions/365553/

It was a warm Thursday evening and the community came out to watch the Dundas Cactus Festival parade in Ontario, Canada. Spectators and children smiled as they watched the 10-leg dragon weave and zigzag along the parade route. The crowd applauded when the dragon chased the pearl into a spiral. The dragon’s presence was especially […]

When I was a kid I had two left feet. I was good at sport but anything that required grace, timing, co-ordination and balance was not an option for me, or my sister for that matter. You see both Jacqui and I cannot tell left from right. When we were forced to learn dancing at […]

Am letzen Samstag (27.08.2016) hatten wir einen dreistündigen Unterricht (Intensive) in Frankfurt am Main. 22 Mitglieder aus Lüneburg, Kassel und Frankfurt folgten der Einladung. Bei Sonnenschein und noch erträglichen Temperaturen wurden uns die neuesten Varianten zu bestimmten Bewegungselementen nahe gebracht. Mit Neugierde und voller Freude für die Instruktion hatten die Teilnehmer sehr viel Spaß. Unter […]

The Learn Tai Chi in a Weekend program was held in Tauranga, New Zealand, on August 12-14. There were four absolute beginners surrounded over the weekend by six to eight instructors. What a ratio to ensure maximum learning. It was a daunting prospect for us newbies but the atmosphere over the whole weekend was relaxed […]

More than thirty people walked the streets of Old Quebec on a recent sunny Saturday to present three demonstrations to the public and tourists. The event was quite successful. There were participants from Lac Beauport, Loretteville, Limoilou, Charlesbourg, Charny, Levis and as far as Rimouski. Even new participants who did almost three hours of trekking and practised […]

CIT Week is not just about learning the upgrades in the set; it has much more to offer. This CIT week I had the privilege and honor to be a dragon leg. You might ask:  What does being a dragon leg have to do with Tai Chi?  Well, I will tell you this is my […]

As we separate the address of the Fenway Hotel from the Taoist Tai Chi Society property to accommodate Mainsail activities, we have updated the buildings to reflect the new addresses acquired from the city. Building C  The address is placed on storefront window. Building C is now 251 Lyndhurst Street, Dunedin, Florida 34698 Building E […]

This week in the USA we had TV coverage of society activities coast to coast. Bay News 9, a local TV station in the Tampa Bay area, was out inquiring about the society and the improvements being made to the Fenway Hotel. The President of the USA, Pegoty Packman, was interviewed and her class recorded. […]

Some of our talented photographers have provided these images from Yonge Dundas Square in Toronto and Wong Dai Sin Temple on International Awareness Day this year.

Click on the videos below to see the stunning winning entries received for a photo contest held for the First Anniversary of the Grand Opening of our Wong Dai Sin Temple. We were also celebrating the four architecture awards won by the Taoist temple, including the prestigious  Governor-General’s Medal for Architecture 2016.