16th British Open Tai Chi Championships
Tuesday 28 September 2004 at 6:46 pm from Dan DochertyThe oldest Tai Chi tournament in Europe continues to draw competitors from far and wide. William Nelson brought a very capable team over from France where they don't seem to get enough action while Ian Cameron brought a few students down from Edinburgh who did well in what I understand was their first tournament. (more)
Autumn Moon Festival
Tuesday 28 September 2004 at 6:45 pm A report from The British Chen Style Tai Chi CollegeSunday 26th September saw Manchester's Albert Square transformed by the Chinese to celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival. Chinese lanterns hung from the trees and the fragrance of Chinese cooking filled the air, from the stalls providing noodles, fried rice and spring rolls. (more)
True Stories of Qigong Healing
Sunday 26 September 2004 at 08:31 am TCUGB Instructor Paul Crompton tells us: 'readers may be interested to know that a book on the Qigong style taught there will be available later this year - 2004 - and its title is : TRUE STORIES OF QIGONG HEALING. (more)
Autumn 2004 Newsletter
Monday 20 September 2004 at 8:08 pm Download the Autumn Newsletter in pdf format.
New Sections
Monday 20 September 2004 at 8:05 pm We have just added two new sections to the website:Meet the teacher
and
Letters to Tai Chi chuan
both are popular sections of the union magazine.
They only have a few entries at the moment but we will be adding more soon.
Union Instructor Video CDs
Saturday 18 September 2004 at 07:45 am TCUGB Instructor Joanna Zorya is going to have two Tai Chi video CDs distributed by Plum Publications.Joanna tells us:
VCD 1 shows and explains a great number of combat techniques for the first seven Forms (or “Postures”) of the Zheng Manqing Taiji style. The film is in two parts. Part One shows the Form sequence and then breaks it down into individual techniques and sequences. Part Two shows the major application sequences again in slow motion.
VCD 2 demonstrates a great number of combat techniques for the next eight Forms (or postures) of the Zheng Manqing Taiji style. The film is in three parts. Part One shows the Form sequence. Part Two shows the individual techniques and how to apply them in combat. Part Three shows the major application sequences again in slow motion. (more)
