Angela's Tai Chi School's coffee morning Saturday 04 February 2012 at 2:03 pm
Union Instructor Angela Howarth sent us this news.
Angela's Tai Chi School in Liverpool is holding a Tai Chi coffee morning in aid of Alder Hey's Imagine Appeal (Children's hospital in Liverpool). This is the second year we have had one of these events and it is an opportunity to raise funds for charity and raise awareness of Tai Chi. Last year we held our first fundraiser in aid of Marie Curie and raised £420. This was done in memory of one of our members who had died a few months earlier from cancer.
As this was so successful we decided to make it an annual event picking a different charity each year. The coffee morning lasts for an hour and a half. There are refreshments available including plenty of home baked cakes. After Christmas I ask people to donate unwanted Christmas gifts and these are used for a prize tombola. This year I am also going to put together a hamper from some of the gifts and have a raffle.
During the course of the morning we do some Tai Chi demonstrations and also encourage those who have attended to have a little go at some Qigong and Tai Chi exercises. It's a lot of fun and a good way to introduce new people to Tai Chi. This year we have used for the first time our new school logo on the invites. This was designed by the son of one of my students. If anyone is in Liverpool on the 15th February then please feel free to come along and join us. It would be lovely to see you.
If you are a Union Instructor running an event that might sit outside our normal event listing please send it to John Johnston
More on the Scam Thursday 02 February 2012 at 8:09 pm
Instructor Ray Pawlett wrote to tel lus a bit more abut the scam:• Somebody from an unspecified foreign country contacts you for a fairly substantial amount of lessons for their son/daughter. In my case the value was around £500.00
• You give your prices and they agree to it. They also agree to pay up front and give time for the cheque to clear. It sounds perfect!
• A “problem” happens with the guardian of the child which results in a mix-up whereby the child's travel expenses have been included with your cheque.
• You are asked if it is OK to pay the guardian the difference. You are given the impression that it is small money, perhaps £30 to £40 and it does not seem an issue
• They send you a cheque in the post. In this case it was for £2,500.00 representing an overpayment of £2,000.00
? At this point it was obvious that something untoward was going on – the cheque looks dodgy and an overpayment has been made. The Police were contacted.
• If you carry on from here what happens is that you take the cheque to the bank and it clears.
• You see that the cheque has cleared, everything looks fine so you pay the difference to the child's “guardian”
• In actual fact, the cheque has cleared in the bank but no funds have transferred – or will transfer. The bank realises this after a couple of weeks and the cheque “bounces”
• You lose the money. In my case I would have been making a loss of £2,000.00
It is made very enticing by the fact that a cheque appears.
The Policeman told me that it is happening a lot throughout the country. He called it “the classic Nigerian scam”.
The whole feel of it is "a bit dodgy", but we are all so keen to make a little cash that it is easy to get caught into it.
The alarm signal for it is the overpayment. If anybody is offering a substantial overpayment like this it is a scam!
Another Scam Warning Tuesday 31 January 2012 at 2:39 pm
Members should be on the look out for more scamming email in their inboxes. These seem to follow the usual pattern, a son/daughter looking for private lessons, with an interest in gaining your bank details.
24th FESTIVAL OF CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS & BRITISH OPEN TAI CHI CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 21 January 2012 at 7:21 pm
At Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre, Pegasus Rd., Blackbird Leys, Oxford; Sunday,April 15th, 2011 (doors open 9 am for competitors, 10 am for spectators).
RULES OF THE FESTIVAL OF CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS & BRITISH OPEN TAI CHI CHAMPIONSHIPS Word Doc | PDF
24th FESTIVAL OF CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS & BRITISH OPEN TAI CHI CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRY FORM Word Doc | PDF
EUROPA TAICHI 2012 Sunday 11 December 2011 at 11:20 am
Third meeting of internal martial arts ! taichi chuan, bagua, hsing I, tuishou…
EUROPA TAICHI – from 7th to 10th of June 2012 - in PARIS
France, England, Germany, Italia, Spain, Russia...
Practicers from everywhere in EUROPE will be there to share and show their passion!
It will be a great occasion! Registration
More information:
Palms Tai chi Club in Skegness Lincs Saturday 29 October 2011 at 1:26 pm
Hi, I was ill for 50 years and found out the cause in 1992 and tested in 1994 by hospitals and it was coeliac disease. For 14 years before that I could not walk at all. It was dairy products yup, milk, poisoning the body.
In 1986 I went to Woodlands Day Centre in Colchester, they taught me many things including woodwork and I made a double bed...started off with a screwdriver rack. I digress, Tai chi to try and make us feel looser in the body and mentally less stressed. I was hooked.
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Health In mind Saturday 22 October 2011 at 07:37 am
Photographed at the Libraries NI launch of the Health in Mind Project, with joint support of the Northern Ireland Assembly Committees for Culture Arts and Leisure, and Health, Social Services and Public Safety,on 12th October in Stormont, (from left to right):Instructors can send news to John Johnston.
Michelle Gildernew MP MLA, Chairperson of the Health, Social Services and Public Safety Committee, Irene Knox, Chief Executive, Libraries NI,Michelle McIlveen MLA, Chairperson of the Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee, who enjoyed a demonstration of Tai Chi by Terence and Isabel Barnes, from Bodyhealth Tai Chi Who are providing Taiji for stress and promoting mental health within the Health in Mind Project.
Club Qi Gong 18 Saturday 22 October 2011 at 07:31 am
Union Instructor Neil Bradley has let us know The Tai Chi Club have produced a third Qi Gong video available on You Tube.
TCUGB Election Results Friday 23 September 2011 at 5:22 pm
- Dan Docherty (Chairman)
- Marnix Wells (Vice Chairman)
- Karen Limb (Treasurer & Membership Secretary)
- Peter Ballam (Secretary)
- Gary Wragg
- Faye Yip
- David Hackett
- Mark Peters
- Shelagh Grandpierre
- Tony Ulatowski
Since the election Karen has resigned to take up a new life in Perth Australia.
The treasurers role will now pass to Aileen Cromar and Ronnie Robinson has agreed to take on the role of membership secretary in addition to his other roles.
International Push Hands Meeting Tuesday 13 September 2011 at 5:23 pm
The date for the 12th Push Hands Meeting in Hannover has now been fixed From 11 to 19 February 2012 you can look forward to the familiar format, comprising the programme for experienced practitioners together with regular options for beginners: at least one morning workshop, an introduction to free push hands and then an extra area for beginners and 'soft pushers' after the midday break.
International Push Hands Meeting Hannover, Germany
Internationales Push Hands Treffen
