‘SUBSTANCE’ in Yang-Style Tai Chi

Introduction Yang-style Tai Chi had its roots in the successful martial art routine developed by Yang for training competitors in hand-to-hand fighting. The routine is performed as a gentle, slow and graceful routine, found to be excellent exercise because it uses every joint and muscle in the body together with providing excellent exercise for the…

2016 Banquet Highlights

The College’s 2016 banquet was held Sunday, 4th December and was again rated as very successful, with the 10 course meal being described as the most delicious ever. As with past annual banquets, we were treated to solo performances by Grand Master Eng Chor (Celestial Tai Chi Performance routine and Sun Tai Chi), Senior Master…

Age no Barrier to Practicing Tai Chi

Edna Neubecker turned 99 last July, and is now in her 100th year. The first time she did Tai Chi was during a trip to China on a Shanghai street in 1983. She remembers a group of ladies being instructed by another wearing white gloves. The exercise looked beautiful so she and her friend joined…

TaiChi–blending Body, Mind and Spirit

How does Tai Chi provide us comprehensive guidance? And how can we consider applying the benefits to our own context? Consider the "body, mind and spirit" model... BODY Stretching the muscles. Loosening the joints. Improvement in circulation of the blood. Achieving flexibility of the body. Movements come from what the Chinese call ‘wu-wei’ or ‘not-…

Never too Late to ‘Un-Learn’

To appreciate Tai Chi Chuan, we should consider that it is not an activity where you are learning new stuff. It is what you are, but have forgotten, it is an awakening of innate qualities of what it is to be human. We can refer to the teachings of F. Matthias Alexander - the creator…

2016 End Year Message -GMaster EngChor

Dear Tai Chi friends, I hope that you have enjoyed doing Tai Chi with us this year. Senior Master Chin Min and I conducted special workshops which gave everyone the opportunity to refine old routines and learn new routines from the Masters. These have been very popular and we will be continuing to do this…

Highlights of 2016 China Tour

Sixteen students of Celestial College and their friends (3 western faces among 13 Chinese Malaysian/Taiwanese Australians which gave us a cultural and language tourist advantage) enjoyed a fascinating 13 days sightseeing tour around China’s Sichuan Province. The tour was once again hosted by Grand Master Eng Chor. It was Karen’s third trip to China and…

Mario’s Morning Tai Chi in Box Hill

If you ever happen to walk through Box Hill shopping precinct on a Tuesday at 8am, you will come across a group of happy and energetic tai chi practitioners of all ages, but mainly young elderly and middle-aged people who never miss their free tai chi class. There are others too, those busy workers who…

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