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2024 Tai Chi Cultural Tour with Grand Master Eng Chor Khor

The College Cultural Tour was amazing with ten of us with a passion for Tai Chi and love of travel joined Grand Master Eng Chor Khor to travel from Xinjiang, China to Uzbekistan following the Silk Road. We arrived in Urumqi, the main town of Xinjiang the Uyghur Chinese Autonomous Region – it is modern…
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End of year message

Dear friends of our Tai Chi community, As we come to the end of another year, I want to take a moment to reflect on the progress each of you has made and to offer a few words of encouragement as we move into the new year. Tai Chi and Qigong are not just physical…
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Celestial performs at WTQA Festival 2024

The 2024 Wushu, Tai Chi, Qigong Association (WTQA) Festival was held on Saturday 12 October and included performances from 12 martial arts schools. Attendance at the event was around 230 which included 64 from the Celestial Tai Chi College.  There were 24 College students and Instructors who performed 3 items: the Celestial Routine Levels 1-3 (Traditional…
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2024 August Qigong Master Class

Grand Master Eng Chor Khor held a Workshop at the Maribyrnong Bowls Club on Saturday 10th August. Emphasis was on the Lotus, Shibashi 1, Dao Yin, Wu Qin Xi (5 animals) and Wild Goose Qigong routines as well as the Traditional Yang Tai Chi routine focusing on Levels 1 & 2 and its martial art…
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‘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…
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2024 Philosophy Master Class

Once again Grand Master Eng Chor Khor provided an interesting afternoon sharing his knowledge and wisdom at the annual free Philosophy lesson in Ashburton on Saturday 11 May 2024. My husband Noel (who is a Senior Instructor) and I have for 30 years enjoyed GM Eng Chor’s workshops as there is usually something new to…
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The Key is not How but Why?

The first step in achieving anything in life is not figuring out how to do it, but why? If you build a big enough “why”, you will be compelled to succeed. So, the first question one need to ask is, “Why do Tai Chi? Knowing how to do Tai Chi gives you excitement which is…
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2023 Qigong Master Class

On Saturday the 12th August Grand Master Eng Chor Khor presented a Master Class Qigong at Maribyrnong Park Bowls Club in Moonee Ponds. The session which went from 1pm to 4pm covered the theory, history and the health benefits of Qigong and also the practice and instruction of some popular Qigong routines. The word Qigong…
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