2025 August Qigong Master Class

Tai Chi and Qigong workshop with Grandmaster Eng Chor Khor After anticipating this workshop for months I certainly was not disappointed. On 9th August 2025, Grand Master Eng Chor Khor opened with a brief warmup and an introduction to the sounds used in the Six Healing Sounds Qigong. He then explained the variations in movement…

Celestial Weekend Retreat

Celestial Tai Chi Weekend Retreat – 14-16 November, 2025 After a gap of 12 years, we have commenced running our year-end Tai Chi retreat. The 2025 retreat will be a live-in weekend amongst the peace and tranquillity of LYREBIRD PARK in the Yarra Ranges Valley, about an hour’s drive south east from Melbourne CBD. This…

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…

‘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…

So what’s the difference between Qigong and Tai Chi?

When I start talking about my love of Tai Chi and Qigong – I often get asked “What’s the difference?” This question can be answered in a number of ways. While an instinctive reaction may be to look for differences, it is important to first understand that both Qigong and Tai Chi share a common…

Exploring Tai Chi using Mindfulness and Flow

Mindfulness is the ability to be fully in the present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, to not be distracted by what’s going on around us. Mindfulness is a quality that every person already possesses - it’s not something you have to create. In Tai Chi we learn how to develop this…

The Celestial TaiChi College logo

At a recent Celestial Tai Chi College (CTCC) instructor training session, when explaining the history behind some tai chi moves, Senior Master Chin Min went on to explain some of the thinking that went into creating the CTCC logo when setting up the College. Further history of the College which was established in 1990 by…

2019 Q&A Philosophy Session

Our recent Philosophy Q&A afternoon on the 1st of June saw Grand Master Eng Chor once again delight his audience with insightful pearls of wisdom about Tai Chi and Qigong, their origins and benefits, applications and styles and much more. As always, these sessions help in giving great knowledge on this ancient exercise as we…

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