Angus Tai Chi Academy
Chinese Internal Arts for Health & Wellbeing
Forthcoming Events
Saturday 27th April -
Tai Chi on the
Beach
for
World Tai Chi Day
Saturday 27th April is World Tai Chi
Day
and
we intend
celebrating this by
doing a set or two on the beach at
Montrose. As access to the beach is now possible
again (and the tide is
low),
we
will be
meeting
at 10am. Please contact your normal instructor for details or
email
admin@angustaichiacademy.org.uk
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Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th May - International Workshop
International Association Of Tai Chi & Lokhup Academies
and
Angus Tai Chi Academy
Present
A 2 Day Tai Chi Workshop in
Scotland
Join us for a two day Tai Chi workshop focusing on
Finding Balance Through The Tai Chi
Set
with
Antoine
Dave
International Instructor, Tai Chi
Brussels, Belgium
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th May
2024
10.00am to 4.30pm each
day
Farnell Village Hall, by Brechin, Angus, DD9 6UH
Cost (including lunch and refreshments) :
IATLA member: £25 per day, £45 for 2 days
Non-IATLA member: £28 per day, £50 for 2 days
Please notify us of any dietary requirements in advance
(e.g. any allergies or vegetarian).
Registration by Saturday 11 May
Contact Joyce Cooper
email admin@angustaichiacademy.org.uk
Accommodation with Angus members may be available if possible,
but please apply in good time, or arrange your own.
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Past events
In-House
Workshop - Friday 4th October 2019
We had another enjoyable in-house workshop at Farnell Village Hall on Friday 4th October 2019. Run by our local instructors, the workshop was free of charge. In the morning the first hour was aimed at those who undertake the role of corners in the different classes and Paulines version of "Simon Says" certainly exercised the brain cells! The rest of the day was attended by a total of 36 people, ranging from recent beginners to regulars of long standing. The instruction focused on various aspects of the early moves and everyone left with at least a little more understanding. After a very sociable soup and sandwich lunch, there was time for another slow set before the afternoon drew to a close. Thanks go once again to our instructors.
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International Workshop at Farnell, 9-11 May 2019
This 3-day
workshop was with international instructor Willem van Engelen from
Tai Chi Academie Weert in the Netherlands. Over the three days
Willem focused on Balance and Relaxation; two important components
which are vital in helping us to master all the exercises and the
set. These concepts were illustrated by working through the
exercises and the first 17 moves, breaking them down into small
sections to show where the balance should be.
Although many
people came only for one day, the turn out was good, with between
20 and 30 people attending each day, including Willem and the four
ladies from the Netherlands. As usual there was a lot to take
in, but it was a very friendly and enjoyable workshop.
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Tai Chi on the
Beach - Thursday 18th April 2019
As the
Montrose hall was not available for classes just before Easter, we
had our annual morning at the beach on Thursday 18th April.
About 30 members from various classes met at the Montrose promenade
at 10am for some open air Tai Chi. It was quite a bright day
although somewhat bracing, but was invigorating and a very sociable
occasion. After a couple of sets on the beach the morning was
topped off with refreshments and a natter at East Coast Burgers on
the promenade.
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Half day Workshop 15th March 2019
Our in-house workshop in Farnell
Hall on Friday, 15th March was very well attended, with about 50
members turning up on a bright but very blustery morning. The
attendees ranged from recent beginners to those who had been doing
Tai Chi for many years, so the morning focussed on the correct
postures for Donyus and Toryus and incorporating this into the
first 17 moves. The refreshment breaks and the soup and
sandwich lunch allowed plenty of time for the members of different
classes to mingle and socialise and completed an enjoyable
morning.
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International Workshop 20th - 22nd August 2018
Close on the heels of Ben's workshop we had another workshop with an international instructor, also at Farnell Village Hall, this time led by Hanneke Verduyn of the Kin San Tai Chi Academy in the Netherlands. Although the main focus was on the Tai Chi set, Hanneke also introduced the Qigong Brocade, which was new to many of us.
Qigong is another ancient form of Chinese health and longevity exercise, which pre-dates Tai Chi by a few thousand years. The Qigong Brocade is a series of eight slow, flowing exercises practised by millions of people for exercise and relaxation, for meditation, as part of an alternative medicine program or as training for martial arts.
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International Workshop 3rd - 5th
July 2018
At the begining of July the
Acadeny organised a 3 Day Tai Chi at Farnell Village Hall. We
were fortunate to have the international instructor Ben Chung of
the Zhong Wen Taiji Academy in Canada. In fact this was a
truly international workshop with other attendees coming from the
Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany,
Canada and even
England!
Ben was a disciple of our late
Sifu Master Moy Lin-Shin, who modified the Yang Style Tai Chi
108-move set by emphasizing turning, stretching, rising and falling
to develop the style of Tai Chi we practice. The workshop focused
on the soft side of Tai Chi (Yin Movements), with the emphasis on
the internal movement driving the moves and Ben spent a long time
breaking down the early moves to illustrate this. As always
the workshop was quite intense and hard work, but it left us with a
lot to think about and some new international friends.
Videos taken at this workshop
can be viewed at https://www.moytaichi.org/scotland-2018/
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