Highland Taijiquan

Below are my motes for the Workshop given in Tain on the 5th Feb 2012:   1 Objective – To give a basic understanding of the energetic principles underlying the practices of taijiquan and qigong. To do this in 2 hours will require a certain level of generalisation and inevitable inaccuracy. 2 Neigong/Neijia – Exercises [...]

Why Tai Chi classes can be so effective.   For the elderly, the risk and consequences of falling can seriously reduce quality of life, their physical and mental health as well as independence. There is a huge cost to the NHS in both treating the resultant injuries, which can make up for more than half [...]

Torridon Residential 14th – 17th 2011 HOW DO WE WORK WITH OTHERS? Training in taijiquan is mostly about working with The Form, whichever classes you do, and this is important, as it teaches you many of the basic concepts that underly the art. The Form teaches you about your own body, your relationship with it, [...]

Another great weekend. For me, the weekend started on Wednesday picking up Luigi and Suzi in Inverness, followed by a relaxing afternoon to let them recover from their travels and Bob and Ronnie’s hospitality. Dinner in the Clach, then late night chat at John’s. Thursday brought snow and sleet to the Highlands, and a few [...]

Here’s some ideas for Tai Chi related Christmas ideas to direct your friends, family and spouses towards. If you think of anything that should be on here, let me know. Vouchers: Contact me for vouchers for the following: Class Cards – £65 for 10 x 90 min classes, 5 x 3hr classes or any combination. [...]

After Bob’s weekend seminar on qigong, I have decided to make some changes to the structure of the Qigong classes so that they cover a wider range of the qigong syllabus, and also to provide the school with a forum for developing the theories underlying qigong. The classes will cover 2 different but complimentary aspects [...]

OK, we all had a great time. This was clear enough from the feedback I’ve had so far. For most people who have been to a few residentials before, this was a very relaxed weekend. There wasn’t a new form to rush through, there wasn’t the Sunday panic of remembering all the new stuff from [...]

Highland Taijiquan were responsible for a number of random acts of Tai chi at this years Belladrum Festival. It was a lovely festival this year – a nice chilled out atmosphere and lots of good humour. People enjoyed the demonstrations of 24 Step, 108 Step, Yangsheng Taijizhang 1 & 2, 32 step sword and Daoyin [...]

It’s been 10 years since I was last at TCC, but Ronnie had persuaded me to bring down a group of people this year, and I was glad he did. It is about time I got back into the loop. I’ve always recommended TCC to my students as a great way to see and hear [...]

Chinese Food In Inverness The Oriental Choice Restaurant has an interesting couple of pages at the back of the usual menu. The pages are all in Chinese characters, but the food is authentically Northern Chinese food, and we’d really recommend going there and ordering off this menu. Several students of Highland Tai Chi, and several [...]