LotusLeaf Tai Chi

….and since this is being written so late after the calendar New Year I shall say Gung Hai Fat Choi too, for 23rd.  It’s the year of the water Dragon this coming year.

As has become tradition, we are holding our annual get together and despite a bit of a mess it has now been booked.  We are going to The Lotus Restaurant in Cinderford and it bodes to be a great evening.

There are many things planned for this coming year. We hope to hold more workshops on the Sword and Fan forms, maybe branching into the longer, faster Kung Fu Tai Chi Fan Form.

Katie is running the Forest of Dean Half Marathon on 1st April in aid of The Marine Conservation Society and Surfers Against Sewage.  She has a Just Giving page and would greatly appreciate any donations anyone would care to give.

Classes continue as always with normal session now until Easter.

What a great couple of workshops!  Well done to all that attended you worked really hard and to get through either of the forms in that short time is an achievement in itself.

I’m really pleased that people enjoyed them enough to ask for more, so more I have arranged (well one more!) . The hall is booked for 10th December 2-4pm for another Sword form workshop, £7.50 per student.

Please let me know if you would like to come.

As the equinox winds are upon us and the leaves start to change making the Forest glow with a firey breath, I am writing with the updates for each class.

First though, the two workshops have been confirmed and are running as follows:

Saturday 24th September – Yang Style Sword Worskshop, 2-4pm.  Swords will be provided and everyone is welcome.  I have 3 places left for this workshop.

Saturday 15th October – Yang Style Fan Workshop, 2-4pm. Again fans will be provided and everyone is welcome.  I have 4 places left for this workshop.

Onto the classes.

Joys Green – Classes will be running as normal right up until Christmas. The last session will be on December 19th and we start back again on either 2nd or 9th of January, whichever is preferred.

Ross on Wye- Same as above with normal classes up until 19th December and back on either 2nd or 9th January

Woolaston- We have our normal break from classes for WI on the third Tuesday of the month, so that will be 18th October and 15th November. Due to this the last class before Christmas will be 13th December but I hope that everyone will agree to coming back on 3rd January.

Chinese New year is on 23rd January and is the start of the year of the Dragon.  It would be great to do our usual jaunt out to the Dragon’s Den in Monmouth, or anywhere else people suggest. on either Friday 20th or 27th. Let me know if you are interested.

I have “pencil” booked two dates at English Bicknor Village hall for workshops in the Autumn.  The first is on September 24th at 2-4pm in which we will be practicing the Yang Style Sword form and the second is on 15th October at 2-4pm in which we will be practicing the Yang Style Fan form.

Everyone is welcome whether new to Tai Chi or a practiced hand, or even you don’t normally attend any of my classes.  Price of the workshops is £7.50 or £12.50 if you book both.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to attend as I need to confirm the booking.

Holidays.

All Clubs will be breaking up at the end of July for the whole of August, as usual.  This means that the last and first sessions for each club will be:

Joys Green: last session on 25th July with the first session back 5th September

Ross: As Above, last session on 25th July and starting back again on 5th September

Woolaston: Last session on 26th July with the first session back on 6th September.

As always if anyone can find me up in the wilds of North Wales I’ll give you a free session on the beach! Get yourselves to Abersoch and ask in Abersoch Watersports where the crazy van is/was. Either they will look at you blankly or give you directions!

Workshops.

I am currently looking into doing regular (once a month) workshops hopefully at English Bicknor hall where students can learn new forms including weapons (fan or sword) and different Qigong sets amongst other things.  If anyone has an idea for something in particular please let me know. I expect the session will be about one and a half hours long and cost will be no more than £7.50/student.

Woolaston Club.

For your diary, there is no session on 19th July, 20th September, 18th October, 15th November and 20th December.

There is nothing better than practicing Tai Chi outside, whether it be in your back garden or in a local park.

Why not try and get a few friends together and go practice outside of class!

There WILL be a session on the May bank holiday (2nd) at Ross on Wye Club but NOT for Joys Green Club.

Enjoy the weather and have a practice out in the garden, it’s  a beautiful way of doing Tai Chi.

There will not be a session for Joys Green and Ross clubs on Easter Monday, but Woolaston will carry on as normal (although there is no session this week 19th April due to being the third in the month).

I hope everyone has a lovely Easter – hasn’t been a gorgeous spring!

Happy Training.

Thanks to everyone who has been braving it out in this bitter weather recently and a big sorry to those classes I have had to cancel.

A final check on when classes finish and start again:

Joys Green, breaks up next week (13th) and we will not start again until 10th January

Ross on Wye breaks up on 20th December and starts again on 3rd January

Woolaston – Our last session is THURSDAY 16th December (not one of Tuesday 14th) and we will start again on 4th January

These dates obviously are weather and students allowing.

Incase I do not see before have a very Happy Christmas and a merry New Year! Here’s to a great 2011.

After much discussion the Christmas sessions will be as follows:

Tuesday 7th December, 7pm as normal

Thursday 16th December 7pm

then back again on 4th January next year

Hope to see you all then!