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Coronavirus Update
While, to date, there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in our school, all of our classes are now closed as a precautionary measure. We are currently exploring online home study options to help us to support you to stay fit and continue developing your Tai Chi skills during these weeks of isolation. If you would like to participate, please email us at realtaichi@hotmail.co.uk, telling us which class you normally attend and who your usual teacher is. We would also welcome any news of how you are getting on, especially if you live alone or you feel the need of a friendly chat. We are still your family, so do keep in touch. Stay safe and well. Love, g and Col xxx
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Here are some free eBooks for you to download:
(Please click on the links to download your free PDF files) This 17-page guide is designed to be like a best friend, with some knowledge of Tai Chi, who can help you to find the right class for you, let you know what to expect when you get there and explain what's going on in your first few lessons.
For those with a little more experience, an intermediate level guide:
Your Tai Chi Companion Part Two - Moving On As you progress through the beginner to intermediate stages of your Tai Chi journey, this 44-page "guide by your side" allows you to check your skills, troubleshoot problems and explore some of the deeper aspects of the art. 
Interested in Qigong?
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For very experienced Tai Chi practitioners:
Are you interested in moving towards mastery of your martial art? Would you like to know more about the martial side of Tai Chi and how it could help to protect you on the street? Or are you thinking of becoming a Tai Chi instructor? For you, we now have three Advanced Level Guides covering forms, applications and how to teach Tai Chi. available worldwide on Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats. 
...and if you've enjoyed g's stories and poems in class, here they all are, for a bit of bedtime reading.
The Wu Dang Stick Forms...FREE
See our free tutorials on You Tube showing the Wu Dang San Feng Gun Stick Forms Both forms and the two-person stick drills! There's also an illustrated Training Manual, as a PDF, to accompany the videos of forms 1 and 2. Other Learning Resources from Yiheyuan
In addition to the above resources, we also have also produced a range of comprehensive DVDs on Tai Chi and Bagua which are for sale on Amazon.co.uk, and some free self-help guides, lists of the movements of some of the most popular Tai Chi forms and free audio guides as mp3 files to listen to as you practice the Cheng Man Ching Form and the Yang Style Long Form. |
Yiheyuan students at Tai Chi in the Park, enjoying an afternoon of sunshine,
Qigong, Tai Chi, Bagua and other relaxing and tranquil pursuits!
If you missed it this year, come along in 2020.
As always, it's the last Sunday in June at 2.30 pm
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"A school should exist not only to teach but also to investigate,
not only to formulate prematurely a finalized system but to remain creative,
to go on testing theories by applying them and by validating ideas by experience."
Paul Brunton
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"A school should exist not only to teach but also to investigate,
not only to formulate prematurely a finalized system but to remain creative,
to go on testing theories by applying them and by validating ideas by experience."
Paul Brunton
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Zen Garden and Meditation Retreat Centre
Click on the photo below to see the YouTube video of this lovely garden,
accompanied by the wonderful music of our own Phil Holliday.
or go to our Zen Garden information page for instructions on how to get there.
At Yiheyuan, we take Martial Arts seriously...
...but not too seriously!
Some of us spend more time rolling around on the floor than others...
...while some rise to new heights!
Barbara of the House of Doyle adds a whole new dimension
to Tai Chi weapons forms!
Whatever brought you to our website, we hope you found what you were looking for.
If there is anything else we can help you with, please contact us by email.
Thank you for dropping in.
If there is anything else we can help you with, please contact us by email.
Thank you for dropping in.
Yiheyuan Martial Arts, Leeds, UK
Congratulations!
To all our new instructors
who have achieved the full syllabus
Instructor's Certificate in
Tai Chi Chuan
Kieron Niven
Rob Kiss
Dave Cullen
David Holmes
Angela Losty
Jane Middleton
who have achieved the full syllabus
Instructor's Certificate in
Tai Chi Chuan
Kieron Niven
Rob Kiss
Dave Cullen
David Holmes
Angela Losty
Jane Middleton
And Congratulations to
Gloria Simons
who has achieved the Instructor's certificate in
Tai Chi for Health and Relaxation
Gloria Simons
who has achieved the Instructor's certificate in
Tai Chi for Health and Relaxation
Congratulations also to our newest assessor,Kath Pybus, who has now helped several of her students to achieve their level 1 Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan. Here she is with Phil Hill, Suzette Garland-Grimes, Mark Rowbottom, Andrew Freer and Julie Ware. Well done all of you!
Assessors Barbara Doyle and John Donegan, enabled two of their students, Keith Manders and Steven Hambleton, to achieve their level 1 award earlier this year.
Meanwhile, well done David Cullen, Rob Kiss and Kieron Niven, Col's students at the University of York Tai Chi Club, who have achieved their Level 2 awards and are now working towards Level 3 and training to become qualified instructors.
Martin Day recently received the Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan and the Instructor's Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan at Advanced Level.
Ben Bisco also recently achieved the Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan and the Instructor's Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan at Advanced Level.
Well done guys!
So proud of all our students who work tirelessly towards improving their Tai Chi and passing on this awesome martial art to future generations.
A Tribute to Jon Cooper
"A bloody great bloke!"
Our long-time student and very dear friend Jonathan Cooper has passed away unexpectedly.
Those who turned up to say farewell filled two chapels to capacity - a testament to how well-loved this man was and how many lives he touched.
Jon, you are truly a legend and we can't imagine this world without you.
As you embark on the next stage of the great journey, we wish you well.
You will always be in our hearts
till we meet again in the quantum substrate or in the Halls of Valhalla!
Those who turned up to say farewell filled two chapels to capacity - a testament to how well-loved this man was and how many lives he touched.
Jon, you are truly a legend and we can't imagine this world without you.
As you embark on the next stage of the great journey, we wish you well.
You will always be in our hearts
till we meet again in the quantum substrate or in the Halls of Valhalla!
Instructor Richard Morley has published a book for beginners on the Cheng Man Ching short form.
It contains some useful warm up exercises, followed by step-by step form instructions - all fully illustrated with clear photographs.
Available on Amazon, in paperback and on Kindle, it is a great home study aid for anyone new to Tai Chi.
It contains some useful warm up exercises, followed by step-by step form instructions - all fully illustrated with clear photographs.
Available on Amazon, in paperback and on Kindle, it is a great home study aid for anyone new to Tai Chi.
Our Amazing Yolande!
Yolande Sowerby (front row, centre) receiving the UK Top Award for Community Volunteer in November 2014
Yolande Sowerby receiving her award for teaching Tai Chi from Thomas Murray, Lord Mayor of Leeds.
Then again, all our students are pretty amazing!
Monica Ludolf and Jane Middleton achieved their Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan - equivalent to a black belt in other martial arts.
Ben Morris (right) receiving one of the three medals he won at the London Championships, 1st June 2014.
Saturday morning sword class. Many of our students who have qualified as instructors meet regularly to extend and hone their skills..
A Tribute to
Ronnie Robinson
In loving memory of a great man and a great friend, Ronnie Robinson
who, for decades, was the heart and soul of Tai Chi in this country, as the Secretary of the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain and as the Editor of Tai Chi Chuan Magazine. He worked tirelessly to raise public awareness of our art via the media, books, events, videos and links with Europe and China.
His Tai Chi Caledonia has become the place to be every summer, attracting instructors from all over the world.
To tell you how much we, all of us, owe to this man - we wouldn't know where to begin. Without him, Tai Chi in this country would not have been what it is today.
Rest in Peace Ronnie.
