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Guests blogs from friends of Long Tou Shan Tai Chi School to help you learn and study Tai Chi and Qigong in Yangshuo, China.

Master Mei visits the Five Elements Academy Tai Chi School in Portsmouth

I am writing from the UK where I am part of a Tai Chi School in Portsmouth. This summer I had the opportunity to reconnect with Master Mei after she arrived in the UK en route to a cottage in the north-west of the country for a break. I first trained with Mei when she still had her Tai Chi school in a sleepy village on the outskirts of Yangshuo. That must have been as long ago as 2008 and [...]

By |2020-09-30T20:21:37+00:00September 30th, 2020|Guest Blogs, Tai Chi School News|1 Comment
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Floating over Yangshuo – photos by Karl Willson

We recently came across these incredible photographs of Yangshuo taken from a balloon by a photographer from Portsmouth, UK.  Karl Willson’s photographs truly capture the spectacular beauty of the landscape around Yangshuo.  Though the Long Tou Shan Tai Chi School is not quite as high up the mountain as this balloon you get some pretty good views of the mountains especially during sunrise and sunset. Thanks to Karl, you can see the whole area from the air in these stunning [...]

By |2016-03-20T04:04:10+00:00March 19th, 2016|Guest Blogs, Yangshuo Adventures|1 Comment
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Lessons in Tai Chi (Taijiquan) and Lessons in Patience

Taijiquan and patience: a keyword in tai chi (taijiquan) is patience. Doing the slow movements makes you slow down. You have to slow down. After only a few lessons in tai chi (taijiquan) you will experience how good it feels when your heartbeat, your breathing, your whole metabolism becomes calmer. Because you have to focus on doing the movements the right way - with relaxed muscles, a good posture, shifting your weights consciously, moving against a gentle resistance, etc - your [...]

By |2013-10-14T06:19:00+00:00October 14th, 2013|Guest Blogs, Health Benefits|0 Comments
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