Section 1 Tai Chi Foundations
New beginner classes in Eggborough and Kellington:
Click the pic of Cherry on the left to view the Tai Chi Foundation videos and joint loosening warm ups.
Time spent on Foundations is probably the best practice you can do if you want to develop good tai Chi.
Section 2 Beijing 24 Tai Chi Form
Beginners will start learning movements from the form after the foundations have been learnt. If you've been coming for about 5-6 weeks, have a go at movements 1,2 & 3 - if they look familiar from class.
Eggborough Improvers have covered the whole form
CLICK THE PIC to view tutorial videos for each of the Beijing 24 movements and a whole form follow along
Other useful follow along full form videos on youTube by my UK teachers:
Beijing 24 Whole Form - Front view - Master Faye Yip
Beijing 24 Whole Form - Back View - Master Tary (Faye's husband)
Qigong: - Shaolin 8 Treasures
Both Friday 11am and 6.30pm classes in EGGBOROUGH are learning this in Sept / Oct 2026
Click the pic to the right for all videos in this set - more videos will be added each week throughout Sept/ Oct 2026 until the 8 movement set is complete
Qigong: Yi Jin Jing - Shaolin Yoga
FRIDAY 6pm Eggborough are covering this in late May and June/July 2026
FRIDAY 11.30pm EGGBOROUGH Improvers covered this set in early 2026
Yi Jin Jing means Muscle-Tendon metamorphosis. It's an ancient fusion of Yoga and Qigong dating back to c500AD. Around that time, Bodhidharma, an Indian monk, travelled to the Shaolin Temple and shared his Yogic practices with the Shaolin Monks who combined it with their existing Qigong practice to create 'Shaolin Yoga'.
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Qigong: Ma Wang Dui - Medical Qigong
Mawangdui exercises
FRIDAY 11am - Starting April 2026
FRIDAY 6.30pm - starting MAY 2026
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Qigong: Ba Duan Jin - 8 Pieces of Gold
Aka, 8 Precious Treasures / 8 Sections of Brocade
FRIDAY11am & 6.30pm Eggborough classes Spring 2026
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Tai Chi Stick Exercises
Tai Chi Stick
Click pic for ALL stick videos -
All classes will be introduced to stick exercises as a mindfulness / coordination and to add a fun element to the classes :)
Qigong -Daoyin Yang Sheng Gong
Guiding the energy to boost lifeforce
Rawcliffe Beginners
All Improver classes have learnt this previously - a firm favourite :)
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Qigong -Embrace Tiger Return to Mountain
Externally energetic & moving, Internally still and peaceful
A short set which we sometimes use at the end of a class
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Qigong: Shi Ba Shi, 2nd set (18 Taiji-Qigong)
A lovely flowing set of 18 movements, designed to boost energy flow.
Often used as a warm-up in preparation for Tai Chi, or as a stand-alone set
Improver Groups have covered this previously and beginner groups will learn it later in 2026
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Qigong -Da Wu
The Great Dance of Yin and Yang
Eggborough improvers learnt this at the start of 2026
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Shaolin 5 Stances - Wu Bu Quan
Shaolin Wu Bu Quan is a method of practicing the 5 steps or stances used in Shaolin and other styles of
Chinese martial arts, including Tai Chi. You'll also find the stances in Qigong. This video is hosted on youtube. It's usually the first form that beginners studying the Shaolin style will learn. I spent about 3 months (daily) on it in China.
FRIDAY 12.00pm EGGBOROUGH Improvers are learning this set for fitness and fun and also to have a taste of something faster and more direct than the circular movements of Tai Chi.
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WEAPONS: Chen Style TaiChi Broadsword (Sabre/ Dao)
The Chen Tai Chi Broadsword form is 22 movements long and consists of 13 techniques. We are learning Broadsword in the FRIDAY 7pm Improvers class in early 2025
Click pic above for a breakdown of the broadsword techniques
Slow-ish walk and talk through of the Chen 22 Broadsword form, for the Friday 7pm Improvers. Please do not attempt Tai Chi weapons without tuition. Do not carry or practice with a Tai Chi weapon in a public place / park etc.