Here's a couple more photos from Mark's workshop in July. Thanks to all who came and made this a great event. The consensus was that Mark should run a 7 day workshop in 2023, (national circumstances allowing). The venue has set aside the week for us and could not have been kinder and more accommodating this year. Thank you Leander Sea Scouts!
Great River T'ai Chi
Welcome to the blog & events diary for Great River T’ai Chi and The T’ai Chi Centre. Click on profile for more about us and our approach. There are currently no in-person classes with Caroline while she is on sabbatical, but Aberdeenshire classes may run, subject to local restrictions. Mark Raudva's classes in London are now running. See below for Tuesday morning Zoom class & www.instagram.com/greatrivertaichi for Chi Kung, warm-ups and more. Contact us at Greatrivertaichi.com
08 August 2022
Summer news
29 July 2022
Outdoor T'ai Chi on The Green in Aboyne continues
In the coming week we will be meeting for a morning T'ai Chi class on the Green in Aboyne on Tuesday 2nd Aug and Wednesday 3rd Aug from 9.30 to 10.30 both mornings.
There is no need to have done T'ai Chi before. Just come and give it a try. It's on donation basis.
Looking forward to seeing you.
25 July 2022
More outdoor T'ai Chi in Aboyne
Anneke is continuing her sessions on the Green in Aboyne, all welcome!
18 July 2022
Summer T'ai Chi outdoors in Aboyne
Anneke is teaching morning Taichi on The Green in Aboyne from 9.30-10.30am Tuesday (19th) and Wednesday (20th) this week and likely next week Tuesday and Wednesday and more days over the Summer when weather allows. We will meet on East side of the Green (where the fountain is).
05 July 2022
Summer workshop approaches
All are welcome to The T'ai Chi Centre summer 4 day intensive. All the details are at www.thetaichicentre.co.uk
The hall will be open from 1pm on the Saturday and the workshop finishes by 10pm on the Tuesday. Mark can be contacted for any details regarding the workshop. I'll be helping with the register and taking payments for Mark during the weekend, cash, PayPal or bank transfer are all fine, rather than cheques.
Bring your own food, as to lessen the health risks, we won't be having buffets of shared food this year. We hope that will return in future. Tea will be provided. If you want to bring and use hand gel and wear masks, that's totally fine.
I look forward to seeing you there, enjoying the T'ai Chi, the river and the good company. Travel well, all.
18 June 2022
New online class open to all for The Dance (San Shou)
If you have ever wanted to learn or revise the Dance (San Shou, 88 Yang Style Partner Form) then get in touch via the form on greatrivertaichi.com and I will pass you on to my teacher. Mark Raudva of www.thetaichicentre.co.uk will be teaching this by Zoom from Thursday 21st June. If you have experience of Yang Style taichi ,you are welcome to have a go at learning these beautiful interlocking forms.
29 May 2022
Lots of news from the T'ai Chi Centre
I've spent the weekend with Mark arranging all sorts of upcoming good things for the T'ai Chi Centre and Great River, so here's the latest.
The 4 day Summer Intensive is going ahead as announced 23-26 July and we look forward to seeing you there. All students who have ever studied with Mark, Caro or John Kells or his students are welcome to attend. All the details are in the previous post.
Mark will be taking new beginners at the Trinity Rd Tooting class at 6.30-8pm on Tuesdays from mid September. So let all your London pals know. All with some previous experience are welcome right now from 7-9pm each Tuesday night, and classes will continue until 20th July, resuming 6th September. Class costs £15.
In the autumn, Mark will begin recording video lessons for an introductory online class, which can be studied by anyone anywhere. Film maker Jonny Randall will be shooting and editing the course. We are researching hosting platforms at the moment. If you have studied an online course over the last few years and would recommend one in particular, then get in touch with Mark to let him know.
So that Mark's new classes and courses will be known about more widely, we have set up an Instagram account which you can see online even if you don't have Instagram as an app. Go to www.instagram.com/thetaichicentre.co.uk . I am uploading the photos and text he sends me, and answering or forwarding enquires. Mark aims to show photos from the whole period he has been teaching - since 1988 - as well as the breadth of the syllabus covered. We have uploaded two posts so far, and there'll be one every couple of days, for now. Feel free to let friends know about the upcoming courses and the insta account. It's nice that already an old student of mine from Hackney found the account and will be popping along to Mark's classes in Tooting next week, as they miss T'ai Chi so much.
Staring at screens is never fun, but it is worth it when it helps bring people back to real physical T'ai Chi again.
Great River T'ai Chi will start in person classes in Southbourne and Boscombe in September as I have found some great movement studios with plenty of space and light. More on that soon!
And, after two years of really not being able to raise my right leg properly to do Sweep Lotus kick, all my exercises have paid off, and although the arthritis is still there, my muscles around the joint are much stronger. This is in good time, as next week we do this posture in the online class.
Online Short Form class continues live each Tuesday morning 9-10am by Zoom, all welcome, £6.
All good wishes from me in Bournemouth. Have a great week ahead.
29 March 2022
The long-awaited 15th Annual summer intensive
Dear friends, at last we are able to announce The T'ai Chi Centre 15th annual summer intensive. It will be a four day event this year, to ease everyone back gently into the workshop habit. We were not able to afford the newly refurbished Petersham premises any more, and the dates we wanted were not free anyway. Our recent venue in Kingston have kindly moved a booking for us to have our preferred last week of July slot and have not raised their prices, for which we are grateful.
Here are the details so far.
Dates: 2pm Saturday 23rd July until 9.30pm Tuesday 26th July 2022
Times: 2-5pm and 6.30-9.30pm daily
Cost: £50 per day, £25 per session. (Concessions £24 /£12) or anything between these that you can afford.
Address: Leander Sea Scout Hut, Albany Mews, Kingston Upon Thames. (No entrance from riverside, Lower Ham Rd.) Local parking restrictions may apply. No parking at venue. 65 bus stops very nearby. Train: Kingston, 20 min walk.
Food: Bring your own food for the break between sessions. Tea and soft drinks provided.
Nearer the time we will know if anyone can stay in the venue overnight. For now it is best to assume not. We have the venue from 12 noon Saturday until 10pm Tuesday.
21 February 2022
A Taoist reading list
For anyone who is interested, I came across a good Taoist reading list today, so here it is:
https://daoists.co.uk/reading-list/
19 February 2022
Classes In Aberdeenshire with Paolo at Monymusk
Short Form Class.