Vital Tai Chi

30/01/2026

I have a QiGong class at Lifton Community Centre at 10.00am Friday, beginners welcome. We explore the three treasures and three dantiens or energy centres - gardens of cultivation of our Qi or energy.

13/01/2026

Classes have reopened for the New year - all levels welcome from beginners to returners - Tai Chi principles and form; pushing hands (Tuesday evening advanced class) and sword form and fencing (Wednesday extra class). Please do drop in.

23/12/2025

Solstice greetings! Classes have ceased for the festive period and will re-start in the week of January 5th 2026. Beginners and returners are welcome - Tai Chi is probably best explained as a martial art where you master the energy within yourself. It's about achieving deep relaxation and merging of body and mind.

26/11/2025

Definition of 'light and agile' which we aspire too in Tai Ji. If you notice, he is incredible rooted as well.

The God of Judo. Old footage of Kyuzo Mifune accepting challenges and taking on students to show his full skills at the Art of Judo. Watch his techniques and...

03/10/2025

All my classes are open to beginners at the moment. We have Tuesday Evening Tai Chi at 7pm at St Mary's Church hall where we shall learn a concise Tai Chi form to put our principles into. Same Wednesday mornings at 10am. Friday at 10am at Lifton Community Centre has my QiGong class - come and learn energy work. All my teachings are based on understanding the Qi or how we can get the energy to work for us.

16/07/2025

Classes have one more week to go and will have a break for the Summer, re-starting second week of September 2025. Beginners welcome in the new term to come and learn this wonderful art. Tai ji is learnt properly from the inside out as it is an internal martial art and is based on certain principles and learnt felt experiences. Starting with the body and relaxation as a focus, this leads to an appreciation of the Qi or energy. Then we learn to direct and work with this. This brings health, vitality and wellbeing plus eventually martial ability.

05/02/2025

13/01/2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/18gmYMx2ntW6Sdyl3fTH0Gw/the-surprising-health-benefits-of-tai-chi

06/01/2025

Classes re-start this week, all welcome including people new to Tai Chi and QiGong. We have two classes at St Mary's Church Hall, Tuesday Evenings at 7pm and Wednesday Mornings at 10am. There is also a Friday morning QiGong class at Lifton Community Centre at 10am. Look forward to seeing you.

16/12/2024

This is the last week of classes, all of them running, finishing with QiGong Friday 10am. Classes will resume on the following dates;

Tuesday Evening Tai Chi 7pm at St Mary's re-staring 7th January 25.
Wednesday Morning Tai Chi class at 10am re-starting 8th January
Friday morning QiGong class at 10.15am re-starting Friday 10th

Beginners, returners, intermediate advanced always welcome.

07/09/2024

I'm hosting Iain Sinclair (sinclairinternalarts.com) from Canada on the 12th and 13th October at Lifton Community Centre, Devon. Cost is £70 for a day or £120 for both. Please message to book a place.

02/09/2024

Tai Chi Classes re-start Tuesday 10th at 7pm and Wednesday 11th at 10am. Classes are open to beginners. We look at traditional form and the inner workings of Tai Chi. Tuesdays evenings class is followed by an extra Push hands class and Wednesday mornings by sword form, which we shall start re-learning form the beginning. Everyone welcome.