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Tai Chi & Qigong classes for all ages and abilities, from beginner to advanced. James Drewe has been studying tai chi since 1975, and teaching since 1990.

He is a qualified teacher, and acupuncturist, and is the author of 3 books on the tai chi. Classes in London & Kent. London: East Finchley, West End (Tottenham Court Road), Westminster. Kent: Sevenoaks, Longfield (near Dartford)

01/05/2026

Working From the Centre (Part 1)

The Magical Number '3' You've probably noticed that things work in threes; any more than that, and the brain starts to find it harder to juggle the concepts. For example, and not in any order:- ......

The Magical Number ‘3’ You’ve probably noticed that things work in threes; any more than that, and the brain starts to find it harder to juggle the concepts. For example, and not …

01/04/2026

Fascia

f you've ever opened up a chicken, you will know about fascia. It's that elastic, stretchy substance wrapped around e.g. the breast of the chicken. Through the microscope it looks more like this, but what you cannot see from this photo is that the fluid is constantly moving within those lines, and that the structure is never constant, and is always changing....

f you’ve ever opened up a chicken, you will know about fascia. It’s that elastic, stretchy substance wrapped around e.g. the breast of the chicken. Through the microscope it looks more …

01/03/2026

‘Sōng’ (松) – It’s all about ‘Relationship’

Both tai chi and qigong are opportunities to practise and change how we relate to anything outside ourselves, i.e. the rest of the world. This is possible when doing solo exercises, but becomes much more apparent when working in contact with someone else. Sōng (松) Sōng is our ability to become an empty vessel, where events that happen to us are allowed to pass through us, without our absorbing them....

Both tai chi and qigong are opportunities to practise and change how we relate to anything outside ourselves, i.e. the rest of the world. This is possible when doing solo exercises, but becomes muc…

01/02/2026

Pulling & Pushing Joints, and Perception

you've ever been to an osteopath or an Alexander Technique teacher, you will probably have had the experience of having your legs 'pulled out'. It's a great feeling. You lie on your back on the couch, the practitioner takes hold of your ankles, and very gently leans away from you, as though trying to pull your legs from your body. For those of you who haven't experienced it, it might sound slightly bizarre, but, if you are able to release your hips, knees, and possibly ankles, it's a wonderful feeling....

you’ve ever been to an osteopath or an Alexander Technique teacher, you will probably have had the experience of having your legs ‘pulled out’. It’s a great feeling. You lie…

01/01/2026

Stepping 90º in Tai Chi & Qigong

In Tai Chi and in Qigong, it is not uncommon to have to turn and step at 90º to the left or right. This is where balance, good posture, and leg strength become very important. Falling into a step: What tends to happen when stepping to the left or right is that people tend to 'fall' into the new step, they do not step under control. This means that, for the briefest of moments, just before the stepping foot arrives on the ground, they are falling and therefore unable to stop the step until the foot lands....

In Tai Chi and in Qigong, it is not uncommon to have to turn and step at 90º to the left or right. This is where balance, good posture, and leg strength become very important. Falling into a step: …

01/12/2025

Sōng and Qì

"The relationship between sōng (松, release/relaxation) and qì (氣, vital energy) is one of the most fundamental principles in Taijiquan. They aren’t separate—sōng is the condition that allows qì to manifest, circulate, and be directed." (Courtesy of AI). To put it into more tangible terms, if you are tense either physically, mentally, or emotionally, or all three, your tissues contract. When you've been outside in very cold weather and you come indoors. Your body shivers - a natural reflex to loosen the muscles, enhance blood flow, and reduce contraction in the body.......

“The relationship between sōng (松, release/relaxation) and qì (氣, vital energy) is one of the most fundamental principles in Taijiquan. They aren’t separate—sōng is the condition that allows …

05/11/2025

In Tai Chi & in Qigong, we are always moving forward, backward, left and right. If you can understand the differences and similarities between 'ordinary' walking, and Tai Chi & Qigong walking, it makes learning those arts easier....

In Tai Chi & in Qigong, we are always moving forward, backward, left and right. If you can understand the differences and similarities between ‘ordinary’ walking, and Tai Chi & …

01/10/2025

Whether you are standing upright without moving, or when you put your foot ahead of you on the ground whilst walking, gravity settles or compresses you into the ground. As it does so, a balancing act automatically takes place in the body....

01/09/2025

I have recently had plantar fasciitis - the second time I've experienced it. The first time, the acupuncturist managed to get rid of it in 3 weeks, and the current version seems to be taking a little longer, but now seems to be disappearing. This time was a bit worse - a different foot even, but I've found the unpleasant experience to be a good learning curve, and I've gleaned some good ways of dealing with the problem. It seems that a lot of people get Plantar Fasciitis, so if you have it, perhaps this will help....

I have recently had plantar fasciitis – the second time I’ve experienced it. The first time, the acupuncturist managed to get rid of it in 3 weeks, and the current version seems to be t…

01/08/2025

When someone or something connects to you, you have the possibility of 'borrowing' their energy.This works on various levels of subtlety, but is probably most easily described if we take the example of someone gently pushing you. A push, as in the picture above, represents energy being transferred from the white-shirted person to the blue-shirted person, in this case, probably on a horizontal line....

When someone or something connects to you, you have the possibility of ‘borrowing’ their energy.This works on various levels of subtlety, but is probably most easily described if we tak…

01/07/2025

Everything is energy There is nothing other than energy, and it vibrates at different rates to form different shapes, but whatever shape it creates, it is still energy. A stone will vibrate slower than anything mobile, and the rate of vibration in mobile objects will be determined by its state of consciousness....

01/06/2025

There's a lot to be said about the value of online classes. I've done something like 400 of them since 2020 although I now only do one session per week online; the others are face to face.During lockdown, there were about 70 people per class which, right from the start, made watching everyone on my screen impossible; I therefore ran the class like a kind of one-man show - it became a daily (sometimes twice daily) TED talk....

There’s a lot to be said about the value of online classes. I’ve done something like 400 of them since 2020 although I now only do one session per week online; the others are face to f…

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