Talk about a cornucopia of choices I hear that Grandmaster Chen Xioawang will be in London in November as follows:
Seminars with Master Chen Xiaowang in London
5 to 11 November
Contact: Patrick Wan
http://www.wctauk.com/index.htm
Calligraphy & Taiji with master Chen on 11 November
Contact: Chris Jones
Browsing through Youtube the other day I came across some interesting clips of Master Chen Xiaowang, the Chen village and Master Chen Bing – they are all on the video links pages of our website.
It looks like a bit of a roll for Golf related Tai Chi at the moment – I will be running classes at The Letchworth Centre for Healthy Living with 5 weekly sessions starting on Monday 23rd July. Contact the centre for bookings.
As for my own golf related practice – that has taken a back seat recently to some serious seminars with Master Chen Xiaowang under the CIAA umbrella organised by Karel and Eva Koskuba. Especially notable was the 2 days of Xinjia practice – during which we managed to get through slightly more than half of the form in detail with corrections and many demonstrations by Master Chen – each time I watch I see more in what he does – and each time he corrects my postures I find more connections and more movement and more fluidity.
Golf practice is not forgotten however – I had an evaluation session yesterday with Pete Blanch – a new but very experienced instructor at Mount Pleasant Golf Club, which highlighted a number of areas needing study and practice – but apparently I am not a lost cause!
Public Health England's Every Mind Matters campaign aims to change how we cope with mental health problems. It's only 5 multiple choice questions and they'll email a report to you with suggestions on how to improve your mental health... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7545331/Take-mental-health-test-promoted-Princes-Harry-William-Meghan-Markle-Kate-Middleton.html
Do you have a bad back? Most treatments make things worse, according to the New Scientist. They don't recommend Tai Chi but practice does fit the sort of activity they suggest and I have students who tell me their back pain has gone since doing Tai Chi.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332450-600-the-back-pain-epidemic-why-popular-treatments-are-making-it-worse/
