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HISTORY & BENEFITS OF CHINESE HEALTH QIGONG
 DATES FOR NEXT YEARS SEMINARS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.
PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
THIS WILL BE A POPULAR EVENT WITH A CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR FORMS
ASSESSED AND CERTIFICATED BY A TOP MASTER AT SMALL EXTRA COST.
 USEFUL CPD POINTS FOR INSTRUCTORS!
8 TREASURES HEALTH QIGONG
BA DUAN JIN
 with Vicky @ The Chi Clinic
each Saturday - 12.30 til 13.45
wef 7th January 2012
£10 per session or
£80 for 10 Week course if paid in advance
(Concessions available by arrangement)
Please book in advance as places are limited.

1st Health Qigong Seminar for International Instructors
Beijing - 12th - 20th December 2011
Vicky was invited to travel to Beijing with Master Faye Yip (President of BHQA) & colleague Carol Gascoyne from Derby.  We were sponsored by the Chinese Health Qigong Association for this seminar, the first of its kind, where 124 instructors from 31 countries met to learn & share the experience.  We were treated to six full days Instructor training seminars from 8am til 6pm in 3 of the CHQA Health Qigong forms - Wu Qin Xi (5 Animals Play) by Prof Yu Ding Hai, Liu Zi Jue (6 Healing Sounds) by Prof Zhang Ming Liang & the newly compiled Shi Er Duan Jin (12 Brocade) by Prof Yang Bai Long.  These teachers are the highest authority on the modernised CHQA forms & the guys who perform on the official training dvd's.  Their teaching which was clear, concise & in depth was given with good humour and their explanation of the history, application & benefits was extensive.  At the end of each seminar every instructor was tested to show their capability in each routine & a pass had to be achieved in all 3 routines to qualify.  114 instructors managed to achieve this, including us.

  WE ARE HONOURED TO PRESENT THE LONDON 2012 FESTIVAL OF CHINESE HEALTH QIGONG ON THE 21ST AND 22ND APRIL 2012.  FOR DETAILS PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW. RESERVATIONS TO BE MADE THROUGH THE CHI CLINIC, PLEASE.

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24 FORMS GROUP 25TH SEPT 2011

BRITISH HEALTH QIGONG WEBSITE

SATURDAY 24TH & SUNDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2011

TAI CHI 24 FORMS & TAIJI KUNG FU FAN & 8 TREASURES HEALTH QIGONG

We were delighted to welcome Master Faye to Cheam for our 3rd Annual Weekend Seminars.  We were treated to a full day of instruction of 24 Forms to improve our understanding & practice.  We started with a good Deyin warm up, being taken through all the basic stances of the form, opening the joints & stretching.  Faye gave us insights into better practice by guiding us to improve our Focus, Spirit & Postures. We practiced the first few movements of the form in drills to get the body moving correctly & improving our stances, moving through the hips, before looking at the second half of the form in detail.  Assessments of 24 Form took place during the lunch break & all those taking part received certificates to reward their efforts - Well Done to all of you!  The afternoon session started with a preview of the next day's seminar on Ba Duan Jin Qigong as a Warm Up.  We then concentrated on the first half of the form in detail before a mass demonstration at the end of the afternoon to the traditional Taiji music.  Excellent!

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TAIJI KUNG FU FAN GROUP 25TH SEPT 2011

 
 
What better way to spend a Sunday Morning than playing Taiji Kung Fu Fan?!   We all enjoyed a lively, fun & upbeat Warm Up before learning the Opening & Closing of the Fan for the Beginners amongst us.  Some Fan Drills adding leg movements, stances & stepping to the Open & Close arm movements.  The rest of the morning was spent working on Section 3 of the 52 Form.  We were taken through each movement in detail with demonstrations of each form & some applications shown as well as lots of practice to perfect the techniques.  Thoroughly enjoyable!
 
 
 
Sunday afternoon was time for Ba Duan Jin or 8 Treasures Health Qigong.  Faye took us through the whole form with clear instructions & demonstrations for those learning for the first time plus enough health enhancement tips, depth & theory of Chinese medicine, acupuncture points & channels for Instructors too.  We were given plenty of time to practice & 'feel' the movements.  It was especially wonderful to practice together to the peaceful & calming music at the end of the seminar, putting into practice all that we learned.
 
Overall, a great weekend was enjoyed by enthusiasts from both local classes & also Tai Chi & Qigong friends from far & wide.  We all have food for thought & techniques to practice over the next year & inspiration for the way forward to enhance our fitness & health.  Thanks Faye, you have done it again!  A true Master makes it look so easy!

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TAI CHI 24 FORMS, TAIJI KUNG FU FAN, BA DUAN JIN (8 TREASURES) &
WU QIN XI (5 ANIMALS PLAY) QIGONG DURING THE WEEKEND SEMINAR

11TH & 12TH SEPTEMBER 2010 with MASTER FAYE LI YIP

A weekend of Tai Chi & Health Qigong was enjoyed by many enthusiasts at Cheam Priory Day Centre.  We were treated to seminars on Tai Chi 24 Forms for Improvers, Taiji Kung Fu Fan, 8 Treasures Qigong & 5 Animals Play Qigong for Beginners & Improvers.  Master Faye imparted her knowledge & experience to help us improve our posture, internal & external applications, focus & intention.  The weekend was enjoyed by all who participated and we learned much.

Here are a few quotes from participants

'Master Faye was great - clear, informative & inspirational!'

Everyone was so friendly & welcoming!'

'It's not only the Tai Chi & Qigong experience but also the warmth of the group - it's life's elixir!'

'The knees feel surprisingly good & strong, the whole body really!'

'I really enjoyed the 5 Animals Play & thought the exercises were good - and fun!'

'Interestingly, although my back was tired at first, I was fine & able to do a great pile of ironing in the evening!'

Well done everyone !

A special thank you to Master Faye for her expert tuition, friendly, encouraging manner & friendship. 

Love & Chi
Vicky & Tony.

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WU QIN XI (5 ANIMALS PLAY) SEMINAR with MASTER FAYE LI YIP
SUNDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2009
We were treated to a first class training session with the President of the British Health Qigong Association and Founder & Chief Instructor of Deyin Taijiquan Institute.  The instruction was clear, accurate and delivered in a friendly and open manner.  This enabled students of all levels to gain further knowledge and understanding - a true Master class!  It was really good to see friends from other Tai Chi classes in and around this area. 
We look forward to arranging other such seminars during 2010.
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WU QIN XI (5 ANIMALS PLAY) QIGONG SEMINAR WITH VISITING DELEGATES FROM CHINESE HEALTH QIGONG ASSOCIATION - 22ND SEPTEMBER 2009.
Well, what a day this was!  
Vicky and Lee, together with Faye Yip took the delegates to Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Centre and were taken on a VIP tour of the grounds and museum, courtesy of the management.  It’s not every day that the Vice President of the Chinese Olympic Committee visits !!  After this, they arrived at the Mandarin Restaurant in North Cheam where we had arranged lunch with the Worshipful, The Madam Mayor of London Borough of Sutton, Councillor Margaret Court.

  The list of delegates who came:- 

Madam Xiao Min, Head of the delegation, Vice President of the All China Sports federation and Vice President of the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Mr Lu Shiming: Team Leader, Vice President of the Chinese Health Qigong Association, CHQA

Ms He Xin: Translator from the Committee of International Exchange of the CHQA

Mr Cui Hengwu: Coach and Committee Member of the CHQA

Ms Liu Yuping: Coach and Professor with the Beijing Sports University, Committee member of the CHQA and researcher of the Health Qigong-Baduanjin Compiling Group.

Ms Zhang Yunya: Coach, Associate Professor with the Shanghai University of Sport, Committee Member of the CHQA and Researcher of Health Qigong-Wuqinxi Compiling Group

 

The trip was arranged to promote the introduction of Health Qigong to the UK by Master Faye Yip, President & Tary Yip, Vice President of the British Health Qigong Association,  Founders & Chief Instructors of the Deyin Taijiquan Institute.   The delegates are to visit 5 centres in the UK and we were asked to host the London Event.

 

In the evening, at Cheam Priory Day Centre, we were treated to a wonderful display of Ba Duan Jin and Wu Qin Xi by the two lady professors and then we were taught the 5 Animals Play QIgong form.  A truly exceptional opportunity for all to enjoy.  We are so grateful to Madam Xiao Min for her generosity of gifts and to have made the event truly memorable.

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The Worshipful Lord Mayor with Madam Xiao Min

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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH QIGONG.
 
As an important component of Chinese culture with a long history, Health Qigong is a traditional Chinese national sports event whose main form is the combination of the postures of the body, control of breath, and regulation of mentality. 
 

Qigong is time-honoured. Archaeological findings show the coloured portraits of practicing Qigong on the coloured gallipots in the period of Majiayao Culture (about 5,000 years ago), which were excavated in Qinghai Province of China. In the ancient Chinese classic Shangshu written in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C- 220 A.D.), there were literal records on Qigong. In the cultural relics from the old tomb Ma Wang Dui in the Western Han Dynasty (206-24 B.C.), excavated in Changsha, Hunan Province, there were many descriptions on Qigong.

For thousands of years, Qigong has been immensely popular with people, especially those in middle or elderly ages, playing an active role in helping them dispel diseases, promote health, and prolong their lives.
 At the beginning of the new century, Chinese Health Qigong Association developed Four Health Qigong Exercises on the base of excellent traditional Qigong, including Health Qigong· Yi Jin Jing (tendon-changing classic), Health Qigong· Wu Qin Xi (frolics of five animals), Health Qigong· Liu Zi Jue (the art of expiration in producing six different sounds), Health Qigong· Ba Duan Jin (eight excellent movements), to fit the people’s needs of promoting their health and bodybuilding, and to develop traditional Chinese national culture further. 
 

During the process of developing Four Health Qigong Exercises, we followed methods of scientific research strictly, and took Traditional Chinese Medicine, Modern Medicine, Psychology, Athletic Science and other related subjects as a guide, and performed certain primary experiments. Four Health Qigong Exercises, the precious result of the experts in various fields, in which their wisdom and labour are agglomerated, have selected the essences from the related Qigong in various schools, inherited and developed traditional Chinese national culture. They are popular in the experiments for their characteristics of abundant contents, elegant postures, remarkable effects, and the movements that are easy to learn.
 

Health Qigong
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Yi Jin Jing  Yi Jin Jing is a method of health-building exercise that comes down from ancient China, and its purpose is to strengthen the muscles and tendons. By the textual research, Yi Jin Jing germinated from regimens in the Qin(221 B.C.- A.D.) and Han ( B.C.- 220 A.D.)Dynasties. Legend goes that the monk Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen in China, advanced Yi Jin Jing. And then the monks in Shaolin Temple developed it and used it for health promotion. In the Tang (618-907) and Song (-1279)Dynasties, Yi Jin Jing developed greatly. It began to spread out of the temple from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1664). Yi Jin Jing has been greatly influencing the traditional Chinese national sports. Health Qigong· Yi Jin Jing embodies the essence of traditional Yi Jin Jing 12 forms. It has been developed, simplified and standardized on the modern theory and methods of health science, so as to be a smooth and coherent set of movements. Hence it is of more remarkable characteristics in health promotion.  When practicing Health Qigong· Yi Jin Jing, what should be emphasized is the movements of turning, bending and extending, pulling and drawing of the muscles, bones and joints, especially those of turning, bending and extending of the spine. These actions, characterized by elegant, natural and smooth movements, being in good taste, and coupling hardness with softness, benefit regulating and controlling the function of the spine. The flexible postures, the point kept in the mind, and the frequency of breathing fit the needs of people of any ages and in different health conditions.  The result of the scientific study shows that Health Qigong· Yi Jin Jing can improve the functions of the cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive systems, raise the balancing ability, and better the flexibility and force of the muscles, improve the mood, lessen the anxiety and depression. Also, it plays an active role in healing some common diseases in the middle-aged and elderly people. 
 

Wu Qin Xi
 Wu Qin Xi(Frolics of Five Animals) was developed by Hua Tuo, the most famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). It imitates the actions of animals based on the habits of the tiger, deer, bear, monkey and bird, and combines Tu Na (the art of expiration and inspiration) and Dao Yin (The movements of the limbs in Qigong) with the theories of Viscera, Channels and Collaterals, Qi and Blood in Traditional Chinese Medicine.  Health Qigong·Wu Qin Xi embodies the essence of the traditional Wu Qin Xi, and combines the designed actions with the Aesthetics of the body and Modern Athletic Science. It presents the scientific concept and the character of the modern time sufficiently, and accords with the traditional principles of regulating the body, breath and mind in Qigong. As a result, it fits the needs of people to promote their health.  The movements of Health Qigong· Wu Qin Xi are not restricted in the imitation of the behaviours of the animals, but try to present the spirit of the “five animals”.  It simulates the power of the tiger, the ease and comfort of the deer, the steadiness and calmness of the bear, the dexterity of the monkey and the agility of the bird. The movements are gentle and unfold, harmonious and symmetrical, and its extent of physical exercise is suitable for most people.  The result of the scientific study shows that Health Qigong· Wu Qin Xi exerts an active influence on the people’s physiological functions, physical nature and state of mind. Moreover, after a period of practice, the functions of the cardiovascular and respiratory system are enhanced; agility of the joints improved; and the vigour and grip power strengthened; psychological condition and self-confidence are built up. 

Liu Zi Jue  Liu Zi Jue (the art of expiration in producing six different sounds) is a traditional exercise of health promotion. It is practiced through the art of expiration. Liu Zi Jue is of a long history and has been spread widely. There existed the records of Liu Zi Jue in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589). During the process of its spread, the masters of medicine and regimen in various generations replenished and improved it in different aspects.  Based on the traditional Liu Zi Jue,  by the related modern scientific theories and methods, the order of the six characters, the pronunciation and the degree of lip-rounding have been regulated and standardized to make it more scientific and reasonable.  The six characters in the Health Qigong· Liu Zi Jue form a whole entity, and each of them is independent as well, and may be practiced separately. In respiration, pronunciation practice is being taken up with simple actions of Qigong. The respiration and actions can supplement and complement each other.  Scientific studies show that in general, the survival quality of the exercisers has been remarkably improved compared with that before they practice Liu Zi Jue. There is a trend of improvement in physical and psychological states, and in the human relations. Their family members live in harmony. Furthermore, the investigation about the healing of sick people shows that Health Qigong· Liu Zi Jue is helpful to middle-aged and elderly people who suffer from certain chronic diseases.  

Ba Duan Jin
 Ba Duan Jin (eight excellent movements) emerged before the Song dynasty (960-1279), and gradually developed to a perfect degree during the periods of the Ming(1368-) and Qing dynasties (-1911). Being a traditional health-promoting exercise jointly developed by the masters of the regimen and practitioners in the past dynasties, Ba Duan Jin, the treasure of the Chinese regimen culture is popular with the broad mass, for its movements are simple and easy to learn, and bring about good results in health-building.  Health Qigong· Ba Duan Jin embodies the essences of different schools, and preserves the formed movements and style in the main. On the bases of the Modern Athletic Science and physiology, the order of the movements has been changed and the amount of physical exercise regulated reasonably, so as to make it more suitable, effective and standardized.  The characteristics of movements of Health Qigong· Ba Duan Jin are gentle, slow, smooth and coherent, unfold and elegant; and it couples tension with relaxation, activeness with quietness.  Ba Duan Jin leads to good health by harmonious conjugation of mind, breath and movements.  

Statement by the British Health Qigong Association.

Scientific studies show that Health Qigong
· Ba Duan Jin can enhance the functions of the respiratory, nervous and cardiovascular systems, build up the cellular immune function and the ability to resist senility, adjust the psychological state, strengthen the limbs and joints, and improve the equilibrium of the body.

HEALTH NOTICE.

It is important that anyone who wishes to practice any of these arts realises that there are physical requirements involved.  If you have any medical issues, you should consult your Doctor before commencing classes.  You must tell the instructors of any condition that may affect your ability to train.  The onus is upon you only to train within your realistic ability.

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