Vital Tai Chi

21/08/2026

A reminder that I am running a Sensing Hands workshop Saturday 5th September 11am to 4pm at St Mary's Church Hall, Tower St Launceston. Cost £25. Everyone welcome, no experience necessary.

For me, when we remove the elements of competition or trickery and skills, Pushing Hands or as it is better translated Sensing Hands reveals it's true worth improving softness and sensitivity and being a path to the Qi. It's practice also has the added benefit of improving our interactions with people.

We will learn how to yield and neutralise, how to stick and follow with some classic practices I have learnt over the years that I have found useful. It should be fun!

Please book a place (or turn up), thank you to those who have already booked.

Best, Phil

03/08/2026

Classes have finished for the Summer - they have been so well attended this year, thank you everyone!

Classes will re-start the week of 7th September 2026;

Tuesday Tai Chi evenings 7pm in Launceston, St Mary's Church Hall Upstairs - Form and Pushing Hands
Wednesday mornings Tai Chi 10am at Lifton Community Centre - Form and sword
Friday morning QiGong 10.15 at Lifton Community Centre

Classes are open to all levels, beginners and returners.

02/04/2026

Classes are taking a break for Easter week, apart form QiGong.. We will be back to Tuesday evenings at St Mary's Church hall from Tuesday 14th April and Tai Chi will resume on Wednesday mornings form the 15th at Lifton community centre. QiGong at Lifton will restart on Friday 10th - feel free to drop in.

18/02/2026

Year of the Fire Horse - Happy New year everyone. A Year to forge forward but also to look after ourselves, deepen practice but make it sustainable for ourselves. Yang is always full of heart. A great year for Tai Chi - more Yang or forwards aspects being Sensing hands and Sword!

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.