The updated November/December newsletter can be found here.
Added coming London Sunday workshop in the camps. The workshop is on Sunday 11th November between 11:00 and 16:00 at Tokei Martial Arts Centre, near London Bridge.
Two new picture albums in the gallery. First, pictures from the article China Syndrome written by Dan for the magazine Tai Chi Chuan & Internal Arts number 23 (Winter 2006/7). Second, pictures from Dan seminar at Jasniere in France this year.
The updated September newsletter can be found here.
Added details for the Inter University Competition in Manchester (entry form, rules and poster) on the camps section.
Update upcoming Dan's September seminar, meeting point details, in Madrid on the camps section.
The September newsletter can be found here.
Added upcoming Dan's September seminars in Brighton, Dublin, Glosgow, Linkoping, London, Manchester, Moscow, Paris and Israel on the camps section.
Added upcoming Dan's September seminars in Madrid, Belgrad and Denmark on the camps section.
Added leaflet for the upcoming Dan's August camp in Cambrook on the camps section.
The June newsletter can be found here.
The May-June newsletter can be found here.
Details can be found from the Noticeboard.
Add Inter University Competition and upcoming Dan's seminar both at Manchester in December on the camps section.
Add upcoming Dan's seminar in Denmark on the camps section.
The March newsletter can be found here.
Details of upcomming Tai-Chi Tcho seminar at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland is on the camps section.
Details of upcomming Valencia seminar is on the camps section.
The Feb newsletter can be found here.
Jan newsletter can be found here.
Details of the 19th British Open TCC Championships & Festival of Martial Arts can be found here.
Details of upcomming Manchester and Horsham seminars are on the camps section.
Can find Decembers newsletter here
Novemeber newsletter is available here and the November Epistle is availavle here.
Put details up on the coming workshop in Paris and of the 24 hours of Tai Chi in May 2007. Details can be found in the camps and competition page.
October newsletter can be found here.
I have added the details of the upcoming seminar in Spain to the camps and competitions page.
The nine levels of instructor certification has been added to the site under The Wudang Style section. It documents the minimum criteria for each of the levels.
September newsletter can be found here.
The August newsletter can be found here.
There is a new letter from Dan here
July newsletter is available here.
A new letter has been provided by Dan
The April/May newsletter is now available.
Details for the various camps for the year have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
More updates for the gallery, this time of the Feburary seminar in Manchester hosted by the students of Manchester University. The photos were taken by Chris Henney and Claire Sheehy.
I have updated the gallery with pictures taken from the 2005 seminar in Ostend, Belgium by Geert Van Loo. You will find the new pictures under the 2005 Belgium section in the Gallery.
www.uk-martialartist.co.uk has an online database of Martial Arts clubs that could be of interest to our Instructors looking for more exposure. You can submit your club for free using the basic listing which provides club name, style, address, training times, phone and email. They ask for £8 a year for a link to a website, but it could bring a few more potential students along to the club and instructors are encouraged to use it.
A new letter has been added to the site.
The details of the Horsham camp have been added to the Camps & Competitions page and the rules and entry form for the British Open updated.
JohnThe January newsletter is now available.
Details of the various workshops, camps & seminars have been added to the Camps & Competitions page and the rules and entry form for the British Open.
I've added a number of articles. The new articles are "Don't Rub it In ", "Seven Treasures of Taijiquan (review) ", "Scholar Boxer (review) " , "What isn't Qigong " , "Chen Pan-Ling's Original Tai Chi Chuan Textbook (review) ", "T'ai-Chi Spirit and Essence (review)", "Metamorphosis" and "Chinese Swordsmanship (review) ".
You can find details of the International Pushing Hands Meeting this month can be found here.
JohnDan has provided a new letter with details of new "super short forms" among other musings.
JohnThe November newsletter is also available.
I have added a link to Dr Luce Condamine's Maison du Taiji. Where Dan holds the workshops "24 hours for TCC" (instructors training), and "Taiji Quan and international competition course" (to prepare competition, as a competitor, as a coach, or as a judge or referee.
JohnDan has provided a new letter.
The October newsletter is also available.
I have added a new page for all the letters and notes that arrive from Dan and others. I've gone with the conventional title of Noticeboard. You'll already find some interesting things there including the germ of a tai chi terms glossary.
Details of the 2nd Scandinavian Open have also been added.
JohnDan has provided a new letter.
The August newsletter is also available.
You can find the british national entry form here as a doc and pdf.
JohnDan has provided a new letter detailing his wishes on the use of material from this website and future material to be added.
You can find the british open results here.
Dan has written a book review of "A Brief History of QI".
JohnDan has expanded his Requiem for a Tai Chi Bodyguard.
Dan's has supplied a new letter.
JohnI've made a number of updates to the Camps & Competitions page.
Matt Staples has told us about a source for out of print books. For details have a look at the end of the book list.
JohnIan Cameron has put down his thoughts on the passing of his Master.
Details of the Cranbrook Summer Camp also added and a correction of the details for the Finnish Camp.
JohnSadly Cheng Tin-Hung passed away on the 7th of May. In Requiem for a Tai Chi Bodyguard Dan recalls some of his memories of his teacher Cheng Tin-hung.
JohnWe are now on the updated May newsletter.
Details of the Finnish seminar have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
Dan's has supplied a new letter.
Dr Dan K J Vercammen has procided a conact address for people interested in a copy of his "History of Taijiquan". For details have a look at the book list.
JohnA Wudang Syllabus has been produced. This is the first time it has been written down formally. The syllabus is available in HTML & PDF formats.
Dan has written a letter listing the approved instructors in this style for France.
JohnAn entry for the Paris Residential workshop has been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
JohnWe are now on the updated March newsletter.
A couple of additional workshops have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
It has been pointed out that occasionally people try to look at updated pages and are unable to see any change. If this happens to you, rather than doubt your sanity, please try refreshing the web page in your browser (usually F5). In order to be faster many web pages and indeed ISPs cache pages and will display the old version until you "insist" that you want the latest version.
JohnI've added a number of articles and put dates on most of the combat articles in the index. The new articles are "Quack, Quack", "Made in Taiwan", "On Being a Master" and "Students".
A link to the Practical Tai Chi Chuan Glasgow web pages has also been added to the links page.
JohnA veterans category has been added to the British Open entry form.
JohnWe are now on the March newsletter.
Dan's has supplied two new articles. They can be found at the end of the list, one on the master student relationship and the other on tai chi chuans links with the environment.
A couple of additional workshops have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
And last but not least pictures from a seminar in Greece by Politi Efi Chris.
JohnWe are now on an updated February newsletter.
Dan's has supplied two new letters.
A couple of additional workshops have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
JohnWe are now on the February newsletter.
JohnThe BOTCC rules have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
JohnA large number of additional camps and competitions have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
John
Details of the May Bank Holiday camp and Glasgow seminar have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
JohnWe are now on the January newsletter.
Tatiana Kalinina has provided a selection of pictures from the European Championships in St Petersburgh. I have created an album for her pictures. There are some pretty good action shots from the pushing hands competition.
I have also added a link to PTCCI Russia website to the links page.
JohnA Happy New Year to everyone. We're starting off the year with some significant additions to the web site.
A number of new articles have been added (with pictures this time) from old copies of Secrets of Kung Fu. Most have been written by Cheng Tin-Hung and are well worth reading. The observant among you may notice a younger Dan in some of the pictures.
Many articles in addition to these can be found here.
You can now download an electronic copy of Dan's Short Form Book. Handy for new students learning the form. We are trying out a paid for download system and if this is successful more material may be made available in this format.
Paul Silfverstråle is now supplying high quality swords and sabres. We have added a link to his web page to our shop. It is well worth a look, I have not seen any other place offering made to measure weapons.
JohnDan's has supplied another new letter.
Book review of "The Taijiquan Classics" by Barbara Davies.
JohnThe options to access the Instructors Database have been improved. Instructors can now be viewed by country.
JohnWe are now on the December newsletter.
Kathy Davies has started to go through the hundreds of pictures from camps around Europe. I have created an album for her pictures and they are well worth looking at. More will be added as they arrive.
I have also added a link to Wim's excellent book to the reading list.
JohnSome additional books have been added to the reading list.
The site layout has been amended and a google search box added to allow searching. These are the first of some major updates/upgrades to the web site. There will be a great deal of additional material and new features to improve the site.
JohnWe are now on the November/December newsletter.
Unfortunately Dan has finally had to ban Fiona Ward from classes, his note to instructors can be found here.
JohnDan's has written a book review THE FIGHTER’S BODY – AN OWNER’S MANUAL BY CHRISTENSEN & DEMEERE . Also an interesting letter from Dan with some comment on discussions on the Wudang Discussion Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wudang/
And last but not least pictures from Kent and Wexford from Chris Henney.
JohnDan's has supplied a fairly substantial article on Martial Codes, Martial Rules, Martial Ways. Which is well worth reading.
We are now on the October newsletter.
More pictures have been added to the new photo gallery.
JohnDan's has supplied another new letter.
Details of the 2005 Nottingham Open have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
JohnThis has been a busy week.
I have added a photo gallery to the web site. Here you can find pictures from seminars and trips to China. If you have pictures from any of Dan's trips to China or seminars please send them in and I'll add them to the website. If you could give each picture a descriptive name that would be a great help.
I had to revise the site structure slightly to fit the new photo gallery in so I have replaced the previous menu with one more amenable to change. I'm expecting a quite a bit of new material from Dan over the coming months.
Finally I've added a site map where you can get a rough overview of what is on the website and jump to the relevant section. Hopefully this will help you find the information you are after.
JohnDan's has supplied another new letter.
JohnDan's has supplied a new letter.
JohnWe are now on the August newsletter. Under merchandise I've added a link to powerseekers.com where kettlebells are available for sale. I've also updated the camps page page with details from the newsletter.
JohnWe are now on the July newsletter. Dan's has supplied a new letter.
JohnWe are now on the June newsletter. And a link to the new European Internal Arts Journal has been added.
JohnI've removed some old entries from the camps page page and added a link to the results from the Swedish Open.
JohnFor more details of the Swedish Training Camp and a registration form have been added to the camps page. To jump direct to the details click here.
JohnWe are now on the May newsletter.
JohnDan's has supplied a new letter. Very brief but he does indicate that changes to the web site are on the way.
The Instructors Database is now back online. And updates are coming in from instructors, so the database should be up to date by the end of this month.
Prices for students/unemployed for the North Germany Camp have been reduced.
JohnThe Instructors Database is now back online. A new version can be found here.
And details of the North Germany Camp have been added.
John
We are now on the April newsletter.
And details of the Cranbrook Summer Camp have been added.
John
We are now on the March/April newsletter.
JohnThe camp planned for Greece in April has been moved to Athens, details can be found on the camps page.
I've added the latest letter from Dan.
JohnA list of books on tai chi chuan and related subjects has been available for some time on this site. I have altered the list and added a link to it from the library section. Now the list in addition to having links to amazon for the books also has all the details (ISBN/Publisher) that you would need to order the books from a bookshop. Feel free to print this list out for your own reference.
JohnA screed of updates today.
The camps page has been updated.
We are now on the February newsletter.
A link to the Advanced Short Form has been added to the "Five Components" section of the Library.
JohnFurther details of the British Open competition, including entry form and rules, have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
JohnI've added the Jan newsletter from Dan.
Details of all the events have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
JohnI've added the latest letter from Dan.
JohnI've added the Dec/Jan newsletter from Dan.
Details of all the events have been added to the Camps & Competitions page.
And I have also added the latest letter from Dan.
JohnI've added the November newsletter from Dan.
JohnI've added some details for the March 2004 Tai Chi competition in Nottingham.
At Tai Chi Caledonia 2004 Ian Cameron & Dan Docherty will be teaching at the weekend both individually and together. Details have been added to the Camps & Competitions page. More details can be found at www.taichicaledonia.com.
I've added the October newsletter from Dan.
JohnI've added the latest letter from Dan.
JohnToday a link to the Wudang discussion group was added to the welcome page. Dan has wanted a discussion group for some time and I finally got around to setting one up.
Some instructors have been using the group as a trial and it has provoked some discussion and also allowed exchange of information between people in Europe, America and New Zealand.
JohnChanged the "Summer Camps" option to "Camps & Competitions".
Added Torben's October competition to the list.
Also added a RSS feed for site changes. http://www.taichichuan.co.uk/news/rss.xml
JohnFollowing an email from Carl Burgess I have added a number of Wudang web sites to the links section.
They contain a wealth of information, not all of which is contained on this website. So if you are after additional pictures and some video clips as well as more on tai chi chuan theory and practice visit these websites. They impressed me.
JohnAdded a new letter from Dan.
I have also added the first regional Wudang website to our links section. This is for Geert Van Loo in Belgium. Well worth a visit with more video clips of forms and applications.
JohnToday a new version of the website has gone live. It contains much the same information but we hope it will be easier to use. It has been designed to be easier for us to add sections and update content.
We have removed the old pictures associated with the forms and replaced them with quicktime video clips.
We have provided the newsletter in pdf format so it can easily be viewed and printed.
We are looking for some volunteers to help to run a bulletin board that Dan would like added to the site. Neither Lachlan nor myself have the time to do this as well as look after the web site. So we are looking for some volunteers who have the time and the patience to monitor a bulletin board on a daily basis and keep the language clean and the weed out worst of the libel.
If you have any pictures from tai chi camps or competitions please send them in to web admin and we will put them into a picture gallery.
If any of you run web sites for your local branch of PTCCI or know of interesting websites please send the addresses to the mailbox.
Unfortunately the website works best in Internet Explorer. So if you have problems viewing the site switch to a version of IE and you should be ok. For Mac users such as Lachlan and myself the site works in Safari as well as IE5.2.
John