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Welcome to Yiheyuan.co.uk
 
We're back!
 The Yiheyuan Garden, Leeds, UK
 
 
Our thanks to all those of you who have visited us during the period of transition while our website was being transferred to its new home, following the untimely demise of our webhost: Microsoft Office Live Small Business.
 
It has now been completely demolished and rebuilt in a format as close to the original as possible for the benefit of our regular visitors who told us they liked it just the way it was. 
 
You may notice some improvements, however, and there will be more to come soon. 
As a "safety net" during the lengthy and hair-raising transition process, we created several new sites, including:
  
 
 
and
 
(our philosophy website in its new home at weebly.com)
 
Happily, we found that on these new sites we could provide you with
 some free downloadable resources including PDF eBooks, videos and MP3 Audio Podcasts,
so you may find them worth a visit!
  

We believe that:

"A school should exist not only to teach but also to investigate, not only to formulate prematurely a finalized system but to remain creative, to go on testing theories by applying them and by validating ideas by experience."
 
 Paul Brunton
 


 
This website is designed as a learning resource for students of Tai Chi Chuan and other martial arts. We aim to provide a wide range of information, together with some inspirational thoughts and points for reflection.
 
Whether you want to find a class, reflect on some of the deeper aspects of Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing Yi Chuan, Ba Gua Zhang or Qi Gong, improve your physical martial arts skills, master your own mind, or simply find some peace, we hope that you will enjoy your visit to our site and discover something of interest within its pages and those of our new companion sites.
 

 

What Makes Us Different? 


For our full syllabus and more information about who we are and what we do, please go to about us, but here's a bit of an overview:

 

 

We take our martial arts seriously 

 

by training to international standards...

 

 

  

Our British and European Champion Tai Chi Fighters: Mike Abosch and and Ben Morris Winning Gold medals in Sweden, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

across a range of Chinese Internal Martial Arts,

 

including Tai Chi, Bagua and Hsing Yi  

 

 

 

with authentic lineages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our teacher, Master Zhu Guang of Beijing

 

 

 

and we also teach Qi Gong and Meditation

 

 

 

 

but we don't take ourselves too seriously!

 

 

"Tai Chi Expert", and Gold Medallist fighter, Richard Morley, as seen on BBC, (with friend)

 

 

"Single whip's looking a bit stiff there, mate!"

 

 

 

 

 

 Awesome trainer of said 

 experts and champions:

 Colin Hamilton

 

 

"Does my Bagua look better in these sunglasses?"

 

 

 

 

You can learn how to protect yourself...

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Morris and Mike Abosch - more gold between them than Fort Knox

 

 

 

"Don't take it so personally, grasshopper!  You'll have lots of gold medals yourself one day!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver medalist fighter, Amanda Halliday, (also with friend/worthy opponent).

 

 

 

"Who is this young lady with

the devastating uppercut?" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or just have a great time...

 

 

 

learning cool moves to keep you fit and healthy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as taught by experienced, qualified instructors...

 

 

 

 

while spending lots of time chillin' in parks

 

 

and gardens...

 

 

 

and looking deeply into things...

 

 

 

 

 

 

from the mysteries of the mind...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the fabric of reality!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ...though we are particularly famous for our down-to-earth, non-pink-and-fluffy,

no BS approach...

 

 

...while also, of course, miraculously  manipulating our mandatory mysterious energies...

 

...as evidence of which you have just got to  check out our mate Martin's marvellous manifestation of a magnificent chi ball on the home page of tailchileeds.com!! 

 

 

 

 

In general, we're a friendly bunch...

 

 

who will provide a warm welcome...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and make you feel

part of the family :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...whatever your age, gender or other uniquely personal attributes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So please feel free to come along to our classes

or just explore the vast amount of information

and learning resources we have provided for you

on our websites.

 

 

Thank you for visiting yiheyuan. 

 

Enjoy your visit and come back soon!

 

All the best

 

 

g and Col

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Yep, it did look better with the cool shades on! 

I wonder who could've nicked 'em!" 

Training Opportuntites


If you'd like to do some serious outdoor training in Taiji and Ba Gua on Sunday mornings, have a word with

Ben Morris for more information. 

(His contact details are on our Instructors page)

 


New

Seminars for Summer 2012


 

Chen

 

Eskrima

 

Wu Hao

 

See our

 

 Events Page

 

for details

 


 

Competition Results

 


British Open Championships

15.4.2012

 

Ben Morris Gold and two Bronze

 

BCCMA Championships 2011

 

Mike Abosch Gold in Push Hands and Gold in Qingda (free fighting)

 

Tom Hadfield Silver in Push Hands

 

 

British Open Championships 10.4.11

 

Mike Abosch Gold and Silver

 

Zhong Ding North East competition

27.2.11 

 

Richard Morley  Gold 

 

Tom Hadfield  Bronze

  

 

European Championships

 12.12.10

 

Mike Abosch two Silvers and a Gold

Ben Morris Silver

 

Well done everybody!

 


 

New Instructors

 


 

 

John Donegan

Mike Abosch

Nikki Ingram

Barbara Doyle

Stephanie Dennison

 

 have all recently achieved the Advanced Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan and the Advanced Instructor's Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan,

 

and

 

 Yolande Sowerby

 

 has achieved the Basic instructor's Certificate in Tai Chi for Health and Relaxation

 

Six great teachers and excellent advocates for Tai Chi. 

 

Well done! 

 

Please see our instructors page for a complete list of our qualified instructors

 

 

  


Learning Resources


We have a range of resources available so far, including

 

DVDs

 

 

and various eBooks and podcasts, including lots of free downloads via our companion websites.

 

And we have provided lists of recommended reading

 

and suitable music to accompany your Tai Chi practice.