Local T’ai Chi students and practitioners came together in Gensing Gardens on 25 April to perform the Long Yang Form and celebrate the transformative power of T’ai-Chi Ch’uan on World T’ai Chi and Qigong Day. This year, practitioners in more than 80 countries took part in similar demonstrations of harmonious movement.

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Vivienne Hamblin

T’ai Chi and Qigong are both mind-body practices consisting of coordinated body postures, movements, breathing and ‘meditation in motion’. They have their roots in ancient Chinese medicine, philosophy and martial arts and both are practised widely in China. “It is common to see large groups of men and women practising the forms in parks and open spaces, daily at sunrise and dusk,” says T’ai Chi teacher and organiser of the event, Chris Hamblin.


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