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ICE STORM UPDATE.
WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS.
OUR POWER AND UTILITIES ARE BACK.
All classes resume as of April 8.

Open Zoom class for Members Thursdays at 14:00 (UTC-5)

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Upcoming Events

  • FRANCE: Rencontres Tui Shou 5 jours, avec IAN SINCLAIR @ CREM
    Monestiés, France : June 21 - 25
    Sat Jun 21 2025 - Wed Jun 25 2025
  • Ellgurd School, ANTWERP: Intensive Tai chi tuishou Workshop (Ellgurd)
    Sat Jun 28 2025 - Tue Jul 1 2025
  • Wu Dao Academy, Hoboken, BELGIUM: Fundamentals of Tai chi and Qigong
    Sat Jul 5 2025 - Sun Jul 6 2025

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What is Qi? 氣

Posted on 19 May, 2020 by Sinclair Martial Arts
20 May, 2020

It is a problem. That’s what it is. For one thing, “qi” is a word, and words are always a problem. Moreover, Qi is a Chinese word, and Chinese words are nothing but trouble. I sometimes think that if you don’t speak Chinese, you really have no business using Chinese words. They never mean what . . . read more

I am trying very hard not to kill you, and thousands of other people.

Posted on 24 March, 2020 by Sinclair Martial Arts
28 March, 2020

In Canada, most of us started closing our businesses a week ago. I cancelled everything except my online lessons as of March 16. Since then, I have been avoiding human contact, and washing or sanitizing my hands after I touch anything. But some people have still not got the message, and their actions are killing . . . read more

Online lessons

Posted on 23 March, 2020 by Sinclair Martial Arts
14 September, 2020
Live online lessons

I hope to add one new lesson per day over the next 100 days, and will continue indefinitely, if I can keep the lights on. I have been studying tai chi for over 40 years, and I am really starting to like it. In fact, I like it so much that I have decided to . . . read more

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