Free 6 week courses
Thursday 5:30 – 7pm
University of Huddersfield Sports Hall
7.30-9pm Deighton Centre, Deighton Road, HD2 1JP
All ages 16 and above welcome
Lishi is an ancient art that originated in China. The holistic system incorporates breath work and the mindful movements of Tai Chi, Yoga, Qi Gong and Kung Fu. It promotes healthy living and is ideal for males or females who are athletes or unfit.
Lishi develops self-awareness, well-being, self confidence, physical fitness, relieves stress and is exhilarating fun!
At your first class you will be introduced to principles and exercises that have stood the test of time. They have been proven to work for both men and women for thousands of years so you can feel confident they will work for you too.
Through a range of Taoist exercises with some similarities to Yoga, Tai Chi and Kungfu, here’s just some of what you will discover….
The Power of Relaxation
I will help you prove to yourself that tension and stress actually make you weaker. I will then show you ways to rid yourself of this forever and prove how being relaxed doubles your strength instantly.
The Keys to Greater Vitality
Building on lessons of relaxation I hand you the Keys to Greater Vitality by revealing special Taoist ‘Dao Yin’ breathing techniques.
Moving with Stillness
Learn to focus your mind and develop incredible concentration through mindful exercise that promotes greater calm and harmony between mind and body.
Raise the Tempo
True fitness is achieved by increasing the intensity of how you currently exercise. Taoists in China realised this thousands of years ago and developed exercises that are safe yet challenging for all people. It doesn’t matter how fit or unfit you are when you walk through the door to the class our exercises are guaranteed to exercise your heart and lungs, burn fat and tone and strengthen your muscles so that you have more energy available at all times.
Chi – Your Vital Force
You will be introduced to the natural energy within your body that has always been available to you. Exercising and utilising your “chi” or “qi” is the very essence of Lishi and brings greater benefits than you can realise.
Self-Defense that is fun and simple
The principles of Lishi are very effective as a system of self-defense and step-by-step you will gain greater coordination and confidence by working with a partner to test what you are learning in a supportive environment.
Once you experience the benefits of lishi, you will want to make “feeling fit, healthy and energised” your natural way. We will spend time learning and practising exercises so that Lishi becomes a natural part of your lifestyle so you can draw on the benefits whenever you want, wherever you are.
Staatl.-gepr. Bewegungspädagoge, kam 1975 vom Hatha-Yoga zu den Lishi-Bewegungskünsten. Seit 1979 war er Schüler von Großmeister Chee Soo und seit 1989 wurde er von seinem Nachfolger unterrrichted. 1980 wurde Rainer Dieck Kursleiter, 1984 Lehrer für Dao Tai Chi, Qi Gong und Dao Yoga, seit 1989 ist er zudem Lehrer für Feng Shou Kung Fu. 1990 wurde er offizieller Head Instructor Germany der Dachorganisation „Lishi International“.
Bonn-Mehlem – Thomas Koch
Kurse:
• Mi, 18.15 – 19.15 Uhr (Einsteiger)
• Fr, 17.00 – 18.00 Uhr (Feng Shou Kung Fu für Kinder und Jugendliche)
• Fr, 18.15 – 20.15 Uhr
weitere Termine nach Absprache möglich
Eine Probestunde ist kostenlos und unverbindlich möglich.
Ein Einstieg ist jederzeit möglich.
Trainingsort:
Ballettstudio
Mainzer Straße 47
53179 Bonn
Ist seit 1995 Schüler von Rainer Dieck und dessen Lehrer. Seit 2004 ist er Kursleiter für Dao Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Dao Yoga und Feng Shou Kung Fu.
Bonn-Nord – Madlen Hunger
Kurse:
• Di, 19.00 – 20.30 Uhr (Einsteiger)
Trainingsort:
R2
Römerstr. 164
53117 Bonn
Der Kurs findet im Rahmen des Hochschulsportangebots der Universität Bonn statt. Er steht Studierenden, Bediensteten und Alumni der Universität Bonn offen und findet während der Vorlesungszeiten statt. Bitte informieren Sie sich auf den Seiten des Hochschulsports.
Kontakt:
Anmeldung über den Hochschulsport der Universität
Madlen Hunger:
Ist seit 2004 Schülerin von Rolf Kreyer, seit 2007 von Rainer Dieck und seinem Lehrer. Seit 2010 ist sie Kursleiterin für Qi Gong und Dao Yoga, seit 2012 zudem für Dao Tai Chi.
Bonn-Bad Godesberg – Thomas Koch
Kurse:
• Feng Shou Kung Fu für Kinder und Jugendliche
Der 12-wöchige Kurs findet im Rahmen des Jugendbildungsangebots von AKO-PRO-Seminar e.V. statt. Er steht Schülern und Schülerinnen aller Bonner Schulen offen.
Bitte informieren Sie sich auf den Seiten von AKO-PRO-Seminar e.V
Der Kurs findet im Rahmen des Betriebssportangebots der „BSG Wissen“ statt. Er steht Mitarbeitenden der angehörigen Wissenschaftsorganisationen und deren Angehörigen offen. Bitte informieren Sie sich auf den Seiten der „BSG Wissen“.
Kontakt:
Email: madlen@lishi.de
Madlen Hunger:
Ist seit 2004 Schülerin von Rolf Kreyer, seit 2007 von Rainer Dieck und seinem Lehrer. Seit 2010 ist sie Kursleiterin für Qi Gong und Dao Yoga, seit 2012 zudem für Dao Tai Chi.
The Bradford class is a friendly group and beginners are welcome to join our beginners courses that take place three times each year.
An alternative way to get fit, feel energized, find inner peace
The next Beginners Course starts on Thursday 19th April
£75 for a 10 week course
Booking is essential to secure your place. Places are limited and late bookings will be added to our waiting list for the next available course.
Option 1 – Four Class “Taster” package for £32 10% Discount £28
Option 2 – Best Value Option – Ten classes plus annual membership £105 30% Discount! £75
To contact me about the class, email ben[at]lishi.org or call 07525377605. New Half Day Workshops
Sunday 19th Feb 2012 11am-3pm– Wrangthorn Church Hall, Hyde Park Terr, Leeds, LS6 1BJ – booking essential
Further workshops at venues to be confirmed from 11-3pm on:
Saturday 31st March 2012
Sunday 15th July 2012
Call or text 07930 463 571 to reserve your place – You’ll LOVE it!
An alternative way to feel energised, find inner peace and learn an ancient philosophy for life……. ……..that works!
In Lishi Tai Chi in Bradford, we practice an ancient Daoist-Chinese exercise system.
Daoism is the art and science of cultivating Qi. Qi is the energy that flows through the universe and all living beings, – and that includes you! In Lishi Tai Chi in Bradford you learn how to use your Chi and practice an ancient art form that has existed for thousands of years. So whats it doing in Bradford?
Come and find out… Book Your Place Now.
Two separate courses running in Bradford starting in January.
For thousands of years, people all over the world have been practising and benefiting from Chinese exercise systems like Taichi, Taiji, Wushu, Yoga and Kungfu.
At the Bradford class we will teach you a time-tested way to raise your energy, become fitter and learn a philosophy for life that has been around for thousands of years for one reason, and one reason only….because it works!
In a few short weeks you could find yourself feeling very different (in a good way!) and you don’t have to spend money on an expensive gym membership to get these benefits!
The exercises we teach have been practised behind closed doors for thousands of years. Traditionally, they were considered so powerful that they were only passed on to select family members and friends.
Fate brought these Arts to the UK when the last member of the Lee Family, Chan Kam Li taught them to his adopted nephew, Chee Soo.
In time, Chee Soo formed the International Taoist Society (which is now known as Lishi International) to keep these arts alive and ensure the quality of all practitioners and teachers.
There is an open class in Bradford and we’d like to invite you to come and find out if Lishi Tai Chi in Bradford is for you.
At your first class you will be introduced to principles and exercises that have stood the test of time. They have been proven to work for both men and women for thousands of years so you can feel confident they will work for you too.
Through a range of Taoist exercises with some similarities to Yoga, Tai Chi and Kungfu, here’s just some of what you will discover….
The Power of Relaxation
You will prove to yourself that tension and stress actually make you weaker. We will then show you ways to rid yourself of this forever and prove how being relaxed doubles your strength instantly.
The Keys to Greater Vitality
Building on lessons of relaxation I hand you the Keys to Greater Vitality by revealing special Taoist ‘Dao Yin’ breathing techniques.
Moving with Stillness
Learn to focus your mind and develop incredible concentration through mindful exercise that promotes greater calm and harmony between mind and body.
Raise the Tempo
True fitness is achieved by increasing the intensity of how you currently exercise. Taoists in China realised this thousands of years ago and developed exercises that are safe yet challenging for all people. It doesn’t matter how fit or unfit you are when you walk through the door to the class our exercises are guaranteed to exercise your heart and lungs, burn fat and tone and strengthen your muscles so that you have more energy available at all times.
Chi – Your Vital Force
You will be introduced to the natural energy within your body that has always been available to you. Exercising and utilising your “chi” or “qi” is the very essence of Lishi and brings greater benefits than you can realise.
Self-Defense that is fun and simple
The principles of Lishi are very effective as a system of self-defense and step-by-step you will gain greater coordination and confidence by working with a partner to test what you are learning in a supportive environment.
Once you experience the benefits of lishi Tai Chi in Bradford, you will want to make “feeling fit, healthy and energised” your natural way. We will spend time learning and practising exercises so that Lishi becomes a natural part of your lifestyle so you can draw on the benefits whenever you want, wherever you are.
The Bradford Evening Tai Chi Classes take place at
The Grange Interlink, Summerville Rd, Bradford BD7 1PX
To contact us about the class, email ben[at]lishi.org or call 07525377605.
You can keep up to date with our news by “Liking” our facebook page and following us on twitter.
The Bradford Daytime Tai Chi class takes place on Tuesday mornings from 9:30am to 10:30am at
Salvation Army Community Building, Holroyd Hill, Wibsey, Bradford BD6 1PQ Map and directions
For more info contact John on 07737023097 / lishiarts[at]gmail.com
We also have a class in Keighley which takes place on Monday afternoons 2 – 3pm at
Shared Church Hall, Church Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 5HT Map and directions
For more info contact John on 07737023097 / lishiarts[at]gmail.com
We’d like to start a class at the University of Bradford so if you are a student or a member of staff who would be interested in a class and might be able to help us please get in touch.
Do you want to experience something you have never
experienced? …… something magical that could change
your life?
Then this afternoon Introduction to Lishi is for you.
It can’t really be conveyed in words, so you have to
experience it for yourself. You’re going to love it.
The pictures below show you what it looks like, but
they don’t give you how it makes you feel.
Daoism is the art and science of cultivating Qi. Qi is the energy that flows through the universe and all living beings, – and that includes you! On this afternoon of Lishi you learn how to use your Chi and practice an ancient art form that has existed for thousands of years. So whats it doing in Manchester?
Come and find out…
If you have any problems finding the class, or getting to the class – please contact me.
Here’s Streetview at the front of the church hall entrance on Church Street.
Below are directions.
At the bottom are the address, class times, and a Google map.
Directions
From Picton Road
Head to Picton Clock Tower. At the Clock Tower roundabout, turn right into Church Road. Holy Trinity is immediately on the right through the first set of traffic lights.
From M62
Turn left just past the Rocket pub (on the left) just before the traffic lights at the end of the Motorway. The slip road you are on merges with Liverpool’s inner ring road, Queens Drive. Head straight through the first set of traffic lights. At the roundabout (known as Childwall fiveways – there are five exits), take the third exit to stay on Queens Drive. At the next set of traffic lights, turn right into Woolton Road. Follow Woolton Road to the next set of traffic lights. This is the junction with Church Road and you will see Holy Trinity diagonally left, ahead of you.
From Allerton Road
Head towards Penny Lane. At the end of Allerton Road there are traffic lights with the, now closed, Sergeant Peppers snack bar on the right. Turn right and follow the road around to the left. This is Church Road and Holy Trinity is on the left just before the next set of traffic lights.
The Bradford class is a friendly group and beginners are welcome to join our beginners courses that take place three times each year.
An alternative way to get fit, feel energized, find inner peace
The next Beginners Course starts W/C 16th January
£97 for a 12 week course (concessions £75)
Booking essential
Option 1 – Four classes for £32
Option 2 – Best Value Option – Twelve classes plus annual membership for £97 (this is a 33% discount and this option will give you an ongoing 25% discount on weekly class prices when you decide to continue)
New Half Day Workshops
Sunday 19th Feb 2012 11am-3pm– Wrangthorn Church Hall, Hyde Park Terr, Leeds, LS6 1BJ – booking essential
Further workshops at venues to be confirmed from 11-3pm on:
Saturday 31st March 2012
Sunday 15th July 2012
Call or text 07930 463 571 to reserve your place – You’ll LOVE it!
An alternative way to feel energised, find inner peace and learn an ancient philosophy for life……. ……..that works! In Lishi Tai Chi in Bradford, we practice an ancient Daoist-Chinese exercise system. Daoism is the art and science of cultivating Qi. Qi is the energy that flows through the universe and all living beings, – and that includes you! In Lishi Tai Chi in Bradford you learn how to use your Chi and practice an ancient art form that has existed for thousands of years. So whats it doing in Bradford?
Come and find out… Book Your Place Now.
For thousands of years, people all over the world have been practising and benefiting from Chinese exercise systems like Taichi, Taiji, Wushu, Yoga and Kungfu.
At the Bradford class we will teach you a time-tested way to raise your energy, become fitter and learn a philosophy for life that has been around for thousands of years for one reason, and one reason only….because it works!
In a few short weeks you could find yourself feeling very different (in a good way!) and you don’t have to spend money on an expensive gym membership to get these benefits!
The exercises we teach have been practised behind closed doors for thousands of years. Traditionally, they were considered so powerful that they were only passed on to select family members and friends.
Fate brought these Arts to the UK when the last member of the Lee Family, Chan Kam Li taught them to his adopted nephew, Chee Soo. In time, Chee Soo formed the International Taoist Society (now known as Lishi International) to keep these arts alive and ensure the quality of all practitioners and teachers.
There is an open class in Bradford and we’d like to invite you to come and find out if Lishi Tai Chi in Bradford is for you.
At your first class you will be introduced to principles and exercises that have stood the test of time. They have been proven to work for both men and women for thousands of years so you can feel confident they will work for you too.
Through a range of Taoist exercises with some similarities to Yoga, Tai Chi and Kungfu, here’s just some of what you will discover….
The Power of Relaxation
You will prove to yourself that tension and stress actually make you weaker. We will then show you ways to rid yourself of this forever and prove how being relaxed doubles your strength instantly.
The Keys to Greater Vitality
Building on lessons of relaxation I hand you the Keys to Greater Vitality by revealing special Taoist ‘Dao Yin’ breathing techniques.
Moving with Stillness
Learn to focus your mind and develop incredible concentration through mindful exercise that promotes greater calm and harmony between mind and body.
Raise the Tempo
True fitness is achieved by increasing the intensity of how you currently exercise. Taoists in China realised this thousands of years ago and developed exercises that are safe yet challenging for all people. It doesn’t matter how fit or unfit you are when you walk through the door to the class our exercises are guaranteed to exercise your heart and lungs, burn fat and tone and strengthen your muscles so that you have more energy available at all times.
Chi – Your Vital Force
You will be introduced to the natural energy within your body that has always been available to you. Exercising and utilising your “chi” or “qi” is the very essence of Lishi and brings greater benefits than you can realise.
Self-Defense that is fun and simple
The principles of Lishi are very effective as a system of self-defense and step-by-step you will gain greater coordination and confidence by working with a partner to test what you are learning in a supportive environment.
Once you experience the benefits of lishi Tai Chi in Bradford, you will want to make “feeling fit, healthy and energised” your natural way. We will spend time learning and practising exercises so that Lishi becomes a natural part of your lifestyle so you can draw on the benefits whenever you want, wherever you are.
The Bradford Evening Tai Chi Classes take place at
The Grange Interlink, Summerville Rd, Bradford BD7 1PX
Tuesdays 7:30 – 9pm Thursdays 7 – 9pm Map and directions To contact us about the class, email ben[at]lishi.org or call 07525377605. You can keep up to date with our news by “Liking” our facebook page and following us on twitter.
The Bradford Daytime Tai Chi class takes place on Tuesday mornings from 9:30am to 10:30am at
Salvation Army Community Building, Holroyd Hill, Wibsey, Bradford BD6 1PQ Map and directions
For more info contact John on 07737023097 / lishiarts[at]gmail.com
We also have a class in Keighley which takes place on Monday afternoons 2 – 3pm at
Shared Church Hall, Church Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 5HT Map and directions
For more info contact John on 07737023097 / lishiarts[at]gmail.com
We’d like to start a class at the University of Bradford so if you are a student or a member of staff who would be interested in a class and might be able to help us please get in touch.
We are also available to teach classes during the daytime for community groups or companies so please get in touch to discuss how we could work together.
Being human: want something different to the gym, mindless machines, aggressive martial arts and competitive team sports?
Being human: come and discover yourself with an exercise system both ancient and cutting edge modern.
Come and practice the Ancient Taoist Arts of Lishi (Lee family). These include:
• Nottingham Tai Chi
• Nottingham Kai Men / “Open Door” exercises
• Nottingham Qi Gong
• Nottingham Kung Fu Self Defence
• Nottingham Taoist stick, sword, sabre & silk
• Nottingham Traditional Taoist Wushu
The Lee family of Nottingham Taoism are personally handed down from the teachings and practice of Chee Soo and many Taoists before him. This remarkable man was still actively leading classes well into his seventies, a fine example of the Taoist philosophy of putting “life into your years”.
Come and learn how to get the best out of yourself.
The Nottingham class is a friendly group with students of all ages and abilities.
You are very welcome and are guaranteed to have fun, so come along!
Be fit, be healthy, be happy, be calm, be strong, be flexible, be baffled, be enlightened – be human!
All you need is loose comfortable clothing (e.g. Tracksuit bottoms, T-shirt and trainers).
My name is Martin and I am the leader of the Nottingham class.
I have more than 10 years experience teaching these Arts.
• I am a State-Registered Physiotherapist,
• A trained First Aider
• Hold Adult Teaching certificates up to NVQ Level 4
• Hold internationally recognised qualifications to the highest levels for Performing and Coaching in:
– Chinese Physical Culture
– Weihai Lishi Quanfa
– Lishi Arts
– Li Family System.
I train regularly with the Lishi senior coach. In addition to being the President of Lishi International he is also the Overseas President of the Weihai Wushu Association (Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China). He is internationally recognised as a world authority of these Arts and is regularly called upon to teach across the UK, as well as in Ireland, France, Germany, America and China.
One of our senior coaches Xienshang Alex is currently at the University of California in Davis working on his PhD and delivering Lishi classes to students in a variety of settings. Here are some of his facebook posts from the trip. We will keep posting them here or you can follow him on facebook
15 November at 02:58
“Safely in Davis, CA with a lovely chickpea stew
Took the BART and Amtrak all by myself; met a lovely guy who I thought was a woman whose Dad is a Shaolin method inheritor living in Calgary. Just before Davis a woman from the train asked if I wanted a lift anywhere so I said yes. Turns out she knew me from some seminars over the years. Her husband was waiting and dropped me off at Lynette’s place. How cool is that? Hope I don’t sound too jet lagged.. hey – should I do regular updates from this trip??
xx Alex”
15 November at 19:29
“Very active Lishi Harmony Arts class this morning 7 – 8.30am. Yes they like to start early here.. lots of conditioning, rolling, balancing.. Lovely small group of people attending, loads of potential. Amazing big breakfast afterwards with Rick who’s a professor of philosophy – great chat about ecology rather than environment and much more that I can’t possibly discuss in this public forum should I try and include some images? Davis is so lovely and they’ve got their very own ‘Occupy’ going on near the farmers market..”
16 November at 18:35
“Almost 50 young students at the Lishi session at UC Davis this morning 8-10am. Included two teaching assistants; Matt and Sabrina and 5 young people who have progressed from last year. It’s a large group made up of students from all over the university who have elected to take the unit as credits towards their undergraduate degree. They really enjoyed trying to uproot each other’s feet yet not be uprooted themselves; learning how to use softness to overcome strength, that being in conflict isn’t the best solution and problem solving to find other strategies. I loved working with Eric, the captain of the UC Davis rowing team – we’re talking strong here.. he loved trying to figure out why he wasn’t in control of his own feet ”
Thursday at 22:49
“Another early 7-8.30am class at UCDavis today. Some very talented people who’ve studied lots of Hapkido, Fencing, Qigong and Tuber,yes the big brass instrument Well it was a sweaty Yin Plus class, very active perhaps life changing for some. Hands, feet, grips, 3* and ‘wait wait wait’ – ‘Knowing what’s coming before it’s begun’.. this Lishi thing is more Matrix-like every time. It’s lovely seeing how the young women here are really keen loving it – empowering. 6 hour class tomorrow 8-3pm; anyone want to me to post some photos from that one? Hey this is just the warm up for Rick’s gang on Sunday..there’s still time to fly over from eurodizzyland!”
Friday at 23:52
“My maths got confused 8am-3pm is seven hours OMG! A new transient group every hour so only a few minutes beak each time. It’s over, I survived but only just. Must have been 60 – 80 of them over the day including people from the Davis community and Eyan who I met on the train – amazing. Quite a test. Every hour was different, the range of practice in Lishi is unbelievable. People couldn’t believe that everything we did was part of Lishi “where did you learn this” someone asked.. Tomorrow Sat I’m visiting a lovely Daoist teacher in Oakland also called Alex and on Sunday teaching Rick’s Hapkido students. What a roller coaster. Next Friday is the first of my qualifying exams; two academic papers to write in a 24 hour period..fingers crossed folks.”
Yesterday at 04:39
“It was lovely having several of the 70 or so students say thanks and also that they enjoyed the experience today of relating the Lishi exercises to things that meant a lot to them and that are going on in their lives. Also seeing other people go through a process of change during the hours they were there; for some perhaps arriving with initial scepticism or resistance, moving from conflict and frustration within themselves, to developing acceptance, respect, involvement and a willingness to learn – becoming softer and seeing a growth in self-esteem based on something tangible and real. A lot of laughter and release. A life changing day perhaps.”
20 hours ago
“left on my own to work with 40 – 50 students at a time, some of them martial artists, wrestlers, dancers, dragon-boat-rowers (strong!) the more competitively spirited games like ‘adhering hands’ really excited them. in this exchange physical contact is only allowed through the hands and arms, yet only the feet or contact with the earth are required to be still and ‘rooted’. the players have to ‘uproot’ each other’s feet through this moving arm contact. it’s like trying to get into the ‘keep’ of the castle, not just throwing stones at the walls. at first new students push and pull against each other, a trial of strength, or just move their arms about in a harmonic way, being ‘nice’ without any attempt to challenge. moving from one person to another, working with them as equals, letting them try to uproot me, feeling me give way to their pushes and pressure, yielding – explaining that there are always forces greater…so trying not to push back, ‘they have teachers, laws, police, armies on their side’ but to move away from pressure, changing the relationship, letting them uproot themselves; but it requires great skill aligned to theory, reflection, deep internal change over a long time, an ability to be able to influence events before others realise they have even began. being humble, not to push and initiate the action in an arrogant way, to give way to pressure yet circling the forces of ‘oppression’ back to their starting point yet from a different direction; to help, in a benevolent way, the oppressor realise that there are other more virtuous ways, ways that nourish and create rather than empty and destroy..”
Yesterday at 04:33
“Here’s what was happening on the UC Davis quad today while I was teaching.”
21 hours ago
“Visit to Oakland this morning to visit a qigong and five animal form class at a Daoist centre run by Dr Feng and his wife Charlene. Really lovely affect in a community hall full of the exotic. Some very special exercises and precise explanations along with hands on practice with Dr Feng which was very special, very familiar. It was just myself and four of his female students for the animal forms practice, amazing. Topped off with some delicious herbal tea and sweet potato pie, a great start to the day..”
9 hours ago
“9 – 10.30am this morning in Davis was a Harmony Arts class with Rick’s senior students, several of them now members of Lishi International – hot & sweaty out to the limit and back again. Then an open class 10.30-12noon Yin Arts – daoyin, leading and following, not resisting or getting trapped/locked up by yielding..lovely. Then I got treated to a yummy Vietnamese lunch with a round robin chat at the end with all the students reflecting on the morning saying the most amazing things. Things hotting up here in Davis following the riot police pepper spraying incident. Tomorrow pm there’s a big protest planned. I’ll be on campus tomorrow teaching Lishi’s approach to radical yet quiet self & social change.. shh!”
US campus pepper spray outcry
www.bbc.co.uk
An American university says it is launching an investigation into the use of pepper spray by riot police trying to clear a demonstration.
17 hours ago
“This mornings undergrad class at Davis was a lot of fun. Two hours from 8am-10am. Fortunately there are 5 students who did Lishi last year so I could teach them sequences to show the other 50! Two main areas of focus today: ‘S’ factors – a different exercise for each then a range of scenarios also called two person routines – a lot of fun, excitement and no injuries! Great to have so many young people involved and getting very interested in California Lishi – it’s international ‘dude’. Class tonight for people from the Davis community – they don’t know what’s gonna come!
I’ve handed in my Practice as Research Portfolio – now I need to prepare for my first written exam on Friday. Nearly a year of notes to work through…”
6 hours ago
“Invited to teach Lynette’s Lishi International class in Davis tonight. Small and select group of very able students, lovely people. Heather passed her 7th ban yin and 8th ban yin+ assessment which was great, she’s very able. Spent some time on various yin movement forms and on being as light as possible, developing sensitivity and response. Can’t believe it’s only been a week that I’ve been here – feels like a month – in the nicest possible way of course..
Back at the University Club 7am tomorrow, must get a couple of photos one of these days – don’t believe the news, Davis is lovely and peaceful, well mostly…”
22nd November 2011 – 3 hours ago
“In 2006 I was in California with my teacher, Wendy and Hilary and we stopped at fuel at a place called Chinese Camp. The guys working there tried to sell us a plot on the stream where we would have the rights to any gold found there. We declined the invitation
This mornings class involved stick work and learning how to use the stick most effectively when performing the form, skills Chinese labourers used most effectively, without machines, in their labours working on the railroads and in moving rocks when digging for gold in the mid to late 1800s. Rick said to me after the class that the Chinese were so effective at finding gold that there is often never any left on a plot Chinese people had owned..
Lishi has started to take root here in the Davis community with several students on 7th ban. My teacher and I started coming here in 2001 after Lynette and Peter moved over. In the class this morning we emphasised how important the first few years of practice are in starting to develop roots and build a foundation for the future. It takes many years to embody a Lishi practice but those first years and our first teacher stay with us forever.”
23 November at 21:07
“A very useful morning following discussions with Profs. Rick & Lynette last week re paradoxes from ancient Chinese texts i.e. ‘being individual yet unique’ & ‘leaderless following’. In the 7 – 8.30 morning class here in Davis we moved through about eight games from Lishi that each involve playing with a particular paradox and starting to let it become embodied through practise. Takes at least one thousand goes huh! To ‘be’ involves a process of ‘becoming’. As human be-ings we were born made yet unmade.”
Yesterday at 01:18
“Last class with the UC Davis undergrad students this morning 8-10am; that huge group of 50+. Hey I got presented with a T-shirt from the Davis Racing Dragons, the dragon boat racing team – thanks guys.
They all wanted to work with equipment so after some qi work that reminded me of being pinned to a wall be Jamie Jones Buchanan we performed strokes, body moulding, footwork, swinging gates.. the list goes on. Great bunch, hope the elect to progress next year to become a ‘b’ student.. Last sessions on paradoxes with Profs. Rick and Lynette 7-8am – lovely to link Zhuangzi’s stories with embodied practice from Lishi – hey I might even get a mention in the published article, who knows?
Things are winding up here – my 3rd week!? Tomorrow morning 7am is my last community session.. attending a very niche symposium in the afternoon / evening, will let you know..”
Yesterday at 19:41
“The Davis community Lishi class was lovely this morning. Luckily I’d had my qimen (keemun) tea (www.lishitea.com) so was feeling perky given a 7am start. Assessments were scheduled for today so well done to those who passed including two new Lishi International members and two people achieving 6th Ban who I’m sure will go on to reach great heights!
Lishi has some signature movements that are key. I remember being in China with my teacher in 2003 and observing experts out there watching him demonstrate Lishi for the first time there and their jaws almost hitting the floor, ‘How can a westerner know this?’ they were asking each other. ‘Performativity’ is phrase I’ve learned to describe the historicised elements located in embodied performance. Lishi is in the here and now yet also draws on the past.
Looking forward to Saturday, a class with a Daoist in Oakland and then meeting another Daoist who owns a teahouse in San Francisco to sip tea together. Will check in again at the weekend. It doesn’t get much better..”
Free 6 week courses
At your first class you will be introduced to principles and exercises that have stood the test of time. They have been proven to work for both men and women for thousands of years so you can feel confident they will work for you too.
I will help you prove to yourself that tension and stress actually make you weaker. I will then show you ways to rid yourself of this forever and prove how being relaxed doubles your strength instantly.
The principles of Lishi are very effective as a system of self-defense and step-by-step you will gain greater coordination and confidence by working with a partner to test what you are learning in a supportive environment. 
For thousands of years, people all over the world have been practising and benefiting from Chinese exercise systems like Taichi, Taiji, Wushu, Yoga and Kungfu.
