Date: September 10
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Event: Intensive
September 10, 2011
Intensive in Budapest
Not much after I arrived back to Hungary, I found myself in the middle of an intensive in Budapest. People were very interested in my stories about Tai Chi friends from around the world.
Date: September 10
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Event: Intensive
Date: September 10
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Event: Intensive
August 29, 2011
Arrived home
After a long and very eventful journey around the world, I finally arrived home. I was greeted with hugs and warm smiles in Budapest. Everybody wanted to hear the story of my journey and it was really nice thinking back on the places I have been to and all the good friends I have met.
August 25, 2011
Visiting Norway
Sunday I left Stockholm and today I arrived to Oslo in Norway. I had the opportunity to take part in an open practice in a nice community hall with some very nice local members of the society. They were very happy to meet me, and they were suprised when I told them how many Taoist Tai Chi places I have been to so far. I enjoyed the practice very much, it was so good that I could find some time to visit this place too.
Date: 25.08.2011
Place: Oslo, Norway
Date: 25.08.2011
Place: Oslo, Norway
July 8, 2011
Summer class in Stockholm
The members arrived and I had the opportunity to take my first summer class in a park in Stockholm.
Date: 2011. 07. 06.
Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 2011. 07. 06.
Place: Stockholm, Sweden
July 7, 2011
Arrived in Stockholm
Very delayed from the trip from Malaysia I am waiting for the members of Taoist Tai Chi Society in Stockholm to arrive.
April 6, 2011
Holiday in Thailand
After the workshop in Kuantan I have found a new friend to travel with, Anna who is a member of TTCS of Sweden. She attended the just concluded International Workshop at Kuantan and it was obvious that she would accompany me back to Europe.
Malaysian people have had me worked very hard, you should see the high kicks and the low snakes they do...and I felt a bit worn out. We will go to have some vacation in Bali and then Thailand before going to work some more in Sweden. Unfortunately I was object to robbery in Bali. Probably one of the dogs. In Bali all the dogs must vaccinate against rabies and then they get a red necklace. Now I lost mine and have been chased by the dog catchers. They wanted to kill me! To compensate for the stress Anna took me to a spa to get some nice massage. I really enjoyed that.
Now we are in Hua Hin in Thailand to go Kite surfing.
The handover
Malaysian people have had me worked very hard, you should see the high kicks and the low snakes they do...and I felt a bit worn out. We will go to have some vacation in Bali and then Thailand before going to work some more in Sweden. Unfortunately I was object to robbery in Bali. Probably one of the dogs. In Bali all the dogs must vaccinate against rabies and then they get a red necklace. Now I lost mine and have been chased by the dog catchers. They wanted to kill me! To compensate for the stress Anna took me to a spa to get some nice massage. I really enjoyed that.
Now we are in Hua Hin in Thailand to go Kite surfing.
The handover
March 30, 2011
At the 2011 International Workshop @ Sempurna Resort, Kuantan
The workshop kicked off exactly at 8.45 am on 25/3/11 with a brief opening speech by the Organizing Committee and introduction of Tony Kwong as the Instructor for the 3-day workshop. I was told that a total of 101 members registered for this workshop and it was a record turn out. From this number, half are from overseas, and almost all of them from various branches in Australia except one representing TTCS Sweden.
Tony started the workshop with the Foundation Exercises. All was well until the Don-Yu and Tor-yu part. At one point, Tony took the participants to a non-stop 250 repetitions of Don-Yu! Tony also provided ample demonstrations of the set in slow motion and the participants really learnt a lot from it. Two members, namely Helen Gaunt from Margaret River, Australia and Ruby from Kuantan, spoke about their recoveries from an auto accident and stroke respectively. Doctors have told Helen that she will walk with a limp but today there is no sign of it at all and she is putting more time on her Tai Chi. For Ruby, it is exactly a year when she first met Tony at last year's workshop. Today, she could raise her right hand and her legs are much stronger. The participants were also told that she can now drive a car and is instructing line dancing! Both of them are grateful to Tony for the help and guidance and for making the speedy recoveries.
On 26/3/11, after two days of training, it was time for some happy moments. To coincide with the workshop, TTCS Kuantan is celebrating its 15th Anniversary. Dato Alan Yong spoke about how it all got started for TTCS Kuantan. A lavish buffet dinner was served and members took turn to perform on stage. I could see happy faces all around me and it is truly a one big happy family together in celebration.
All good things must come to an end. It was time to say goodbye to all the participants, some of whom will be extending their stay by visiting the surrounding places of interest; and some will be heading straight home. It has been a wonderful two months for me in Malaysia. The food, the nice places of interest, great hospitality, sweet memories and most of all, the good people of TTCS Malaysia, thank you very much for taking care of me. I hope to be back in the near future. Leaving you with these words, TERIMA KASIH DAN JUMPA LAGI (thank you and see you again).
Tony started the workshop with the Foundation Exercises. All was well until the Don-Yu and Tor-yu part. At one point, Tony took the participants to a non-stop 250 repetitions of Don-Yu! Tony also provided ample demonstrations of the set in slow motion and the participants really learnt a lot from it. Two members, namely Helen Gaunt from Margaret River, Australia and Ruby from Kuantan, spoke about their recoveries from an auto accident and stroke respectively. Doctors have told Helen that she will walk with a limp but today there is no sign of it at all and she is putting more time on her Tai Chi. For Ruby, it is exactly a year when she first met Tony at last year's workshop. Today, she could raise her right hand and her legs are much stronger. The participants were also told that she can now drive a car and is instructing line dancing! Both of them are grateful to Tony for the help and guidance and for making the speedy recoveries.
On 26/3/11, after two days of training, it was time for some happy moments. To coincide with the workshop, TTCS Kuantan is celebrating its 15th Anniversary. Dato Alan Yong spoke about how it all got started for TTCS Kuantan. A lavish buffet dinner was served and members took turn to perform on stage. I could see happy faces all around me and it is truly a one big happy family together in celebration.
All good things must come to an end. It was time to say goodbye to all the participants, some of whom will be extending their stay by visiting the surrounding places of interest; and some will be heading straight home. It has been a wonderful two months for me in Malaysia. The food, the nice places of interest, great hospitality, sweet memories and most of all, the good people of TTCS Malaysia, thank you very much for taking care of me. I hope to be back in the near future. Leaving you with these words, TERIMA KASIH DAN JUMPA LAGI (thank you and see you again).
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