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Yiheyuan Martial Arts 

  

 

 

Tai Chi Chuan / Hsing Yi Chuan / Ba Gua Zhang / Qigong / Meditation

 

Push Hands / MMA / Tai Chi Classes in Leeds and other areas

 

 

 

Yiheyuan, Leeds       

The Garden Where Peace is Cultivated

 

 

"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.
 
For more information about who we are and what we do, please go to our new page
 
Thankyou for visiting Yiheyuan. 
 

 

 ...and for those of you who are brave enough to explore life, the universe and everything...

  

our new philosophy website is ready to welcome fellow travellers!

 

  Latest News

New Tai Chi Class

 

 now open to all levels,

taught by British and European Champion Ben Morris,

Wednesday evenings in West Leeds.

(Bagua and Hsing Yi students also welcome.)

 

See the list of all our Tai Chi Classes in Leeds

 

New Instructors

 

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

 

Five great teachers and excellent advocates for Tai Chi. 

 

Well done! 

 

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

 

 

Competition Results 

 

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!

   

 

Gold medalist fighters Mike Abosch (sitting on floor) and Ben Morris (orange sash) at the European Championships in Sweden in November 2008.  Read their account of this adventure on our News and Events page.  They both went on to achieve more medals at this year's European Championships.

Well done chaps!

 

   
What's New on this Website? 
 
For our regular visitors, this feature lets you know which bits of the site are new or have been recently updated:
 
 
July 2010 - saw the completion of our new companion website:
 
 
which was set up by g in December 2009 for all those visitors who are mainly seeking wisdom and inspiration rather than the practical self-protection aspects of the martial arts.  If you have enjoyed reading g's stories, poems and thoughts on our "Philosophy", "Mind Matters", "Meditation", "Spiritual Qigong" and "Words of the Wise" pages and would like to explore some of life's deeper mysteries, then g's new website is especially for you, and for all our friends at Heydays. 
 
August 2010 - Ben Morris became our newest qualified instructor.  We had another great day out at Maitreya's garden and you can see some photos on our News and Events page. 
 
We now have 6 months of weekly Tai Chi Tips from our Facebook page shared with you on this website.  On Facebook, we have also started offering occasional Bagua and Hsing Yi Tips as well. 
 
September 2010 - Mike and Tom won more medals at the BCCMA Championships. g is teaching some new customised courses, including Science Fiction Writing and "A Hitchhiker's Guide to Enlightenment".
 
October 2010 - Began a new series of explanations of the Tai Chi Classics on our Facebook wall.   
 
November 2010 - For beginners or anyone feeling "stuck" with their Tai Chi, we have a new page listing twelve of the main Tai Chi Errors people make.  For advice on how to correct them, if you feel the need, see our Tai Chi Tips and explanations of the Tai Chi Cassics.  We have also attempted to set the record straight by exploding a few of the common Tai Chi myths that have long been a thorn in the flesh of Tai Chi practitioners worldwide.
 
December 2010 - Our guys did well again at the European Championships in Oxford!  
 
January 2011 - School trip to Matreya's concert .
Updated entries on Tai Chi Classics page.  New Instructor Training Programme begins.  Course on Thirteen Sword Techniques of Tai Chi Chuan commenced.  Mike Abosch's article on Push Hands added to our Articles section.  Mike Kerry achieved the Yiheyuan Instructor's Certificate in Ba Gua Zhang.
 
February 2011 - Our guys did well at the Zhong Ding Competition.  New page from Col about Internal Arts Training, and new page from g about the APET model and Martial Arts. 
 
March 2011 - Push Hands Drills now available on YouTube.
 
April 2011 - More medals for Mike Abosch at the British Open Championships.  Encouraging feedback from students completing our latest customised courses. The movements of the Yang Style Long Form are now listed on our Tai Chi Forms page.
 
Summer 2011 - Our students enjoyed some great days out, inluding two more trips to Maitreya's lovely garden and of course, Tai Chi in the Park on National Tai Chi Day.  See the great footage on You Tube.
 
August 2011 - Stephanie Dennison, Barbara Doyle and Nikki Ingram are now qualified Tai Chi Instructors, teaching to advanced level.
 
September 2011 - Mike Abosh and Tom Hadfield came home from the BCCMA championships with two golds and a silver.
 
October 2011 - Mike Abosch and Yolande Sowerby qualified as instructors.
 
Noember 2011 - Major updating of this site took place.  Thank you for your patience!
 
We try to update both websites as often as possible and your suggestions and comments are always welcome.
 
Watch this space....!
 

 Other Items of Interest 

Tai Chi in the Park 2011

 

See the great footage of this year's Tai Chi in the Park on YouTube, courtesy of

 

John and Michelle

and

 Sam and Sherrie

 

Pushing Hands

 

If you are interested in pushing hands, check out our Push Hands video on YouTube showing our principal instructor, Colin Hamilton, with instructor and multiple gold medalist Ben Morris, doing all the basic fixed-step push hands routines as a summary to help with your training.

 

 

Multiple gold-medalist fighter Mike Abosch has also been kind enough to share some of his insights with you in his article on Push Hands.

 

 
 The Sage Goes East

 

We would like to wish a fond fairwell to our friend and teacher Bob France, a great inspiration to many, as he embarks on his new life in the Orient.  May he and his wife be very happy.

 

 

 Yiheyuan

Learning Resources 

  

Our Ba Gua Zhang DVD , our Cheng Man Ching DVD and our Broadsword DVD are now available for purchase online from Amazon.co.uk .

 

Our other products are now available for purchase using PayPal. 

 

 

  OTHER SERVICES

 

 We also provide occasional seminars, workshops and customised courses, and we have lists of recommended books, music and other learning resources

    

 

 You'll find something worth

looking into in the garden!
 
 

 "Pureland", North Clifton, near Newark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Special Tributes

  

 Our love to our dear Rose, a truly remarkable lady and excellent Tai Chi teacher who passed away on Thursday 30th July 2009.

 

 

 See our tribute to Rosezillah Fox

 

 

We would like to offer our heartfelt sympathy to the family, friends and students of

 

Peter Southwood

 

a fellow Tai Chi instructor and friend who passed away recently,

still a young man and with so very much to offer to the world. 

He will be missed.

 

 

With Love to Linda Chase Broda

 

We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family and students of Linda Chase Broda, a great Tai Chi Teacher (one of the founders of the Tai Chi Union), a great poetess and a wonderful person, who passed away recently.

  

  Linda worked tirelessly to make Tai Chi accessible to everyone and used it to improve the quality of life for people with health problems and disabilities. 

 

As well as her inspirational writings and teachings, she also leaves behind her the Tai Chi and Chi Kung Forum for Health which she founded.  She was one of those great people whose efforts in life create a legacy that will continue to make a difference in this world long after they move on to whatever lies beyond it.

 

Linda was a good friend and will be missed.