Yiheyuan Chinese Internal Martial Arts

Yiheyuan

The Garden Where Peace is Cultivated

Tai Chi Chuan / Hsing Yi Chuan / Ba Gua Zhang / Qigong / Meditation / Push Hands / MMA

Classes in Leeds and other areas

Check out Yiheyuan Martial Arts on YouTube

Yiheyuan, Leeds

"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

New Instructor!

Congratulations to Ben Morris

who has achieved the Instructor's Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan.

Ben had already achieved the Level Three Advanced Certificate in Tai Chi Chuan and gone on to learn Chen Style Tai Chi, Hsing Yi, Bagua and Straight Sword.

Other evidence of his hard work, courage and dedication are spread all over this website and our Facebook wall, including umpteen medals for fighting in international events and his recent completion of the London Marathon. He also has a black belt in Judo and has nearly completed a PhD in Psychology.

Awesome!

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.

New on this website:

Our popular Tai Chi Tips of the Week

as seen on our Yiheyuan Facebook Wall

and...

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

our new philosophy website is now complete and ready to welcome fellow travellers

What else is new on this website? see the bottom of this page

Who We Are

Why We Are Here

Yiheyuan School of Chinese Internal Martial Arts was founded in 1992 in response to requests from people wishing to find some peace and sanity amid the pressures and challenges of modern living.

"Yiheyuan" can be translated as: "the garden where peace is cultivated." It is named after the garden of the Summer palace in Beijing.

Multiple gold medallist Mike Abosch hones his skills with instructor, Michael Stone.

What We Do

We teach a full Martial Arts syllabus in regular classes throughout the Leeds and Wakefield region of West Yorkshire, UK, and also in Cornwall, including Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing Yi Chuan and Ba Gua Zhang.

Within these classes, we aim to accommodate the individual needs and interests of all students, from practical self-protection skills and competition fighting to improved health and well-being and personal quests for meaning and self-realisation.

We also provide private tuition, short courses, seminars, personal fitness training and a range of personal development, coaching and psychotherapy services.

We have a team of qualified, experienced instructors and assistant instructors who provide a warm welcome and a non-judgmental environment in which all students can develop their skills, explore thier individual areas of interest and achieve their full potential.

On this website we aim to provide a wide range of information, together with some inspirational thoughts and points for reflection. We have also shared comments from our students about what they have gained from our courses.

Whether you are seeking to improve your physical martial arts skills, master your own mind, reflect on some of the deeper aspects of Tai Chi or Qi Gong simply find some peace and happiness or read some stories, poetry or words of wisdom and spiritual comfort, we hope that you will enjoy your visit to our site and find something of interest within its pages.

Thankyou for visiting Yiheyuan.

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. 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:

2008

Report on the European championships from Mike and Ben.

2009

March 2009 - New page by Col on Tai Chi Chuan as a fighting art.

April 2009 - News of how our guys fared in the push hands at the British Open Championships.

July 2009 - Pictures of this year's Tai Chi in the Park. New Questions page.

August 2009 - Wedding bells for Yiheyuan Instructors and a tribute to Rose Fox.

September 2009 - New Tai Chi classes this term. News of Mike's latest achievements at the BCCMA Championships.

October 2009 - Photos from the recent school trip to Maitreya's garden. News that the long-awaited Ba Gua DVD is now available.

November 2009 - The first of our learning resources are now available on Amazon.co.uk.

December 2009 - The rest of our products are now available using PayPal. We also have clips on YouTube, including Bagua Basics.

2010

January 2010 - Information about our customised courses which have been very popular over the last few years. We now have a page on Facebook. (from your facebook account, just type in "Yiheyuan Martial Arts" to visit our wall. We aim to have a more interactive web presence so that you can let us know your thoughts and ideas and take part in discussions. It's also a convenient way to let you know about any new events, though of course they will be announced here on this website as well.)

February 2010 - Updated Tai Chi classes list. Check out Colin's Thursday evening masterclass, if you haven't already. The Tai Chi Straight Sword Workshop went very well. Tai Chi tip of the week now on our facebook pages.

March 2010 - Some of our students have been kind enough to share their views about our customised courses. Richard Morley, Tai Chi expert, appeared on the BBC website!

April 2010 - Our team were awesome at the British Open. A new regular Tai Chi straight sword class commenced on 17th April and Ben Morris ran the London Marathon.

May 2010 - Our philosophy group reconvened for lots of deep thought, meditation and chinese tea. Drop us an email if you'd like to join us.

June 2010 - Lots of students doing amazing things for charity. See our new Hall of Fame listing their amazing achievements. June, of course, is also Tai Chi in the Park time, and this year we had some nice surprises, like unexpected sunshine and the return of some old and dear friends.

July 2010 - saw the completion of our new companion website:

www.gworld.community.officelive.com

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 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 oferring occasional Bagua and Hsing Yi Tips as well.

We try to update both websites as often as possible and your suggestions and comments are always welcome.

Watch this space....!

Martial Syllabus

Yang Style Tai Chi Long Form

Cheng Man Ching Tai Chi Short Form

24 Step Simplified Tai Chi Form

48 Step Tai Chi Form

Wu Hao Style Tai Chi

Chen Style Competition Routine

Yang Style Tai Chi Broadsword

Tai Chi Straight Sword

Wudang San Feng Gun Stick Forms

Yiheyuan Tai Chi "Master Form"

Yiheyuan Family Form

Hsing Yi Chuan

Hsing Yi Broadsword

Hsing Yi Spear

Ba Gua Zhang

Qigong

Push Hands

Martial Applications

San Shou / San Da

Grappling

Ground Fighting

Mixed Martial Arts

Practical Self-Protection

Meditation

Philosophy

The full syllabus is taught by

Col and g Hamilton.

Our other instructors teach

various parts of the syllbus

Inspection Report February 2010

"This is an outstanding lesson because all students are making excellent progress as a result of inspirational teaching.

The teacher is both talented and enthusiastic. Challenges for the group are differentiated according to ability and need. The teacher moves effortlessly between groups giving support and feedback which all students respond well to. All members of the group are highly supportive of one another.

R Biglin, Inspector

Lesson Observed: Tai Chi at St Gregory's

Number of learners present: 17

Grade: 1

Our lessons are often observed by Ofsted and representatives of both Leeds City Council and Leeds City College.

Another of our gold-medallists, Ben Morris, training with Michael.

Yiheyuan

Learning Resources

available so far:

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

Our other products are now available for purchase using PayPal.

BA GUA DVD

Ba Gua Zhang:

From Mystery to Mastery

"This has to be the most comprehensive Ba Gua DVD on the market: a complete martial training system on one DVD."

TAI CHI DVDs

Tai Chi Chuan:

Cheng Man Ching Form

Yang Style Long Form

Yang Style Broadsword

OTHER DVDs

Qigong Volume 1

Wu Dang San Feng Gun

AUDIO CDs

Meditations

TRAINING MANUALS

Wu Dang San Feng Gun

Foundations of Ba Gua Zhang

OTHER SERVICES

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

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

You'll find something worth

looking into in the garden!

"Pureland", North Clifton, near Newark

Col on Wudang Mountain 2002

Welcome to Yiheyuan

School of Chinese Internal Martial Arts