Useful web links:
The Tai Chi Union for Great Britain
For a list of all the registered Tai Chi instructors in the UK
Other Martial Arts schools we can recommend in the Leeds area:
Shotokan Karate
Shinseido Shorin Ryu (Okinawan Karate)
When the older styles of karate are studied, their roots in Chinese martial arts become startlingly clear and provide common ground for discussion, mutual understanding and exploraton.
Concord Leeds Interfaith Group
Promoting mutual understanding and respect between different faiths and cultural groups in Leeds.
Mindfields College
Provide fascinating seminars and workshops, based on the latest research into how the mind works, exploring how to achieve and maintain mental health and well-being, using the Human Givens approach.
Recommended Reading
Tai Chi
Yang Style Tai Chi, Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, Unique Publications 0-86568-023-X
Tai Chi Chuan, Cheng Man-Ching, North Atlantic Books 0-913028-85-1
Cheng Man-Ching’s Advanced Tai ChiForm Instructions, Douglas Wile Sweet Chi Press 0-912059-03-6
Cheng Tzu’s 13 Treatises on Tai Chi Chuan, Cheng Man-Ching. North Atlantic Books 0-938190-45-8
Tai Chi, Cheng and Smith, Charles E. Tuttle Co 0-8048-0560-1
Tai Chi Chuan for Health & Self Defense, Master T.T. Liang, Vintage 0-394-72461-5
The Elements of Tai Chi, Paul Crompton, Element 1-85230-157-0
Tai Chi Classics, Waysun Liao, Shambhala 0-87773-531-X
The Way of Energy, Lam Kam Chuen, Gaia Books 1-85675-020-5
Tai Chi Chi Kung, Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, YMAA Publication Centre 0-940871-10-6
There Are No Secrets, Wolfe Lowenthal, North Atlantic Books 1-55643-112-0
Tai Chi Chuan & Qigong Techniques & Training, W. Metzeger & P Zhou, Sterling 0-8069-5957-6
Beginning Tai Chi, Tri Thong Dang, 0-8048-2001-5
Applied Tai Chi Chuan, Nigel Sutton, A& C Black, London 0-7136-3450-2
Chinese Philosophy
The Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu, Penguin 0-14-044-131X
Tao Te Ching, Chu Ta-Kao, Unwin 0-04-299011-4
Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, Timothy Freke, Piatkus 0-7499-1468-8
The Little Book of The Tao Te Ching, John R. Mabry, Element 1-85230-707-2
I Ching (The Book of Changes), Richard Wilhelm, Arkana 0-14-019207-7
The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Mandarin 0-7493-0179-1
The Te of Piglet, Benjamin Hoff, Mandarin 0-7493-1514-8
The Spirit of Tao, Thomas Cleary, Shambala Pocket Classics 0-87773-877-7
Quantum Physics/Relativity
The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav, Flamingo 0-00-654030-9
The Tao of Physics, Fritjof Capra, Flamingo 0-00-654489-4
The Quantum Self, Danah Zohar, Flamingo 0-00-654426-6
A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking, Bantam 0-553-17521-1
Wholeness and the Implicate Order, David Bohm, Routledge 0-415-11966-9
The Field, Lynne McTaggart Element 0-00-714510-1
Meditation
The TM Technique, Peter Russell, Arkana 0-14-012343-1
The Calm Technique, Paul Wilson, Thorsons 0-7225-1468-9
Philosophy/ Psychology / World-View
Good Company, Shantanand Saraswati, Element 1-85230-313-1
The Notebooks of Paul Brunton Volume 1 - Perspectives, Dr. Paul Brunton, Larson 0-943914-12-4
The Geeta, Shree Purohit Swami, Faber and Faber 0-571-06157-5
The Ten Principal Upanishads, Shree Purohit Swami, Faber and Faber 0-571-09363-9
The Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba, Shambala Pocket Classics 0-87773-851-3
Zen and the Ways, Trevor Leggett, Tuttle 0-8048-1524-0
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche, Rider 0-7126-5752-5
You’ll See It When You Believe It, Wayne W. Dyer, Arrow 0-09-974130-X
Communion with God, Neale Donald Walsch, Hodder and Stoughton
0-340-76784-7
Essential Spirituality, Roger Walsh, Wiley 0-471-39216-2
The Unfettered Mind, Takuan Soho, Kodansha International 0-87011-851-X
Human Givens, Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell, Human Givens Publishing 1899398260
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey, Simon & Schuster 0-684-85839-8
A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World, Isabel Losada, Harper, San Fransisco 0-06-083452-8