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Practise Our Unique Style Of T'ai Chi
The 'T'ai Chi Form' is a sequence of movements which are performed in a standing position. The movements are slow and graceful, they are also a splendid therapeutic exercise. After having mastered a few movements of the T'ai Chi form, as you practise, the muscles of the body will start to relax. The mind, because it is required to focus on the physical movements, stops racing from one thought to another. The mind now starts to become calm. With a little regular practice, anything worthwhile requires a little effort, you will develop a feeling of serenity. This is why T'ai Chi is often described as 'Meditation with Movement'.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan is usually translated to mean the 'Supreme Ultimate,' an apt description. Over the years I have learnt, and I am learning still, many things about myself which have helped me to understand the world around me better. The depth of understanding one can obtain from the practice of T'ai Chi Ch'uan is inexhaustible. In my experience it is a system of self development second to none.
The researched health benefits of T’ai Chi
from some of the worlds most renowned medical institutes
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The Lee style, sometimes also called Li style, which flourished in England under Grand Master Chee Soo is taught within the East - West Taoist Association.
Research shows T'ai Chi will help:
Boost immune system resistance to viral infections by 50%
Reduce anxiety,
depression, mood disturbance
Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Treat Heart Disease
Lower High Blood Pressure
Reduce insomnia and sleep disorders
Improve balance TWICE as effectively as other therapies
Treat asthma, and improve
breathing capacity
Treat ADHD (Attention Deficit And Hyper Activity Disorder)
Treat Arthritis
Improve Bone Density
Reduce Muscle Wasting
Improve Motor Skills in Parkinson's Patients
The sequence of movements which make up the T’ai Chi ‘Form’ thoroughly exercise all parts of the body, massaging the internal organs and building suppleness and fitness gradually, without unnecessary strain and effort. Studies on the effects of Tai Chi support what has been intuitively known by its practitioners, that T’ai Chi:
Tones and energises the whole body
Strengthens joints
Improves posture
Assists in the treatment of many diseases
Strengthens resistance to disease
Master Howard Gibbon pictured above has been a practitioner of the Taoist Arts for thirty-six years, a student of the late Grand Master Chee Soo for twenty-one years. Through dedicated practice and regular personal training with Chee Soo Howard was awarded the highest grade issued by the Grand Master.
Having taught the Lee Family Style for the past thirty years Howard has guided many students to Instructor levels and continues the work of his Master in regular classes, weekend seminars and specialized workshops all over the country. Howard has also conducted seminars for the Education Service, Mental Health Authorities, Keep Fit Associations and taught in Jersey and Northern Ireland where he was sponsored by Londonderry County Council.
Howard has had several articles published in newspapers and magazines on aspects of the Taoist Arts. Howard has made a personal commitment to pass on the teachings he has received in a way that he feels follows the true spirit of the Arts.
Grand Master Chee Soo and Howard strolling together in Whitby North Yorkshire
after a course he held in Scarborough in 1992
Testimonial from Sir Steve Russell
This course is accredited by Prof. Sir STEVEN L RUSSELL MD(MA) K St J, DSc(HC), FFHom(MA), DrAr, Dhom, Dphyt, DHM, DAA, FAHP(I), MMA, RMHIS, VP.
Founder and Dean of the INTEGRATIVE COLLEGE OF HOLISTIC MEDICINES:
“Now, at the start of the 21st century, we are living in an age of greater personal awareness and spirituality. The Training Course, taught by MASTER HOWARD GIBBON provides the most concise guide to Holistic Health available, and also addresses the very issues that are central to the movement.
The Training Course lays great emphasis on the fact that although the majority of people are still hoping for the ‘quick fix’ to health that the last century promised, increasingly more people are aware that they are responsible for their own health and not others. The Training Course shows in very simple terms how to achieve optimum health with least effort.
The T’ai Chi Training Course illustrates the benefits from a holistic point of view on the following practices:
T’ai Chi Ch’uan
K’ai Men (Chi Gung)
Dao Yin (Respiratory Therapy)
During my many years in practice in Holistic Medicine covering the whole spectrum of therapies I have had the honour to meet a few practitioners of unquestionable ability and dedication to their art. MASTER HOWARD GIBBON ranks highly with any of them. This becomes immediately obvious when one watches this modest man in action. He has a unique empathetic way of teaching where even in a class of a number of students one feels they are the only ones being taught. MASTER HOWARD GIBBON’S many filled classes throughout the North - East of England are a true testimony to this man who has dedicated his life to the cause.
Howard is a holder of the highest grade issued by Grandmaster Chee Soo and is the
Chief Instructor for The East – West Taoist Association.
Howard also has a Diploma in:Advanced Tai Chi, Chi Kung and Taoist Practices from the
‘Integrative College of Holistic Medicines’
The ‘Integrative College of Holistic Medicines’ is affiliated to and accredited by:
Association of Holistic Practitioners (International)
The Open International University of Complementary Medicines
The East – West Taoist Association is registered as an International School with:
The Association of Holistic Practitioners International to teach: T’ai Chi, Chi Kung, Dao Yin,
K’ai Men and other Practices.
Letter from Chee Soo to Howard - June 1984
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