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LING SHUI: Chen Style Tai Chi & Health Qigong
Established in 2015, we offer weekly classes, regular seminars and workshops and corporate events in and around the Preston area of Lancashire.
Dig around and you'll find everything you need to know about our classes, the history of Tai Chi and Qigong, forthcoming seminars and links to YouTube videos featuring the forms we practice.
Check out the News page for our archive of articles and features about Tai Chi and Qigong in general, or get in touch with us via our contact us page.
Latest News
18 July 2026
Traditional Chinese Medicine Daoyin for the 24 Solar Terms
Spend an afternoon with Feixia Yu learning about Master Zhang Mingliang’s Daoyin for the 24 Solar Terms which integrates Traditional…
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21 April 2026
2026 Seminar Programme
After a slow start to the year and to make up for missing the lunar new year, we've got a…
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6 April 2026
Tai Chi and Parkinson's Disease
During an expedition down an internet wormhole I came across a BBC news article talking about the benefits of Tai…
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31 March 2026
Qigong Retreat with Feixia Yu in The South of France, May 2026
Once or twice a year we run Qigong seminars with guest instructor Feixia Yu to supplement our weekly Qigong classes. The…
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17 February 2026
Gōngxǐ Fācái 恭喜发财 - Happy New Year
Happy (Lunar) New Year! 2026 is the year of the Horse. We usually celebrate the New Year with a day of…
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17 February 2026
A Leap of Faith!
Those of you who attend our Saturday morning Quigong sessions regularly will know Viv and Bill, their son Chris and,…
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4 January 2026
A Scientific Insight Into Fajin
When trying to explain the mechanics of Tai Chi can be challenging when you're unfamiliar with the Qi paradigm. We…
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4 January 2026
Chen Ziqiang Warrington Seminars 2026
Happy (Gregorian) New Year! We've just received dates for Master Chen Ziqiang's annual Warrington seminars. This year in addition to his…
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24 November 2025
St. Catherine's Hospice Fundraising Santa Dash
Clair's at it again. By "it", we main raising money for Charity. On Sunday 7th December, she'll be taking part…
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9 October 2025
World Mental Health Day: Online Qigong with Feixia Yu
Online Qigong with Feixia Yu for World Mental Health Day This Friday 10th October our good friend and accomplished Qigong teacher…
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11 August 2025
Yi Jin Jing Revisited
Our Autumn Qigong seminar seems to have become something of a tradition, so in order not to disappoint we've invited…
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11 August 2025
Lao Jia Yilu Sections 1 & 2 with David Gaffney
We're delighted to announce that we'll be welcoming David Gaffney, chief instructor at Chen Jiagou Taijiquan GB to spend an…
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22 June 2025
Zhan Zhuang & Chan Si Jin Workshop
Zhan Zhuang (Standing Post) is an iconic exercise practised across a spectrum of Chinese internal arts, while Chan Si Jin…
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18 April 2025
Climbing Mountains
In June of this year Amelia, one of our club members, is undertaking the daunting task of scaling Kilimanjaro, Africa's…
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2 April 2025
Clair Needs Your Support!
Clair, one of our club members, will be jogging one mile a day for Dementia UK this month. Most of us…
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3 February 2025
Improving Your Health With Tai Chi
In 2015 the British Journal of Sports Medicine published a study suggesting that Tai Chi is great for older adults…
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22 January 2025
Qigong and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) can be incredibly challenging, with symptoms like chronic pain, fatigue, and limited mobility often impacting…
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9 January 2025
Chen Ziqiang 2025 Seminars
It's the time of year when Master Chen Zhiqiang, Chief Coach of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School and eldest son of…
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3 January 2025
Happy Anniversary!
In September 2015 Ling Shui opened the doors on our Saturday morning Bamber Bridge class for the very first time.…
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13 October 2024
Xin Jia Yilu: Origins and Nature of the New Frame in Chen Family Tai Chi
As Autumn draws in we thought it would be nice to squeeze one more seminar in before the end of…
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So... what's it all about?
To some, Tai Chi is a martial art, to others a spiritual practice and to yet others, simply a way of keeping body and mind fit.
Regardless of the definition, there's a growing wealth of scientific evidence which recognises the benefits regular Tai Chi practice bestows on both body and mind.
The origins of Tai Chi are obscure and subject to much debate. Folklore attributes the creation of Tai Chi to the Taoist priest Zhang San Feng who, while living in the Wudang mountains, saw a snake and a crane fighting. Legend has it that he subsequently integrated the moves of both creatures into his own sequence of movements, thus creating Tai Chi.
The "official" Chinese account (and the earliest with any written historical evidence) names the birthplace of Tai Chi as Chen Village (Chen Jia Gou) in Northern China's Henan province. It is from the Chen family's Tai Chi that the four other styles of Tai Chi arose, namely Wu, Wu (Hao), Sun and the most well known and widely practiced style, Yang. The village is on the opposite side of the valley to the Shaolin Temple in Deng Feng county. It is perhaps no surprise then that Chen style Tai Chi, which echoes movements found in internal Shaolin Kung Fu styles, became known as a formidable martial art long before the world awoke to its broader health benefits.
At Ling Shui we practice the original old frame Chen Family Tai Chi in the style of Grand Master Chen Zhenglei, as taught by Master Wang Haijun.
For more information regarding our class schedule or to join us, please leave a message for us on our Contact Us page, or via our Facebook group.