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Taoist Health & Fitness Arts in Central Scotland

Practising the Lee Family Arts affects positive change in people’s lives for an improvement in physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being.

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Thanks for visiting the Lee Family Tai Chi Classes web pages. We coach Lee Family Health Arts classes in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Larbert and Stirling.

The Lee Family Arts classes are an ancient traditional system of chi cultivation, designed to make you as flexible, open, resilient, adaptable and creative as possible in body, mind and spirit. The classes are different to most exercise you have done before, so while only a glimpse, this commitment will give you a chance to feel what it is all about and the many benefits of practising the Arts.

Practising the Lee Family Taoist Arts affects positive change in people’s lives for an improvement in physical, mental, emotional health and spiritual well-being.

Traditionally the Lee Family system of Health & Fitness Arts has always been an integrated blend of Tai Chi Forms, Chinese Taoist Yoga, Qigong, Standing and Moving Meditation, Tai Chi Staff and Sword, and Soft Style Self-defence.

Through a series of ancient exercises that have stood the test of time, you will work on your breathing, mobility, suppleness, strength and balance in a fun environment, leaving you feeling relaxed, yet invigorated.

Lee Family Taoist Practice develops your self-awareness, well-being, self confidence, physical fitness, relieves stress and is exhilarating fun. The principles of the Lee Family Arts are very effective. Step-by-step you will gain greater coordination and confidence by working on your own and with a partner, testing what you are learning in a supportive, nurturing environment.

If you are the kind of person that wants an activity that gives you tools to start navigating your way through life more effectively – this is for you.

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History

Often, people want to learn about the history of the Lee Family Arts and where they comes from.

It’s full name is Weihai Lishi Quanfa (prounounced “Way High Lee Sher Chwen Faa”).

Weihai is the small fishing village where the system was originally practised by the Lee Family who passed it on from generation to generation. The last member of the Lee Family, Chan Kam Li traded precious stones and sailed regularly from Weihai to London and it was here that he met and adopted a young Chinese orphan called Chee Soo who became the next inheritor of these arts.

In the summer of 1934, Chee Soo was invited to Chan Li’s class, and that was the beginning of the training in the vast range of Taoist martial, philosophical, healing and cultural arts that he maintained throughout his life as the President of the International Taoist Society.

Shortly before Chee Soo’s death in 1994 he named the person who would continue the lineage of the Lee Family Arts and run the International Taoist Society.

As the President of the International Taoist Society, he visits regularly and has forged strong links with the roots of our arts and with Taoists across China.

For the past decade, Laoba has been the Overseas President of the Weihai Wushu Association and in September 2017 he was honoured to accept the position of Vice President of the Shandong Wushu Association. Shandong is a regional province of China and is larger than England and Wales combined. It is the second most populous province of China, with a population of 100 million.

Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism.

It is a great honour that the Shandong Wushu Association recognise the quality of the Lee Family Arts that we teach at the International Taoist Society and it was a great honour for the ITS to be asked to present to the assembled Wushu Masters from across the province about the history and the current work that we are doing to promote the principles of Wushu and the philosophy of Taoism.

We continue to benefit from this rich history in all our classes.

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An alternative way to feel energised, find inner peace and learn an ancient philosophy for life that works.

Lee Family YIN Arts

Integrated blend of Taoist Tai Chi, Chinese Yoga, Standing and Moving Meditation.

An ancient traditional system of chi cultivation, designed to make you as flexible, open, resilient, adaptable and creative as possible in body, mind and spirit.

An alternative way to feel energised, find inner peace and learn an ancient philosophy for life that works.

An ancient traditional system of chi cultivation, designed to make you as flexible, open, resilient, adaptable and creative as possible in body, mind and spirit.

An alternative way to feel energised, find inner peace and learn an ancient philosophy for life that works.

Taoist Tai Chi is fluid yet precise. You learn to feel your body’s natural energies with the Tai Chi form and Tai Chi dance. The practice is relaxing and energising at the same time. It leads to inner peace and stability.

In many different partner exercises we discover, in a fun way, how we react to stress and what takes us out of balance and of course, how can we stay in balance and act with more peace and more power.

Taoist Yoga contains dozens of distinct stances and postures and movement sequences that promote relaxation, mindfulness and flexibility. It doesn’t matter whether you are unfit or an Olympic athlete, the abilities of each individual are catered for and extended gradually in a natural way. You will achieve a greater flexibility and suppleness and experience the opening of your energy channels releasing a natural flow of vital energy throughout your body.

Qi Gong Meditation – The essence of life is breath. We learn how to use the breath to help us concentrate and develop a quiet mind. The practise of Qi Gong helps you develop “staying power”.
We place a special focus on specific respiratory Qi Gong and Dao Yin. These therapeutic respiratory exercises increase the lung volume and oxygen intake, promote healthy organ function and a stronger cardiovascular system, and they increase your vitality and well-being significantly.

Weapons Training – We learn to understand the energies of the different elements through the practise of ancient forms with tools such as the Tai Chi Sword, Feng Shou Sabre, the Yin and Yang Staff and the Hand of the Wind Silk. When your skill, precision and concentration is developed to a high enough level you might be introduced to the full range of partner exercises using weapons. This high level training can take years to access and decades to master.

Taoist YANG Arts

The more dynamic element of the Lee Family Health & Fitness Arts system Taoist Yang Arts is never harsh or aggressive.

It is soft as the wind, difficult to grasp, and very effective.

Taoist YANG Arts is the more dynamic component of our training system. The faster paced movements are used for training coordination, cardio-vascular stamina, presence of mind, precise smooth motion and self-defence.

In addition to various forms with and without weapons, we work with partners to help improve our understanding of the human body and the flow of energy. We learn to practise through cooperation and not competition. The class can be adapted for all fitness levels, but it is possible to build to fast flowing motions, similar in look to other martial arts.

We typically think of self-defence on a physical level, but emotionally and mentally, we are attacked every day, frequently by ourselves!

Feng Shou, as with the other Lee Family Arts, is based on Taoist principles – we do not fight, we do not compete, we do not get injured. The YANG Arts classes are active and physically engaging, with the soft style, non-competitive self-defence like movement.

Training in the various Lee Family Arts affects positive change in people’s lives for an improvement in physical, mental, emotional health and spiritual well-being. If you are the kind of person that wants an activity that gives you tools to start taking control of your life – This is for you.

TAI CHI Staff & Sword

Training for your Health & Well-being

These classes are similar to the YIN Arts. We follow the same principles as Tai Chi but use implements. We work on our own, as partners and in groups, but there is no fighting, no competition.

Implements Training – We learn to understand the energies of the different elements through the practice of ancient forms with tools such as the Tai Chi Sword, Feng Shou Sabre, the Yin and Yang Staff and the Hand of the Wind Silk. When your skill, precision and concentration is developed to a high enough level you might be introduced to the full range of partner exercises using weapons. This high level training can take years to access and decades to master.