News & Information

Latest magazine now out!

We’ve another great edition for our members and the first by the new team with Ken Symon as editor and Betty Sutherland the director responsible. Thank you to both of them, but particularly Ken, for all their hard work. There is plenty to read including an update on our plans for the future as well as progress on our 2024…

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Magazine update – new editor and change of publication dates

We are delighted to announce that Ken Symon has agreed to be the editor for the Union magazine.  Ken is a writer and editor who brings a wealth of experience from his career at various mainstream publications.  He has a keen interest in Tai Chi Internal Arts and been a tai chi teacher for many years. Your director Betty Sutherland…

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Magazine Issue 71 – now out!

Our latest magazine is out now and will be in the post to members any day. It’s another great edition, filled with all the usual informative articles you expect. Click here to read a sample of the articles Read about both the martial and health benefits of the Tai Chi Chuan internal arts which include Baguazhang, Xing Yi Chuan and…

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Find a tai chi class near you!

With around a thousand members teaching thousands of classes in hundreds of locations throughout the UK, look at our website to see if we have a class near you. With our new location search you can look for a teacher to suit you, whether you have a general interest or are looking for a particular art such as tai chi,…

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Latest magazine now out!

Our latest magazine filled with fascinating articles about tai chi and other internal arts is now out.  The magazine is only available to our members but you see an extract of it here. Making information like this available is part of our commitment (as a Community Interest Company) to provide free, unbiased, quality information available to the public.

More improvements!

We are building on the digital proof of membership already available for Instructors.  When the website was introduced earlier this year, each listed Instructor was given their own web page on our site (in a standard format).  There has been great feedback about how useful this is for proving Instructors are registered with the Union even if members do not…

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Another Gerda Geddes Fund Award – Phil East!

We’re delighted to announce another award from the Gerda Geddes Fund! We’re very pleased the award will go to Philip East Three Deep Breaths School Of Qigong to help fund a half-day workshop for people with mental health issues (depression, anxiety, social phobia) and the people who care for them. A new local charity – Infinity Cymru – is looking…

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Insurance Update

Further to our previous post advising that Protectivity had withdrawn the agreed policy, we wish to update our members on the current position. As part of our program of improving the benefits for members, we are looking to work with an insurance provider who can offer the following: A policy that includes Participant to Participant (P2P) cover under Public Liability…

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Important Insurance Update

In light of the magazine article provided by Protectivity in Issue 69, we feel it is important that members should know that Protectivity have chosen to terminate their arrangement. Members should also be aware that Protectivity have withdrawn the cover for Participant to Participant claims under the Martial Arts Instructor Insurance.  This is by means of an endorsement to the…

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Continued website improvements!

We are developing the Instructor search so the public can find members’ classes near them more easily. We’ll also be making it possible for people to find online classes or teachers for a specific Internal Art such as Baguazhang, Xing Yi Chuan and Qigong as well as Tai Chi. This is all part of our continued commitment to improve benefits…

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