TAI CHI CHUAN
The Li Style Tai Chi Chuan is a very traditional form of T’ai Chi that embodies Taoist principles.
The Li Style Tai Chi Chuan is a very traditional form of T’ai Chi that embodies Taoist principles.
Feng Shou is the Li style version of Kung Fu. It is an internal system, utilising all the principles of T’ai Chi posture and control. Feng Shou is generally translated as ‘Hand of the Wind’; you do not see the wind – you only see its effects.
The Taoist Arts Organisation (TAO) was established in 1995 by Tony Swanson, it’s Technical Director. Under his leadership and inspiration it is dedicated to preserving the quality, purity and completeness of the Li style Arts and providing teaching of the highest quality to students.
We have hundreds of classes around the UK, Germany and France, with new ones starting soon.
View full list of our weekend and residential courses planned
Tony was already 2nd Dan in Wadu Ryu karate when he first met Chee Soo in 1968. He trained with him continuously in all aspects of the Li family system until Chee Soo died in 1994. By this time Tony was one of the two highest graded and most senior practitioners in the system, and was an internationally recognised Martial Artist in his own right, with a long record of competition success.
Professor Chee Soo (June 4, 1919 — August 29, 1994)
Chee Soo was born in London of a Chinese father and English mother but was brought up as a Barnardo’s boy until aged 13 he was placed in work as a bellhop in a London hotel. At this time, playing in a park, his ball accidentally hit a Chinese gentleman, who turned out to be Li Kam Chan.