{"id":294,"date":"2026-02-09T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/?page_id=294"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:04:14","slug":"workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/index.php\/workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"294\" class=\"elementor elementor-294\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-631cc70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"631cc70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca65822\" data-id=\"ca65822\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e55f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48e55f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Workshops<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4cf69d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4cf69d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2023-01-18-19.21.50-1024x461.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-528\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2023-01-18-19.21.50-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2023-01-18-19.21.50-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2023-01-18-19.21.50-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2023-01-18-19.21.50-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bristoltaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2023-01-18-19.21.50-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8165360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8165360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">As well as regular ongoing classes in the evening and daytime the school offers a number of dedicated study groups which meet during the year outside of regular classes.<\/p><p class=\"MsoPlainText\">The purpose of these groups is to work through the complete forms and teach all the postures and techniques necessary to learn the entire form during one calendar year.<\/p><p class=\"MsoPlainText\">This may be of interest to you if you want to do something extra alongside regular classes or live further away and can\u2019t always make regular classes.<\/p><p class=\"MsoPlainText\">We have study groups covering the following topics over the year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2514241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2514241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tai Chi Foundation Exercises.<br \/>Tai Chi Laojia Long Form.<br \/>Tai Chi Sword Form.<br \/>Tai Chi Canon Fist Form.<br \/>Tai Chi Forest of Dean.<br \/>Tai Chi Retreats in Padstow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee2872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ee2872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You are welcome to come along to any of the sessions throughout the year. Bear in mind the group will progress from the beginning of the year, and to ensure we cover all the material in the year, we will take a structured approach. This means that you can repeat sections in following years to deepen your understating or simply to cover sections you have missed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aae3e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0aae3e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Choose from one or more of our study groups \u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ed46ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ed46ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97856a9\" data-id=\"97856a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9af1ae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9af1ae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Body P-9\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background-color: transparent; text-align: center; line-height: 1px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"C-11\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; line-height: 29px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: 0px;\">Friday\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Tai Chi\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f9982 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32f9982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This group meets from the beginning of the year and running over a number of Fridays to cover the complete Laojia Chen Tai Chi Long Form.<\/p><p>Following the same format as the Sunday version of this group.<\/p><p>Cost : \u00a335<\/p><p>Venue : Kelvin Players Hall<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">, Bristol<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2026<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>19 June<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">11 September<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">1<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">3 November<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fb147f\" data-id=\"9fb147f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c68b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9c68b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Body P-9\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background-color: transparent; text-align: center; line-height: 1px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"C-11\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; line-height: 29px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: 0px;\">Sunday&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: -0.9px;\">Tai Chi<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a7b3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76a7b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This group meets from the beginning of the year and runs over a number of Sundays to cover the complete Laojia Chen Tai Chi Long Form.<\/p><p>This is the main stay of the Chen Tai Chi curriculum and is the same form we teach in the regular evening and daytime classes.<\/p><p>Cost : \u00a365<\/p><p>Venue : Bristol or Forest of Dean<\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">\u00a0<\/b><strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">2026<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">21 June<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">20 September<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">15 November<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e42ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e42ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Generally, groups meeting at the weekend (mostly Sundays) start at 10am and finish at 4pm. 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