Articles written by: Roy Hanney

Roy Hanney has been visiting and working in China since 2007, studying Tai Chi and Qigong with teachers in Tangshan, Beijing, Hangzhou and Yangshuo.

Longetivity through health and nutrition – changing my diet the ANDI way!
Health & Nutrition / TCM

Longetivity through health and nutrition – changing my diet the ANDI way!

Longetivity through health and nutrition – food is qigong too and an extremely important form of qigong. It seems that my whole conception of health and nutrition, of what we should eat and how we should eat it is being turned on its head. Yes I know certain foods were […]

Tai Chi: a movement that satisfies itself!
Daoism / Tai Chi

Tai Chi: a movement that satisfies itself!

The latest issue of Yangshang arrived in my inbox the other day and the first article I read was on the subject of ‘Zhuangzhi on Freedom’, a discussion by Livia Kohn on this ancient Daoist classic text. While reading it I was especially struck by one of the interpretations of […]

A trip to Beijing to meet the Grandmasters
Tai Chi

A trip to Beijing to meet the Grandmasters

What follows is an extract from my personal journal about an incident that ocurred shortly after I came to China (and bere GM Feng passed away in May 2012). Well it was about 6.30 am on a Saturday morning when I turned up at my usual Tai Chi class. I […]

Tai Chi / Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan

A Tribute to Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang

In October 2011 I had the unexpected pleasure of meeting Grand Master Feng Zhiqiang at his home in Beijing. The visit was an epic story of Homeresque proportions and started on a Saturday morning with me turning up for my 6.30am Tai Chi class as usual and getting home the […]

Qigong / Video Clips / Yangshuo

Master Mei demo’s her qigong form

Master Mei Juan Luo demonstrates a qigong form at her Long Tou Shan Martial Arts School in Yangshuo, China. She was my first Tai Chi teacher and the person who introduced my to qigong as part of that practice. Mei will tell you that for her Tai Chi is just […]