Dao Lu regular classes
Day | Name | Start | End | Location |
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Tuesday | Women's Tai Chi Breeze | 5.50pm | 6.50pm | Dance Studio, Leyton Sixth Form College Essex Road Leyton E10 6EQ Click to open Google map |
Wednesday | Women's Tai Chi | 10am | 11.15am | Learning Lodge Pimp Hall Nature Reserve Click to open Google map |
Tai Chi for Beginners Level 1 (beginners - 1st form and Qi Gong) | 6pm | 6.55pm | VIRTUAL | |
Joe's Stretches (donation) | 7.00pm | 8.00pm | VIRTUAL | |
Thursday | Tai Chi in Higham Hill Level 4 (advanced - e.g. 56 step form) | 5.50pm | 6.50pm | Dance Studio, Leyton Sixth Form College Essex Road Leyton E10 6EQ Click to open Google map |
Tai Chi for Health | 6.30pm | 7.30pm | Triangle Health Centre 2-8 Harrow Road Leytonstone E11 3QF Click to open Google map |
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Friday | Women's Tai Chi Corner | 10am | 11.30am | Lloyd Park Community Room (previously known as Aveling Centre) |
Saturday | Joe's Fitness (donation) | 10.30am | 11.30am | VIRTUAL |
Sunday | Sunday Tai Chi Corner All levels | 10am | 11.30am | Lloyd Park |
Virtual Café
No virtual cafe currently planned |
Specials!
Sundays | Board Games with Marilyn | 5pm - 6.30pm | VIRTUAL |
Monthly Tai Chi Forms Workshops
No forms workshops booked at the moment |
Tai Chi: Chen style Tai Ji Quan
Calendar: please see our calendar for known changes such as holiday periods.
Feedback: we welcome feedback on our classes and instructors, please see the feedback page.
Donation classes
Donations are entirely optional and anonymous – feel free to join in if you can’t afford to donate easily. Please donate using online banking (see Join Dao Lu) with references as below:
- Joe’s Fitness: suggested donation £5 per week (either or both classes) with reference JOES FITNESS so we can pass donations onto him. Feedback form for Joe’s Fitness
Virtual classes
Some classes are virtual (see timetable above).
Our virtual classes use Zoom. Please download the “ZOOM Cloud Meetings” app from the App Store or Google Play, or zoom.us/download for laptops.
Start the app, and use the meeting number:
918 735 2527
(contact us if you need the password)
Read more on setting up and participating in Zoom meetings here.
Virtual class requirements
- You must be well enough to take part in your home
- Participation is at your own risk
- You must have a quiet area suitable for Tai Chi training – enough space around, suitable (non-slip) flooring and a solid chair for balance if required
- Please be aware that classes may be recorded
Physical class requirements for Covid-19
Our physical classes are in line with government guidance. Organised sport and exercise is exempt from the “rule of 6”. Please see our page on Current Goverment Guidance.
- Social distancing (2m) at all times
- Carry your own hand-sanitiser – clean hands on arrival and departure
- Use your own equipment such as fan (do not share)
- Let the instructor know your access needs and/or health issues (particularly new students and/or regular students who have had a change in circumstances)
- If unwell, do not attend physical classes
- If feeling unwell during a class, please let the instructor know and leave for home immediately to rest / self-isolate
- Bring water, sun hat and cream if hot, and stay in shady spot
- Train within the allocated area
- A register of attendee’s names will be taken at each session. Dao Lu has other contact information
- If wet, classes will be virtual
Dao Lu projects
These classes are not included in the fees structure.
day | start | end | class | group | location |
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Monday | 3pm | 4pm | Tai Chi at Kew Gardens | (fortnightly) | Initially online |
Tuesday | 2pm | 3.30pm | Flow Like a Cloud | People with learning disabilities (term times only) |
St Joseph's Pastoral Centre St Joseph's Grove The Burroughs, Hendon London NW4 4TY |
Wednesday | 1.45pm | 2.30pm | Tai Chi at Paradox Centre | Local people | Paradox Community Centre Chingford E4 8YD. |
Thursday | 10.15am | 11.15am | Tai Chi at Honey Lane Care Home | Residents and staff (monthly) |
Honey Lane Care Home Honey Lane Waltham Abbey Essex, EN9 3BA |
Thursday | 10.30am | 11.30pm | Tai Chi for family carers | Family carers (fortnightly) |
Priory Court Community Centre 11 Priory Court Walthamstow London E17 5NB |
Thursday | 11.00am | 12.00pm | Tai Chi for patients at St Pancras Hospital |
Patients (monthly or fortnightly) |
Evergreen Ward South Wing 4 St Pancras Way London NW1 0PE |
Friday | 12:15pm | 13:00pm | Tai Chi at Lotus Studio | All | Lotus Studio 479 Hale End Road Highams Park London E4 9PT |
Friday | 14.30pm | 15.30pm | Tai Chi for young people with learning disabilities at PIP |
People with learning disabilities | Pursuing Independent Paths 4E Warwick Court Shirland Mews London W9 3DY |
There are also limited-term projects. The times of these are given on the projects page.
Locations
Monday | Handsworth Medical Practice Handsworth Avenue Highams Park London E4 9PD |
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Tuesday | St Joseph's Pastoral Centre St Joseph's Grove The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4TYZ |
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Tuesday Thursday |
The Foster Hall (St Barnabas Church Hall) Wellesley Road Walthamstow London E17 8JZ |
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Wednesday | Learning Lodge Pimp Hall Nature Reserve Chingford E4 7HR |
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Thursday | Higham Hill Recreation Ground (The Old Bowls Club) Hecham Close Walthamstow London E17 5QT |
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Triangle House Health Centre 2-8 Harrow Road Leytonstone E11 3QF |
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Lanthorne Park Amphitheatre Birch Grove Leytonstone E11 4YG |
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Friday Sunday |
Lloyd Park | map |
Shaolin Daolu classes
Our master Shifu Browne, 34th generation Shaolin disciple, has been teaching Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu for over 25 years. More information on his website shaolindaolu.com.