World T’ai Chi and Qigong Day Hosted by Water Tiger 

Gallery 2019

Water Tiger School of T'ai Chi Ch'uan Patchogue Long Island New York

Laoshi Laurince D. McElroy

Suffolk County, Long Island

NY USA

2019

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): The morning began with kind words, regarding the event and our own Laoshi Laurince McElroy (R), from Edward P. Romaine, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor (L). Supervisor Romaine presented our host with his seventh letter-of-support and the town’s eighth proclamation.World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Town of Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner (L), 2nd District, spent time with us during our midmorning break and shared some thoughts regarding the health benefits of T’ai Chi. The smiling gentleman standing with her is Water Tiger School of T'ai Chi Ch'uan student James Brennan (R).World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Once again taking advantage of the plethora of pine trees surrounding the grounds of the complex, Laurince McElroy (C — in grey sweatshirt and facing away), Water Tiger School of T’ai Chi Ch’uan in East Patchogue, brought back last year’s "Branching Out Your Energy Work: An Introduction to Arbor Qigong".World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Bright sun, high winds, and lower temperatures combined as groups of brave and bundled souls began the morning with workshops from a diverse group of facilitators: Bob and Jean Klein from Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan in Sound Beach (far left); Judith Budd-Walsh from Harmonious Movement in Port Jefferson (lower right); Joe Cronin of Bethpage (upper right); and Joel Valerio of Staten Island (background).

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): The morning began with kind words, regarding the event and our own Laoshi Laurince McElroy (R), from Edward P. Romaine, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor (L). Supervisor Romaine presented our host with his seventh letter-of-support and the town’s eighth proclamation.

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Town of Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner (L), 2nd District, spent time with us during our midmorning break and shared some thoughts regarding the health benefits of T’ai Chi. The smiling gentleman standing with her is Water Tiger School of T’ai Chi Ch’uan student James Brennan (R).

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Once again taking advantage of the plethora of pine trees surrounding the grounds of the complex, Laurince McElroy (C — in grey sweatshirt and facing away), Water Tiger School of T’ai Chi Ch’uan in East Patchogue, brought back last year’s Branching Out Your Energy Work: An Introduction to Arbor Qigong.

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Beginning his workshop, "An In-Depth Look into a Variety of the Tai Chi Form’s Movements", Elan Abneri (Facing), a senior student of Tyrone “Wei” Wicksman at Silent Fist Tai Chi in Huntington Station, leads participants in a series of warm-up exercises.World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Bill Donnelly (C — facing R), Green Cloud Kung Fu, starts his workshop focusing on Pong and its relation to other techniques in the forms.World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Bob and Jean Klein (3rd from L in dark olive hoodie and 5th from in L in blue jacket, respectively), from the Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan in Sound Beach, helping people in "Generating Flows of Energy in the Yang Form to Heal the Body", their second of two workshops for the morning. Their earlier workshop was "Tiger Qigong".

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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Judith Budd-Walsh (R Front — in black & white), from Harmonious Movement of Port Jefferson Station, leads people through aspects of her lineage’s Yang-Style Long Form during her workshop, "T’ai Chi Flow".World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Putting people through their paces, Joe Cronin (C — in black and blue jacket) of Bethpage, twists and turns through his  workshop focusing on the Primary Xiang Gong set and B. K. Frantzis’ Opening the Energy Gates.World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): As always during the midmorning facilitator demonstration, the unity of variations is made visually clear through samples from all the different lineages. (L to R) Laoshi Joel Valerio (in grey hoodie, Staten Island), Jean Klein (in blue jacket, Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan), Elan Abneri (in black, Silent Fist Tai Chi), Bob Klein (in dark olive hoodie, Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan), and Laoshi Laurince McElroy (in grey sweatshirt, Water Tiger School). Not pictured: Judith Budd-Walsh (Harmonious Movement), Joe Cronin (Bethpage), Bill Donnelly (Green Cloud Kung Fu).

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): As always during the midmorning facilitator demonstration, the unity of variations is made visually clear through samples from all the different lineages. (L to R) Laoshi Joel Valerio (in grey hoodie, Staten Island), Jean Klein (in blue jacket, Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan), Elan Abneri (in black, Silent Fist Tai Chi), Bob Klein (in dark olive hoodie, Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan), and Laoshi Laurince McElroy (in grey sweatshirt, Water Tiger School). Not pictured: Judith Budd-Walsh (Harmonious Movement), Joe Cronin (Bethpage), Bill Donnelly (Green Cloud Kung Fu).

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Bright sun, high winds, and lower temperatures combined as groups of brave and bundled souls began the morning with workshops from a diverse group of facilitators: Bob and Jean Klein from Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan in Sound Beach (far left); Judith Budd-Walsh from Harmonious Movement in Port Jefferson (lower right); Joe Cronin of Bethpage (upper right); and Joel Valerio of Staten Island (background).

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Joel Valerio (Facing) of Staten Island details aspects of Eight Trigram Qigong for his workshop participants.

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Beginning his workshop, An In-Depth Look into a Variety of the Tai Chi Form’s Movements, Elan Abneri (Facing), a senior student of Tyrone “Wei” Wicksman at Silent Fist Tai Chi in Huntington Station, leads participants in a series of warm-up exercises.

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Judith Budd-Walsh (R Front — in black & white), from Harmonious Movement of Port Jefferson Station, leads people through aspects of her lineage’s Yang-Style Long Form during her workshop, T’ai Chi Flow.

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Putting people through their paces, Joe Cronin (C — in black and blue jacket) of Bethpage, twists and turns through his  workshop focusing on the Primary Xiang Gong set and B. K. Frantzis’ Opening the Energy Gates.

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Bob and Jean Klein (3rd from L in dark olive hoodie and 5th from in L in blue jacket, respectively), from the Long Island School of T'ai-Chi-Chuan in Sound Beach, helping people in Generating Flows of Energy in the Yang Form to Heal the Body, their second of two workshops for the morning. Their earlier workshop was Tiger Qigong.

World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Diamond in the Pines, Coram NY (April 27, 2019): Bill Donnelly (C — facing R), Green Cloud Kung Fu, starts his workshop focusing on Pong and its relation to other techniques in the forms.