San Bao T'ai Chi started in York in 1994, led by Michael Burgess and Alison Gould. Richard Hind joined in 1999 and has been teaching with the school since 2002. All three are instructor members of the T'ai Chi & Qigong Union for Great Britain, Michael and Alison are both practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine while Richard is a full-time (Digital Technologies) tutor at the local FE College.
Since 2010 the group has been meeting every Tuesday evening at Fulford Social Hall to practise and share experience. Most of the current members have also trained with Michael, Alison and Nigel Sutton.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan or Taiji Quan: Great Polarity Boxing ("tie-gee chew-an") is a Chinese martial arts system which also promotes health and wellbeing.
Chi Kung or QiGong: Energy Work ("chee gung") or a set of exercises which promote the flow of Chi energy to maintain good health.
Chi or Qi: Energy or Life force ("chee") also loosely translated as "breath".
San Bao: Three treasures ("san bow", as in take a bow).
There is a beginners Chi Kung course starting in January 2026, please contact us by email sanbao@withhindsight.co.uk, via the Facebook page for more information. You can join us any time.
