March saw the second Zhong Ding Training Camp being hosted at the Sherbrooke Scout Camp in Nottinghamshire. The event brought together Zhong Ding members from across the UK to undertake a series of seminars senior instructors from the organisation.

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January 2010 Newsletter

The latest newsletter from Master Nigel Sutton is now available on the main Zhong Ding website.

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A Year in Review (2009)

It's now been a year since the launch of the East Midlands Zhong Ding website and it's been a busy year for the East Midlands.  This has included hosting the Master Liang He Qing Championships and the first Zhong Ding Autumn Camp. 

Click here for a short review of the years events

The annual Christmas Tai Chi night took place last week at Fitness First in Mansfield.

The class is run by Don Harradine and took on a festive feel with Don and some of the students wearing Christmas themed clothing.  Click here to read more.

October saw the first Zhong Ding Autumn Camp being hosted at the Walesby Outdoor Adventure Centre in Nottinghamshire.  The event brought together Zhong Ding members from the UK and Ireland to undertake a series of seminars with Nigel Sutton and other senior instructors.  Click here to see more

Autumn 2009 Newsletter

The latest newsletter from Master Nigel Sutton is now available on the main Zhong Ding website.

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Seminar with Master Willie Lim

Master Willie Lim will be visiting the East Midlands this month (Tuesday 15 September 2009) and will delivering a session at 6.30pm at the Bentinck Miners Welfare in Kirkby in Ashfield.

Zhong Ding Autumn Camp comes to the East Midlands

Come and join your fellow Zhong Ding Members for a weekend of training with Master Nigel Sutton and other Senior Zhong Ding instructors in this tranquil forest location in the East Midlands.

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East Midlands Instructors awarded senior grades

Three of the East Midlands Instructors were recently awarded senior grades at the last Zhong Ding AGM.

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Zhong Ding Championship Results

The annual Master Liang He Qing Championships took place on Sunday 12 July 2009 in Nottingham.

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Hear what people are saying about the Zhong Ding Seminars and Championship

Hear what people are saying about the recent seminars Nigel Sutton and other Zhong Ding Instructors delivered at Nottingham Trent University.

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Master Nigel Sutton and other Senior Instructors deliver Seminars in Nottingham

Nigel Sutton visited the East Midlands this weekend to deliver seminars along with other Zhong Ding Instructors from around the country.

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Summer 2009 Newsletter

The latest newsletter from Master Nigel Sutton is now available on the main Zhong Ding website.

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Further Details about the Master Liang He Qing Championship and Seminars with Master Nigel Sutton

Events, prices and rules have been confirmed for the Master Liang He Qing Championship.

Details can be found here along with additional instructors delivering seminars on Saturday 11th July 2009.

New Video from Master Instructor Don Harradine

A new video has been added to the site.   The video is of Master Instructor Don Harradine demonstrating Silat Melayu Lian Padukan.

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Annual Master Liang He Qing Championship and Seminars with Master Nigel Sutton

The date for the 2009 Annual Master Liang Championship have been confirmed as Sunday 12th July 2009 and will be held here in the East Midlands.  The Championship will be preceded by seminars with Master Nigel Sutton.   The sessions will take place on Saturday 11th July 2009.  For more information click here

Arrangements for the Zhong Ding 21 celebration in Malaysia continue and will include a boat cruise.

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Spring 2009 Newsletter

The latest newsletter from Master Nigel Sutton is now available on the main Zhong Ding website.

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What Tai Chi Means to Me

Click here to view a new article by Jan Hodgson, one of the East Midlands Instructors. 

The article is a personal account of her life and how Tai Chi has had such a positive effect.

The dates for the Zhong Ding 21 celebration in Malaysia have been confirmed as Monday 17th August 2009 to Monday 31 August 2009 (14 nights).

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Seminar with Master Willie Lim

Master Willie Lim came to the East Midlands this month to deliver a series of seminars.

Click here to see some images of the event held and the Bentinck Miners Welfare in Kirkby-in Ashfield.

Three new videos have been added the site over the last few weeks which include two versions of the Cheng Man Ching form and the Cheng Man Ching straight sword form.

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The latest newsletter from Master Nigel Sutton is now available on the main Zhong Ding website.

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An additional seminar has been added to the Saturday 14th February 2009 programme which is being held at the Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus.  This seminar will be exclusively for "inside" students and invited guests.

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A new discussion group is now available for Zhong Ding members to connect with their Zhong Ding brothers and sisters.

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Master Nigel Sutton will be hosting Zhong Ding 21 in Malaysia this year as the Association comes of age and celebrates it's 21st Anniversary.  This is an opportunity to undertake intensive instruction in all aspects of Zhong Ding Taijiquan.

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Nigel will be returning to the UK and the East Midlands in February 2009.  As part of his visit he will be delivering seminars on Saturday 14th February 2009 at the Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus.

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Over the years I have observed the way in which particular areas and clubs in the Association expand and then shrink only to expand again; and this I understand is just the way that the Dao operates, yin and yang wax and wane, so it is natural and good. Over the past few years, however, the East Midlands Area ....More

The latest newsletter from Master Nigel Sutton is now available on the main Zhong Ding website.

Click here to link through to the site.

I am sure that like me you always have a love/hate relationship with the Christmas season: parties; presents; old friends visiting; good food; expense; relatives; lots of jobs that need to be done; etc etc. Well I suspect you can work-out which you love of these things and which you hate or perhaps some ....More

Don Harradine's Friday night class took on a festive feel this week.  Don and some of the students dressed with a festive theme and Christmas music was played throughout ....More