News & Information

New Board Director Appointed

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Roberts as Marketing & Public Relations Director for the Union.  Paul is an experienced Content and Communications Manager and is stepping up from his Support Team role as Communications Manager for the Union which was advertised last year. Paul’s response to the advertisement highlighted skills the Union was in much…

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Are Tai Chi Swords Legal in the UK? What Ronan’s Law Means for Internal Arts Practitioners

From 1 August 2025, new legislation known as Ronan’s Law will come into force in the UK, introducing stricter controls on certain types of bladed weapons. This builds on existing legislation that already governs offensive weapons in public places. The news about these changes has caused some members of the Tai Chi and internal arts community to question their obligations…

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Good news and sad news….

We are sorry to announce that after 4 ½ years, Tina Faulkner Elders has stepped down from the Board.  Tina helped steady the Union through some very difficult times and led the work developing the new identity and trading name which will be so important to the Union in the future.  We are all extremely grateful for her help, resilience…

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Latest magazine – out now!

With thanks to our editor Ken Symon and his team, Issue 73 of our magazine is out now. The magazine includes An excellent interview with one of our founder members, Gary Wragg, a senior disciple of Grandmaster Wu Kwong Yu; Head of the Wu Family and Gatekeeper of Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan. This is first in our planned series…

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New Board Director

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Senior Instructor, Roy Williams, as Operations Director for the Union responsible for the Union systems and processes. Roy is an experienced IT professional currently working as Senior Product Specialist in the NHS managing multiple critical services. The appointment of Roy completes the Board’s transition to having directors with clear responsibilities and…

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2024 Annual Review

Welcome to our first Annual Review! Link to 2024 Annual Review The review reflects on the past year’s achievements, considers what has yet to be done and outlines the new plans for 2025. One of the things we are excited about is our marketing plans for next year.  This has given us the chance to work with professionals and consider…

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Latest magazine now out!

We’ve another great edition for our members and the first by the new team with Ken Symon as editor and Betty Sutherland the director responsible. Thank you to both of them, but particularly Ken, for all their hard work. There is plenty to read including an update on our plans for the future as well as progress on our 2024…

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New Board Director

It’s great to be able to welcome back Ben Morris to the Board in the role of Health and Research Director. Ben is an outstanding martial artist and a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Leeds Trinity University. Areas of research interest include: health and social psychology, specifically in the area of attitude measurement and behaviour change as well as diet…

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Board Vacancy – Health & Research Director

We are looking to add another member to our Board to take on the role of Health & Research Director. In response to the Members’ Survey feedback, earlier this year the Board set out the directors’ roles and Support Team structure needed to support the strategy and plans which would deliver the services our members said were most important to…

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Support Team Vacancy – Communications Manager(s)

We are looking for highly experienced individual(s) to join our team to support our PR and Marketing Director with promoting the Union both externally to the public and internally to our members. This is an exciting chance to influence the Union’s approach to becoming the “go to” place for people wanting classes and information on Tai Chi Internal Arts in…

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