New Wulong classes in Frankston and Caulfield

New Classes Alert! Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu Expands to Frankston and Caulfield in 2026

Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu is excited to announce the launch of two new classes in Melbourne's east and the Mornington Peninsula, bringing the benefits of professional Tai Chi and Qigong to more students!

Get healthy, reduce stress, have fun, meet nice people while doing gentle exercise. You will love it!

Starting in Term 1 2026, you can experience the physical and mental health benefits of Wulong classes at these new locations:

* Frankston: Monday mornings, 9:15 am – 10:15 am (Beginners Class)

* Caulfield South: Saturday mornings, 9:30 am – 11:30 am
(Combined Beginner & Intermediate Class)

Click on the above links for the venue address and location maps. To register for the Frankston or Caulfield South classes, click HERE.

Free open Day - Frankston

Monday 19 January 2026, 9.15am to 11.15am. Come along to try out some good exercise practice. You can ask any questions you might have about Wulong classes. Whether you are looking to improve balance, reduce stress, or learn traditional Chinese martial arts, these new classes offer a structured and welcoming path to health and well-being.

All welcome! Don’t miss out on this fun and exhilarating experience. Suitable for all ages and skill levels. You don’t have to have learnt tai chi or qigong previously.

Meet Your Instructor: Noriko Tanaka

Both new classes will be led by our highly skilled instructor Noriko Tanaka. A dedicated practitioner, Noriko is known for her graceful performances and steady, insightful guidance in both Tai Chi and Qigong, making her classes a perfect environment for new students and those looking to deepen their practice. She has trained under the guidance of Professor Lily Sun, Professor of Chinese Martial Arts from Wuhan University, China, ensuring students receive professional and high-quality instruction.

What can you expect?

Professional step by step training to learn tai chi and qigong movements. Your balance, flexibility, strength and coordination quickly improve. Your breath, thoughts and mental state relax, stress reduces and mind-body connection develops. Best of all your body will love our class and after a relatively short period of practice, body will change, health will improve, and individual health issues begin to decrease. Join our fun learning group today!

Check out our benefits page to read the evidence. https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/benefits

International Research Confirms Benefits of Taichi & Qigong

An extensive volume of international research is compiling that establishes taichi and qigong as powerful and accessible pathways to physical and mental health, and wellbeing for everyone.

Wulong has set aside a dedicated page - BENEFITS - in our website to highlight curated research papers for our students and community.

Recently researchers created an evidence map of traditional Chinese exercises including 2,017 studies, comprising 1,822 randomised controlled trials and 195 systematic reviews conducted globally in various countries.

Among the traditional Chinese exercises, Tai Chi and Baduanjin Qigong have received the most research attention, with a growing number of publications. When traditional Chinese exercises were compared with the control groups, 88.2% of the included systematic reviews reported significantly positive effects.

These findings suggested that traditional Chinese exercises could benefit patients with a range of health conditions including

• osteoarthritis

• osteoporosis

• hypertension

• coronary heart disease

• diabetes

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• stroke

• Parkinson’s disease

• anxiety, and

• depression.

Wulong students’ have overwhelmingly confirmed that Wulong tai chi and qigong training has positively influenced their physical and mental health. Since joining Wulong they reported improvements in strength, flexibility, mobility, balance, body-mind connection, mental endurance, and calmness. They also reported experiencing reduced stress, anxiety, and stiffness.

Some students with health challenges, such as arthritis, reported that Wulong tai chi and qigong had helped them with their mobility and confidence. Overall, students found tai chi and qigong beneficial to their health and well-being, and some experienced a profound difference to their daily lives.

Read more on our page - BENEFITS

Come join a Wulong class to benefit from taichi and qigong.

Check out our classes at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/tai-chi-classes

Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu in Yunnan: A Journey Through Paradise

A Traveller’s persective by Wulong Student Vicky H

Thirty four Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu students recently spent fourteen days travelling in the Yunnan Province in China. The tour organised by Professor Lily, provided an amazing insight into a diverse and beautiful part of China.

From the magnificent mountains in Tibet to the sub tropical south east Asian border, the Yunnan Province scenery was breathtaking, vast and home to a number of ethnic minority groups who continue to practise their cultural traditions. The trip had so many highlights including the Leaping Tiger Gorge, the Stone Forest, Lugo Lake, temples, historical towns as well as nightlife for those with energy at the end of the day.

The tour also used local guides when travelling and this gave us a great insight into local life and customs and even taught us a Chinese song to sing on the bus! The other highlight was the FOOD! Every day Professor Lily and the local guides would select a local restaurant for a banquet meal that showcased the best of local cooking and ingredients.

It was a great experience trying so many different foods and Lily made sure that there was always ample food and that the traditional local dishes were provided. Fortunately to counter all the eating, we would start the day with an hour of Tai Chi usually in lovely outdoor settings, often providing some amusement for locals passing by.

Every day there was something new to see, do and talk about and that makes for a great trip filled with memories. Professor Lily did a magnificent job of organising everything and everyone and she was ably assisted by the team leaders who by the end of the trip had mastered “herding cats”! It was wonderful getting to know others in the group and sharing such a memorable experience that gave us a glimpse of China rarely travelled by western tourists.

Acknowledgement
Grateful thanks to Vicky for her excellent description of experiences in Yunnan with Wulong and Professor Lily. Our students were very privaleged to have the opportunity to join a bespoke tour organised by Professor Lily who is a keen traveller and loves to especially travel with Wulong students. Extra special thanks to students contributing their photos.

Wulong On Fire at the 2025 WTQA Festival

On Sunday, 5 October 2025, students from Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu proudly demonstrated their skills at the 23rd WTQA Festival, held at Carwatha College, Noble Park North. The Festival, hosted by Wushu Tai Chi & Qigong Australia Inc. (WTQA), brought together martial arts schools and enthusiasts from across the country to celebrate the rich traditions of Chinese martial arts.

Under the guidance of Professor Lily Sun, Wulong students delivered three outstanding performances. Read on to feel some of the excitement and joy of standing together and showing your skills.

Taichi Barehand 42 (Competition Form)

Performed by our Advanced Tai Chi students - Ann, Candice, Helen, Gordon, Ying Lee, Sara, Jordan, Roland and Noriko - this internationally recognised routine was developed by the Chinese Sports Committee in the 1980s. It combined movements from the Yang, Chen, Wu, and Sun styles into a single, elegant form. The Taichi Barehand 42 Form is known for its balance, fluidity, and technical precision, and our students performed it with grace and discipline.

Wushu Dao (Broadsword) Routine

Our Wushu students Minh, Sara and Damien showcased the dynamic Dao (Broadsword) Elementary Routine. The Dao, a curved single-edged blade, is one of the most iconic weapons in Chinese martial arts. The performance featured powerful and expressive movements—hacking, slashing, blocking, and circling—that demonstrated strength, coordination, and spirit.

Courtesy of Geoff Ince Photography

COMBINED Ba Duan Jin Qigong Practice

In addition to the scheduled performances, Wulong Instructor Noriko Tanaka graciously led the mass Ba Duan Jin Qigong practice, inviting all participants and guests to join in. This inclusive and energising session was a highlight of the day, bringing together the entire festival community in a shared moment of mindfulness and movement.

Courtesy of Geoff Ince Photography

A special shout out to Melbourne University Wushu Kung Fu, also coached by Professor Lily, who put on an amazing wushu show.

Grateful thanks to WTQA President Sam Au, committee and organising team for the outstanding day. It was pleasing to see President Sam Au call Professor Lily forward in acknowledging the key supporters of the Festival.

Wulong was honoured to be part of such a vibrant and inspiring event. We extend our heartfelt thanks to WTQA for organising this celebration of traditional Chinese martial arts and to everyone who came to support our students. Big thanks to Shen, Dorothy, Jessica, Jennifer, Anne, Kathy and Mae - our cheer squad and paparazzi crew. We thank you! 

Photos from the event are attached below.
We hope you enjoy these snapshots capturing the spirit, skill, and joy of the day!

Taichi Push Hands and Yang 9 Duel - A Hands On Experience!

A powerful and skill-enhancing experience!

On 25 May 2025, Professor Lily welcomed students from across Greater Melbourne for our first special workshop for 2025 — a sold-out encore of our most popular event to date - Push Hands and Yang 9 Duel.

Professor Lily focused her teaching on the martial arts techniques of tai chi Push Hands (Tui Shou) and the Yang 9 Duel Routine, helping students to deepen their understanding of tai chi martial applications, increase coordination especially hand eye coordination, reaction and response time, and connect mind and body.

Push Hands: Feeling, Flow, and Foundation

Push Hands two-person training links theory to practical application. Participants explored the dynamic interaction between attack and defense, learning to sense transitions and respond with relaxed alertness.

As Professor Lily explained:

“Push hands is a powerful method for tai chi students to increase their understanding of the martial applications of tai chi.

You can get a new feeling for your tai chi practice. Really understand what it means for interaction with an opponent. Feeling and responding to the direction and strength of a partner's action brings greater alertness, concentration and mindfulness to your practice.

Continued practice of push hands has benefits for core strength, balance, flexibility, cardiovascular health and energy circulation.”

Yang 9 Duel Routine: From Solo to Synergy

The Yang 9 Duel Routine brings new depth and vitality to the solo routine taught in class. Learning and practising push hands and the duel routine is an important opportunity for enhancing your tai chi practice.

Partner work introduces an opponent for improving martial application. For sensing and feeling an opponent’s. intention. For understanding the coordination, timing and suitable application needed to respond to an opponent’s actions.

As always, Professor Lily’s teaching emphasized correct technique, martial application, and personal growth. Her warm and generous instruction was supported by Candice and Kathy, whose demonstrations and assistance were invaluable throughout the day.

Professor Lily was impressed by the dedication and enthusiasm of all participants. Photos and highlights from the workshop will be shared soon. Be sure to follow us on social media and check our website for updates on future events.

Please enjoy photos of the day.

Celebrating World Wushu Kung Fu Day 2024

Today Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu classes celebrated World Wushu Kung Fu Day 2024 with other enthusiasts around the globe. Professor Lily especially likes the 2024 theme “Wushu: Health and Happiness”. She says

“harmonising mind and body, maintaining physical and mental health, and feeling happy through learning, achieving and making friends make wushu a one-stop shop to a multitude of benefits.”

The benefits of wushu and taichi practice, increased athleticism, improved health, recovery from injuries and disease, more confidence, and strong community are no secret to wushu and taichi instructors and students.

Wushu, which is also referred to as Kung Fu, is an umbrella term for Chinese Martial arts composed of basic offensive and defensive movements executed with either bare-handed or with weapons. Taichi which falls under the wushu umbrella is a popular form of wushu and particularly suitable for people of all age groups and physical conditions.

World Wushu Kung Fu Day aims to raise global awareness of all practitioners, forms, and styles of wushu, both contemporary competition forms or traditional styles. It promotes the concepts of peace, friendship, health, and an appreciation for nature.

Be inspired by this special day to improve your health and happiness – join a Wulong Tai Chi class today! New students are always welcome! Register here!

Please enjoy the photos of the day

Wushu class

Taichi class

Celebrate 2024 Year of the Wulong Dragon

2024! It’s our year - Year of the Dragon!

Wulong wishes you abundant health in 2024 the Chinese Year of the Wood Dragon.

It’s a special year for Wulong to celebrate the symbol of our school - Wulong translates to "martial arts dragon" in English - highlighting our highly successful online and in person wushu, taichi and qigong training provided by Australia’s most professional taichi, qigong and wushu teacher and practitioner, Professor Lily Sun.

In the Chinese culture, the dragon represents good luck, strength, and health. So it’s the perfect time to wake your inner dragon and join a Wulong class today to experience the renewal of body and spirit that Wulong students experience and set the foundations for your future health.

Read more about Wulong benefits at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/benefits

Check out our class schedule and register today at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/tai-chi-classes

As well as her always high standard professional training, this year Professor Lily will host two special workshops. One qigong workshop in May and one tai chi workshop in November.

More information will be released soon!! So like and follow our social media to keep up with the latest details

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Yang Style Tai Chi Fan Session 2 Wrap up

On 12 November 2023, Professor Lily Sun led a second exclusive workshop for tai chi enthusiasts to learn session 2 of the Yang Style Tai Chi Fan 28 routine.

Professor Lily delivered clear and comprehensive instructions on Session 2 movements and tai chi fan techniques. Participants immersed themselves in the foundational skills and techniques essential for mastering the subtlety, intricacy and pleasure of the latest and most popular modern fan routine.

Having trained extensively with the creator of the Yang Style Taichi Fan 28, Professor Yang Li, Professor Lily delivered rare insights and a enthralling learning experience.

Professor Lily’s knowledge of the routine and her renowned teaching expertise ensured a high standard of learning for participants. As always, students particularly enjoyed the explanations of subtle fan martial applications - not just simply the basic movements. Professor Lily explained how the fan can be used to startle or visually confuse an opponent, deflect or redirect attacks, and with a flick of the wrist the fan can collapse to strike, parry hits or block other weapons.

We practiced the circular and linear movements of the Tai Chi Fan 28 – open, close, strike, block, poke, sweep, or hook – combined with footwork, body rotation, and other techniques of this fluid and powerful martial art.

And the engaging and uplifting movement names such as “Rain dragon returns to the sea”, “Mighty ox tills the fields” and “Bee tricks the butterfly” inspired our positive enjoyment and assisted our memory of the movements.

Once again Professor Lily was very impressed by students excitement and excellent results achieved learning the techniques and movements of the second half of Tai Chi Fan 28.

"Training with the tai chi fan is good for your taichi foundation, energy flow, mental function (focus and concentration) physical coordination, flexibility, strength and balance." says Professor Lily

“The Tai Chi Fan 28 routine is very relaxing and promotes mindfulness during practice. And the routine movements are very good for your heart.”

Professor Lily is planning a review session for Yang Style Tai Chi Fan 28 for January 2024. Stay tuned for more information soon.

Please enjoy the photos of the day.

For more photos click through to the gallery. Photo Gallery

Wulong Success at 2023 WTQA Festival

UPDATE: Since the competition, the WTQA Committee has decided to award gold medals in the Qigong team competition to the Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu team for performance of Taiji Yang Sheng Zhang (Stick Qigong) routine. Our team were previously awarded the bronze medals in a combined Tai Chi / Qigong team competition. And … our other performance of Tai Chi Fan 18 form, which previously came In fourth place, is now awarded bronze medals. What a great result!!

Big day out for Wulong at the 2023 Wushu Tai Chi Qigong Australia (WTQA) Festival. Gold, silver and bronze for our tai chi and qigong individual and team competitors!! And most honoured guest status for Professor Lily. Well deserved!

Grateful thanks to WTQA President Sam Au and organising team for the outstanding day.

What a day it was! With special performances from the masters, a massed Beijing 24 performance and a special interactive qigong activity led by Wulong’s own Lucy Keenan (who was also a WTQA judge!) So relaxing! Nearly all competitors and audience members were on their feet breathing and stretching.

Wulong's small team made quite the impact, walking away with Qigong Overall Champion trophy and 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 bronze medals.

Roland Heath - Qigong Gold Medal and overall Qigong Champion

Rowan Dinning - Tai Chi Silver and Bronze Medals

Qigong Team - Ann Whitfield, Anne Price, Kathy Campelj, Helen Simmonds and Roland Heath - Bronze medal.

Special shout out and congratulations to Melbourne University Wushu Kung Fu, also coached by Professor Lily. Many individual medals and overall Wushu Champion Connor McGowan.

Big thanks to Michael, Jenny, Sharna, and Ros, our cheer squad and paparazzi crew. We thank you! 

Source: Archivist Media

Professor Lily teaches at UniMelb Medical Conference - a Sold Out Success!

Fully booked!! In June 2023 Professor Lily Sun, 8th Duan Professor of Chinese Martial Arts, Wuhan University, delivered a specially designed workshop for medical students and staff at the Melbourne University Medical Department Student Conference (MDSC). The workshop proved very popular and places were quickly filled.

Connecting to a conference theme of opening minds, Professor Lily introduced future doctors to the easy and well researched movements of Ba Duan Jin health qigong, proven to support health and wellbeing, stimulate energy generation, and promote unity of mind and body (mindfulness).

Professor Lily helped medical students to learn a skill they can practice to maintain their physical and mental health through the hard work of medical study - lectures and clinical days, early morning ward rounds - and future career pressures. Professor Lily said:

“I am teaching them a skill to keep their personal health as a priority while doing better, and being better , in an inreasingly challenging world.”

Students enjoyed Professor Sun’s engaging, generous and exceptional teaching skills. They had many questions about Ba Duan Jin, tai chi and qigong to ask her after the session.

Professor Lily explained that Ba Duan Jin has gained worldwide recognition as an effective exercise system for improving health and preventing diseases. It is published by the Chinese Health Qigong Association and over 450 scientific studies have been conducted to investigate its health benefits and effectiveness.

More information about Ba Duan Jin is available at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/ba-duan-jin

All Wulong taichi, qigong and wushu services are designed and supervised by Professor Lily Sun. We are happy to discuss your individual corporate requirements and tailor a package to suit the needs of your organisation. For more information please see our events&corporate page or contact our office.

If you want to learn Ba Duan Jin or other qigong or tai chi then come join a Wulong class to benefit from taichi and qigong. Check out our classes at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/tai-chi-classes

Tai Chi Fan - A mesmerising martial art

Thank you, Professor Lily! For teaching us the subtle and intricate ways of the Yang Style Tai Chi Fan 28.

With the sharp crack of opening and closing fans resounding in our ears, we practiced the circular and linear movements of the Tai Chi Fan 28 – strike, block, poke, sweep, or hook – combined with footwork, body rotation, and other techniques of this fluid and powerful martial art.

Professor Lily showed us how the tai chi fan can be used to startle or visually confuse an opponent, deflect or redirect attacks, and with a flick of the wrist the tai chi fan can collapse to parry hits or block other weapons.

Professor Lily was very impressed by our excitement and dedication to learning the techniques and movements of the first half of Tai Chi Fan 28, with the excellent results achieved, and our enthusiasm for more training.

“The Tai Chi Fan 28 routine is very relaxing! It requires focus and concentration, which ensures mindfulness during practice. And the routine movements are good for your heart. The slow and rhythmic movements can improve cardiovascular health and circulation.” says Professor Lily,

"Training with the tai chi fan improves your taichi foundation. Tai chi fan practice develops coordination, flexibility, strength, balance, and improves energy flow throughout the whole body."

As always, the focus of Professor Lily’s training included correct foundation and technique - the martial applications of each movement were revealed, not just simply the basic movements.

Professor Lily is very pleased with the outcome of the workshop, and is planning a follow-up Tai Chi Fan 28 workshop for November 2023. You can send an email to express your interest in attending to info@wulongtaichi.com.au

Please enjoy the photos of the day.

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