Scholar's Martial Hall

03/16/2026

We are excited and proud to participate in this event, this year at Manchester's beautiful Wickham Park grounds. Come celebrate what Taijiquan and Qigong have to offer with free demonstrations and workshops from 9:30am to 3pm. For more information, please visit ctworldtaichi.org.

03/09/2026

Thank you Erick Ortiz for capturing these moments beautifully with your eye. We look forward to hanging these prints on the school wall. Thanks to Thames River Greenery, Northern Light Gems Inc.- Jewelers, Tox Brewing Company, Siam Therapeutics Massage, The ANNEX New London, and Washington Street Coffee House.

03/06/2026

Teacher Shirley Ha Chock, Director of Tai Chi United demonstrating taijiquan at the Fairfield Museum and History Center's Third Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Video courtesy of Sharon Hsu.

03/02/2026

03/01/2026

Happy New Year! Many thanks to the Fairfield Museum and History Center for having us, the huge crowd that came out, and Fairfield HamletHub for the great pics!

03/01/2026

In Chinese the words for 'fish' and 'abundance' are homophones. This formation challenges the dancers to collect the red envelopes in a specific order and then use them to write out the characters 年 年 有 餘 (nián nián yǒu yú) while underneath the lion, thereby writing the common idiom "May you have abundance year after year," which is revealed to the audience as the lion stands up.

This being our third year performing for the museum, the only lion we had yet to bring along was Zhang Fei, the youngest of the three sworn brothers. There's a misconception that dancing with a black lion is bad luck, when in fact Zhang Fei's boundless energy and intimidating looks can drive off the evilest of spirits and the worst of luck. He's commonly referred to as The Fighting Lion.

Many thanks to Fairfield HamletHub for the video.

02/25/2026

We're looking forward to performing for the Fairfield Museum and History Center this Saturday. This is their third annual Lunar New Year Celebration and each year keeps topping the last. We're bringing a special guest...

02/21/2026

A big thank you to Livia Tao-Baldwin and the entire organizing committee for Pfizer's Global Asian Alliance for inviting us to their annual Lunar New Year Celebration this past Wednesday, February 18. You were all consummate hosts and it was a joy to perform for you. See you next year!

02/16/2026

Wishing you health, peace, and prosperity in the coming year.
~ The Scholar's Martial Hall