World Tai Chi Day 2018

Spread out across the world, enthusiasts from more than 80 countries will gather in groups large and small to celebrate the practice of Tai Chi and Qigong. Every year on the last Saturday of April at 10:00 am local time, groups will gather in different cities for the event. This year the World Tai Chi and Qigong day will fall on Saturday, April 28th.

Please enjoy this video of a 2017 World Tai Chi Day event in Aukland, New Zealand!

Starting In the small country of Fiji, the worldwide events for World Tai Chi and Qiqong Day will begin at 10:00 am their local time. This annual event will then move westward through such countries as Australia, Japan, China, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, North and South America. The very last of the country to celebrate Word Tai Chi Day are the Hawaiian Islands, 22 hours later at 10:00 am their local time.

This worldwide event all began in back in 1999. Bill Douglas, a Tai Chi teacher, organized an event to celebrate the healing benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong. He organized a group of about 200 participants to demonstrate Tai Chi and Qigong on the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, in the United States.

The many World Tai Chi and Qigong Day events across the globe are usually organized by the different local groups and schools of Tai Chi or Qiqong. To join an existing World Tai Chi and Qiqong Day event, or register your own event, you can visit the official World Tai Chi and Qigong Day website