Events & Workshops
Find out about, and book your place on, our upcoming LCTKD events, competitions, workshops and seminars. All on this page. Note that things are listed in date order, so the ones coming up soonest are at the top. Keep scrolling down to see later ones.
For a quick check of dates see our calendar, where you can find all our workshops, events, and LCTKD holidays throughout the year.
Assistant Instructor Course
Saturday 15th November, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Broom Village Hall B50 4HJ
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The course for Teaching Assistants who are ready to play a bigger role in teaching. Click on the image to find out more.
Teachers' Christmas Social
Saturday 13th December, 2-4 p.m.
Broom Village Hall B50 4HJ
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For LCTKD Teachers from Teaching Assistant Up
Join us as Drew Neirin and the Star Shaped Pegs once again bring the highest quality live music to our annual Christmas party for all our teachers. Always one of the highlights of the LCTKD year.
Black Belt Gradings
Saturday 17th January, 2026, 12-6 p.m.
Invitation Only
17th January sees the final examinations in the grading process to different Black Belt levels in TaeKwonDo. Good luck to all involved.
Martial Applications from Yang Style Tai Chi
Saturday 24th January, 2026, 2-5 p.m.
Broom Village Hall B50 4HJ
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For LCTKD Students and Teachers Only
Note that this is a paid workshop: you need to book to secure your place
Join our Chief Instructor and multiple Black Belt Neil R. Hall in exploring how Tai Chi movements you practice would work to defend yourself. In the workshop he will consider some specific techniques and carefully allow you to experiment with them, answer your questions about any movements that baffle you, and explain why it is just so very difficult to get a clear answer these days about martial applications.
Book your place now.
You can pay using PayPal, PayPal pay later, Apple Pay, or your card. There are reduced prices for LCTKD teaching team members, so scroll down to find the right one for you. Senior Instructors and Directors don't need to book and can attend free of charge.
Lunar New Year
Tuesday 17th February, 2026
Just click on the image to find out all about the 2026 Lunar New Year's animal, and what it all means for the year.
Five Elements
Friday 6th March, 2026, 2-4 p.m.
Broom Village Hall B50 4HJ
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Only for LCTKD Teachers from Teaching Assistant Up
Free
The five Chinese elements, sometimes referred to as phases, are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine there is a recognition that we are a microcosm of the macrocosm. Within this, we are considered to have five organs, each corresponding to one of the Five Elements, as well as a season, a colour, a taste, a positive and a negative emotion and many others things.
In this free workshop for LCTKD Teachers, Michelle Baker explores this idea, explains how it relates to our Tai Chi and Qi Gong, and shares some Five Elements exercises.
A Brief History of the Samurai
Friday 27th March, 2026, 9.30 a.m.
The Bede House, Higham Ferrers
There is a small charge at the door for this event.
Wellingborough Iaido's Sensei Barry Jones is giving a talk to the Higham Ferrers Chichele Society, about the history of the Samurai, with a demonstration of Ikikai Iaido. The venue is The Bede House, a Grade 1 listed building, built in the 15th century by Archbishop Henry Chichele who was born in Higham Ferrers. It was built to house 12 elderly men to be cared for "by one woman"!
World Tai Chi Day 2026
2-3pm, Saturday, 25th April, 2026
Abbey Park, Pershore WR10 1JE
Free, and Open to Everyone.
Our ever popular free World Tai Chi Day event has been running since 2013, and for the past few years has been in Pershore's beautiful Abbey Park. The video is from the 2025 event.
We are thinking of doing more for World Tai Chi Day in 2026, but for now please put this one in your diary!
Ikikai Kumitachi
Saturday, 16th May, 2026, 2.30 - 4.30 p.m.
(Doors Open at 2p.m.)
The Bede House, Higham Ferrers
Free, and open to LCTKD's Ikikai Iaido and other Enso students.
Join Sensei Neil R. Hall for a session focused on the sword fighting drills associated with our Ikikai Iaido.