T'ai Chi has been practiced in various forms in China for many thousand years. Lee style T'ai Chi was originally created in about 1000 B.C. by Ho-Hsieh Lee near Beijing. The Lee family continued to practice the Taoist arts and passed them down the generations until the 1930's. These arts included not just T'ai Chi, but also Feng Shou Kung Fu (Hand of the Wind Kung Fu), Chi Shu (Energy Arts), and other practices beneficial to health, such as acupuncture, herbal and dietary therapies.

The last of the Lee family line, Chan Kam Lee, moved to London and opened a class in London in 1933. Soon after this Chee Soo was playing in Hyde Park, and his ball accidentally hit Chan Lee on the head. He apologised and realising that they were both Chinese, they started talking and became friends. He later started his training at Chan Lee's class. As Chan Lee had no children Chee Soo was asked to take over as president of the Association when Chan Lee died, and since then worked to see the Lee style flourish with many classes all over the UK and abroad. The classes of the Taoist Cultural Arts Association endeavour to follow this ancient tradition and make the benefits available to anyone who comes along to the classes.

 Each T'ai Chi class starts with a warmup to loosen the body up. There are then various exercises designed to help relax and help build up the internal energy (or Chi). As T'ai Chi is an "internal" art these exercises aren't designed to increase the muscles (like aerobics or going to the gym) but they work on reducing tension and stretching the body so that the internal energy can flow. T'ai Chi is sometimes called "moving meditation" and can help you relax both mentally and physically.

T'ai Chi Dance - this series of flowing movements helps to develop balance and coordination. Chee Soo describes the Dance as having "its foundations in the Five Elements and Li energy."

T'ai Chi Form - the form, like the dance, seeks to harmonise the movements of the body to encourage chi to flow so we can develop "movement with stillness" - like the stillness in the eye of the hurricane. The Form contains within it the eight original movements first developed 3,000 years ago by Ho-Hsieh Lee.

Chi Gung - this includes exercises called "K'ai Men" (which means "Open Door"). These are sometimes known as Taoist Yoga and combine deep breathing with stretching exercises. There are also other  breathing exercises called "Tao Yin".

Interactive Exercises - there are a wide variety of exercises in partners. These help to develop sensitivity by interacting with other people, and demonstrate how the principles of Taoism can be applied in a practical way. We can learn a lot through these exercises about how we relate to other people, and how we can apply the principles underlying T'ai Chi in our daily lives. These exercises include sticky hands, whirling arms, whirling hands, and sensitivity exercises.