Dear Tai Chi friends,

 

 

The next Greater Washington Area Push-hands Get-together will be held on 6/16/2007 at Lakewood Elementary School.  The address is 2534 Lindley Terrace Rockville, MD 20850.  Hope to see you there!

 

As a reminder, on June 11th we will be presenting our petition and other documents to the county for the Tai Chi Practice court at Cabin John Park.  I have included the survey and the petition again for you.  If you can help us with the project, it would be greatly appreciated

 

 

Love,

Joanne Chang

 

 

 

 "You have to take off the external shield for the internal wisdom”              ~ David Chen~

 

 

 

 

 

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June 16th, 9am - 5pm

Saturday

 

Philadelphia's 5th Annual

Taiji Festival & Push-in 2007

 

 

Christ Church Neighborhood House

2nd & Market St., Philadelphia, PA.

 

http://www.phillytaichi.com/

 

   Philly's Taiji Festival & Push-in is specifically designed for the current practitioner of all styles and skill levels. This promises to be our most enjoyable Festival to date with something for everyone.

We are offering a variety of mini-workshops, lunchtime discussion panel on the medical qualities of Taijiquan practice, and demos. This year’s Festival theme will focus on push-hands practice for all skill levels

with open PH play throughout the day.

 

 

please contact us at:

Frank Shiery   Frank@...

 

 

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June 17 through September 2

 

Julian Chu 2007 Summer Tai Chi Practices of Solo Form, Sword, Saber, Staff, and Push Hands.

 

Location:  CARDEROCK PARK, Clara Barton Parkway, MD

 

Schedule:  Every Sunday morning, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., June 17 through September 2

 

Direction to Carderock Park, MD:

 

• From Maryland, take I-495 south toward Northern Virginia.  Take Exit 41 (last exit in Maryland, prior to the American Legion Bridge) toward Carderock.  This will put you on westbound Clara Barton Parkway.

 

• From Virginia, take I-495 north toward Maryland.  Get in the extreme right lane as you cross the American Legion Bridge into Maryland.  This is an exit only lane for the Clara Barton Parkway (Exit 41).  Caution: The exit ramp forks very soon after you exit.  Take the left fork for Carderock.  This will put you on westbound Clara Barton Parkway.

 

Once on Clara Barton Parkway, you may note that David Taylor Model Basin is on your right (the very long building).  Take the first exit off the parkway, and make a left at the top of the ramp.  Go straight ahead and, after passing under the canal through the tunnel, make a left at the Park Entrance.  Parking is available on both sides after the entrance.  After parking, walk to the picnic pavilion.

 

 

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Jun 23 & 24

 

Wang Xi’an

Washington DC Workshop Jun 23/24 Weekend

Grandmaster Wang Xian, one of China’s “FOUR GREAT JINGANG’S (GEMS),” in Chen Style Taijiquan, will be visiting the Washington DC area for the very first time! This will complete the slate of the “Four Greats” (the others being Chen Xiaowang, Chen Zhenglei and Zhu Tiancai) stopping over in our area to help raise the standard and understanding of Taijiquan!
Topic: Understanding How Internal Training (the Rou) in Laojia (Old Frame) Routine One drives the power of the (Pao Chui) Canon Fist training (the gang), in explosive energy (fajin) and martial applications.
The emphasis of the workshop will be more on the inner workings (the rou methods) of Taijiquan than on learning or remembering form movements, so is suitable for Taijiquan enthusiasts of all levels. As Grandmaster Wang is very applications oriented, it will expose you to the many martial aspects of the art. He has trained many push hand champions in China, including his two sons, one of whom now runs his school in the Chen Village.
Date: Sat Jun 23 and Sun Jun 24
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Fees: $225 for both days/$125 for one day
Place: Bretton Woods Clubhouse, 15700 River Rd, Germantown, Md, 20874
Tel: 240-447-8134 or 301-299-8116
Email: cpong@...
Make checks/payments to: C.P.Ong, 10111 Norton Rd, Potomac, Md, 20854

Next UPCOMING workshops (MARK YOUR CALENDAR):

Chen Xiaowang Workshop Oct 27-28, 2007
Chen Zhenglei Workshop Nov 2/25, 2007 

 

 

Following are previously announced events

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June 3rd, 2007

 

An Afternoon of Tai Chi Chuan with

Grand Master William C. C. Chen

 

Form, Push Hands, Sword, Applications will be covered

 

Location: Lifebridge Health & Fitness

in Woodholme Center

one block North of 695 on Reisterstown Road.

Sunday June 3rd, 2007

12-Noon till 4:00pm

 

Fee:

Before 5/3/07 $85.00

After 5/3/07 $95.00

Observation only $40.00

No refunds unless class is full.

 

Contact:

Louis Gabriele at 410-833-3967 or email at lougabriele@...

 

 

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June 2 – July 21

ENERGY CULTIVATION INTENSIVE
Wu Shen Tao

 
In response to many requests for such training, WST will host an 8-week intensive on energy cultivation beginning on Saturday June 2nd at 2pm. In depth discussion on theory and principles will lead to a serious work on laying, sitting, walking and outward directed meditation methods. Various standing Qigong exercises as well as a comparative exploration of Chinese, Hindu and Shamanic approaches will be covered. Individual as well as couple and group cultivations will also be addressed.
 
The cost for the series will be $150 if paid by May 15th and $200 thereafter. The classes will take place at either Liz Lermans' on Maple St in Takoma Park, MD or at the MT, Ranier Martial Art and Health Center on 3804 34th street in MT. Ranier MD.  No experience is necessary and the only required item to be brought is an open mind.
 
The program will be headed by Paul Ramos who has 35 years of multi-cultural energetic experience at his disposal.  Email at pushhands@... or call 301 270-0665 for questions or to register.

 

 

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June 4th – 25th

Wu Shen Tao will be offering Early Summer Workshop Intensives for June 2007

Bagua Basics Month-long Workshop Intensive
Mondays (June 4th, 11th, 18th, 25)
6:00-7:00pm
Thursdays (June 7th, 14th, 21th, 28th)
7:00-8:00pm
Tuition: $150.00 for the series; $100 for any partial series

 Xingi Basics Month-long Workshop Intensive
 Mondays (June 4th, 11th, 18th, 25)
8:00-9:00PM
Thursdays (June 7th, 14th, 21th, 28th)
8:00-9:00PM
Tuition: $150.00 for the series; $100.00 for an partial series

Contact: Paul Ramos 301-270-0665 or wushentao@...

 

 

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June 16

4th Jow Ga 5 Tigers All Kung Fu Tournament 2007

(ALL KUNG FU STYLES)

www.5TigersChampionship.com

 

Date of tournament: June 16, 2007, in Columbia, MD

Location:  

Howard Community College Gym, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy,
Pre-registration:
Unlimited Events - $40

At the Door:
Unlimited Events - $55

Spectators: Children 12 & under - $5    Adults - $10

Divisions Will Include:
Empty Hand
Weapons
Special Weapons
Chi Sau
Internal Forms
Continuous Sparring
Two-Man Sets
Kung Fu Joint Locking/Grappling Seminars:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ-DVxEkcYw

Seminar conducted by Master Ismael Franco.

 

Tournament website:  www.5TigersChampionship.com (download registration forms, rules, events, etc.)

 

  

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Saturday June 23, 2007

Tui Shou (Push Hands) and Chin Na (Seize/Control) Seminars

Presented by Master Willy Lin,

 

10:00am-12:00pm Tui Shou Seminar

1:00pm-3:00pm Chin Na Seminar

 

These seminars will be suitable for all martial arts styles and skill levels, including beginners.  Class sizes will be limited to ensure everyone gets individual attention and plenty of hands-on experience with Master Lin.  For more information about Master Lin, please visit his website, www.linkungfu.com.

 

Location: White Birch Kung Fu & Tai Chi 46000 Old Ox Rd. # 104 Sterling, VA 20166

Tuition: In advance: $60 for one session, $100 for both

At the door: $75 for one session, $115 for both

Registration Contact: (703)834-2733 or colley2@...

 

 

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JUNE 28 - JULY 2, 2007 

A Taste of China

25th Annual Summer Seminars and Special Events

³The Art and Science of Taijiquan¹s Power²
Seminars in Taijiquan and Other Internal Arts

Faculty of Masters
Jwing-ming Yang, Xiao-ling Liu, Nick Gracenin, Kathy Gracenin,
Yang Yang, Ying Yang, Jose Johnson, John Painter

Featured Guests
Professor Li De-yin and  Madame Fang Mi-shou ‹ Beijing, China

Taijiquan Teachers Exchange Facilitators
Ed Cooper, Steve Higgins

SPECIAL EVENTS

June 30 - July 1     Friendship Demonstrations, Banquet, Party, Picnic

Website information and registration

www.atoctaijiquan.com

Email: atocrice@...

phone 540-667-7595
cell 540-247-2283

 

 

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 July 13-15 -- Detroit

July 19-22 -- St Paul, Minnesota

 

Workshop with Weiming Yuan

 

Mr. Weiming Yuan, one of Mr Liu's senior students, will be giving workshops again this summer in Detroit and Minneapolis. If you haven't experienced one of Weiming's workshops, they are a real treat, and are filled with insight.

 

Detroit--July 13-15.

Please contact Carol Yamasaki for further information at carolyamasaki@....

 

St Paul, Minnesota--July 19-22.

Location:  Macalester College in St Paul 

Please contact Barbara Davis
at 612-822-5760 or editor@... for detail information or you can download the flyer from http://www.taijiquanjournal.com/weiming2007.pdf.

 

Please note that these two workshops often are somewhat different in content, so if you're able, come to both. There are frequent flights between the two cities on Northwest, or, it is a 13-hour drive.

 

 

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July 27th- Aug 1st.

The 25TH ANNUAL T'AI-CHI SUMMER CAMP 2007

with Bataan Faigao

will be held at Sunrise Ranch, Loveland, Colorado

All levels of Prof. Cheng Man-ch'ing's t'ai-chi ch'uan will be taught. $475-$790 (depending upon type of accommodation) includes healthy & delicious meals & classes.

Log on to www.rockymountaintaichi.net for more info

& a registration form.

 

 

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August 1th ~ August 15th, 2007  

2007 Taiji Form and Push Hands Intensive Live-In Workshop with Wu Rung-Wei

Hosted by Chinese Tai Chi Institute, 139 Chongho Road; Chongho City; Taipei County; Taiwan

Master Wu has won championships in seven international push hands competitions and holds numerous national push hand titles in Taiwan. He has been field-tested many times in the East and the West. An experienced workshop leader, he has taught countless workshops in Taiwan, Europe, Indonesia, and the United States.

Lineage: Yang Cheng-Fu Cheng Man-Ching  Soong Jyh-Jian  Wu Rung- Huei

The workshop will cover the following lessons:

        * Discussions of Taijiquan and its principles.

        * The "I Chien Taijiquan 64 Form" - a Yang style variant. This is the form that has propelled Master      Wu to his dominant accomplishments in push hands competitions over the years.

        * Push hands applications.

        * Fixed step & moving step push hands.

        * The Five Elements and their relationship to each other in the Nourishing and Destroying Circles.

        * Five methods to relax the body with Qi (Qi Meng Wu Shih / Five ways to enlighten the ignorant mind.). 

        * The Taiji Broadsword form.

 Languages:  The workshop will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese with immediate translation to English and French.

 The Closing date for registration to this workshop is July 1th 2007.

Contacts and Info:

Website  http://www.ctcitw.org.tw

Please contact Ryan Tang

Email: tenkstepsaday@...

Phone: 011-886-921775070

Fax: 011-886 -2-27364090

   

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Every Saturday morning 

 

in McLean, Virginia.  

 

All are welcome.

 

(You do not have to be enrolled 

in our regular classes to attend.)

 

We will mostly be doing the beginners' set 

of Prof. Cheng Man-ch'ing's Yang style short form.

 

For details and directions, please visit

www.TaiChiCenter.com 

 

or call 703-759-9141.

 

Sponsored by the T'ai Chi Study Center.

 

 

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Cheng Man-ch'ing Yang style t'ai chi / No charge

with Dr. David Walls-Kaufman

 

Saturday morning

8 - 9  Form class and practice

9 - 10 Push hands practice,

 

Lincoln Park, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 11th and East Capitol St., SE, 20003.

 

Info: 202.544.6035.

 

 

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 Opportunity to study tai chi and qi gong in Carroll County, MD.  

 

Two years ago, September 2004, Frances Lea Gander relocated from Sykesville, MD to near Athens, OH. Three of Frances Gander's senior tai chi students created a tai chi and qi gong study group to keep the practice going in Carroll Co.  We take turns leading classes in Finksburg on Monday evenings. Usually all three of us are there so that, after the warm-ups, we break up into 2 or 3 smaller groups to work with students at different levels.  New students are welcome at any time; we have flexibility because of multiple instructors.

We practice tai chi as transmitted to us by our teacher Frances Lea Gander, who learned from the late Grandmaster Chian Ho Yin of Taiwan and Milwaukee, WI. We usually begin with warms up, the Eight Pieces of Brocade (Qi Gong), Master Yin's Continuous Form, and Northern Yang (Old Style) Tai Chi C'huan.

Where: Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalist, Club House Rd., Finksburg, MD

When: Monday evenings from 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm (or a little later sometimes)

How much: $5 per class on a drop-in basis

($4 is a tax-deductible contribution to CUU; $1 is for a tai chi fund used to defray cost of holding occasional special classes with guest teachers, such as Frances Gander)

 

For more information please contact Maureen Harvey at Maureen.harvey@... or Evenings (410) 795-3117

           

 

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Open Push Hands (PH) at Wu Shen Tao's new location

Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00

 

This opportunity is FREE and OPEN to all levels of PH players, beginners are encouraged to participate.

 

This Open PH venue will be hosted by Paul Ramos, George Harris, and

Alexander (Roots) King.

 

Wu Shen Tao is now relocated within the "The Dance Exchange" of Takoma Park.  "The Dance Exchange" of Takoma Park is a beautiful facility and the home of local modern dance ensembles.

 

Location.  

"The Dance Exchange",

7117 Maple Ave,

Takoma Park, Maryland.

It is 2 blocks from the Takoma Park Metro Station.

 

Indoor Shoes Required:  There is one caveat, "The Dance Exchange"

requires that all participants wear nonstreet shoes.  This

translates as each player must PHs in shoes only used indoors, or

socks.  "The Dance Exchange" has to protect its custom dance floor from

the dirt and abrasion of street side shoes.

 

 

Contact:

John Lomas

at 202-462-8695 or Cell 202-549-8321.

 

 

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Push-Hands Get-Togethers in Philadelphia

 

*second* Saturdays of each month

from 1:30 - 5:00pm in Philadelphia's Old City.

 

For more details, please visit :

http://www.martnet.com/~swampkat/taichi

or contact:

 

    Kirsten Erwin

    610-622-2007

    mailto:swampkat@...

 

    Robert Kline

    610-891-1144

    mailto:rkline@...

 

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