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Hey gang,

  There will be a big TaiChi festival with lots of cool workshops at Kutztown
Univ this June. Very similar to the one I attended 2 years ago
at East Stroudsburg univ before it moved out to the Catskills area. For more
information go to www.TaijiEnthusiasts.org

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hey Gang,

  Been way too long but we finally got the call to perform again. We'll be in
Atlantic city for the annual NAFMA National martial arts championships and
Awards dinner banquet in the ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel next to the
Convention center on May 22nd. The team is set to go on at 8pm. We also will be
travelling to Orlando Fla to perform at the NAFMA World Cup Championships in
November. For more information go to www.nafma.org.

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hey gang!

  I'm happy to announce that our martial arts/Liondance group has made
an arrangement with Team Torres martialarts in Edgewater Pk NJ.
Starting in March our group will be training out of Master Torres'
facility! We will be offering our curriculum of wushu/kungfu, TaiChi
and all related weaponry. More details to follow!

  CHEERS!

  Mel

Want to spend the day having fun and doing Taiji related stuff?  I
wanted to let you know about some Chinese New Year events coming up -
why don't you join us? On Saturday, January 24, 2009, in
Philadelphia, we will be celebrating Chinese New Year's with our
fellow Enthusiasts.

First we will welcome the Year of the Ox, from 10 AM to 4 PM, at the
Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on South St.  Our
webmaster and one of our board members, Steve Arbitman, will perform
at 1:00 pm with the Ba'z Tai Chi Studio.  You can spend the afternoon
watching other demonstrations of calligraphy, Chinese opera, a Lion
Dance, and more.  The Museum requests a $12 donation for adults and
$7 for children.  See the museum website for more information.

After the Lion Dance, we will be heading over to Chinatown for a full
New Year's Banquet starting at 5:00 PM with David and Elston
Phillips, (also a board member and Festival director).   The banquet
will be at the Imperial Inn at 146 N10th St.  The cost is $32.50 and
you can see the menu here.  You must register in advance for the
banquet.  Contact cmbstaichiassoc@...   or call 215-943-1285 by
Thursday, January 22 to register.  Specfiy the number of people and
your name and contact information. Credit Cards accepted.

And, of course, don't forget to put June 19, 20, and 21, 2009 in your
calendar for the Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization and the Tai Chi
Club of Kutztown University's Health and Martial Arts Festival.  So
far we have workshop leaders coming from Canada, California, Ohio,
Florida, and Texas.  The program is really looking great, and we are
hoping that you will join us. There will be workshop not just on
Taiji forms, weapons, and push hands, but also many alternative
health items such as massage, qigong, supplements, and
accupuncture.    There will also be business workshops on how to
ensure that your taiji school and/or alternative health organizations
are profitable, especially in these hard economic times.  We are
actively looking for sponsors presently, so if you know anyone who
would benefit from sponsoring, send them our way.

Now is also the time to consider nominating your favorite person for
an Enthusiasts Choice award to be given at the June 20th banquet.
There are lots of different awards - so check it out.

Also, don't forget the Zhang San Feng Festival in New York on June 4-
7 and the Taijiquan Symposium with China's top 5 Masters in
Nashville, Tennessee on July 5-10.  This summer is going to be a
veritable wealth of Taijiquan opportunities!

In any case, I hope that you can make it to the Chinese New Year
events.  If you have a cell phone and you send me your number, I'll
contact you at the Museum to let you know where we are meeting.



CJ Rhoads

Managing Director
Taijiquan Enthusiasts Organization
PO Box 564, Douglassville, PA 19518
610-370-2196
http://TaijiquanEnthusiasts

Hey Gang,

Coming up in Feb on the 21st 2009 (My birthday by the way!) Edgewater
Pk NJ will be held the North American Martial Arts Federation (NAFMA)
Sport Martial Arts Alliance Championships featuring padded weapons
sparring. This will include padded single stick fighting, padded
Nunchaku sparring, padded sword and padded staff fighting(New event)
this tournament is also a qualifier for the NAFMA TeamUSA trials which
will be held in Atlantic City NJ later in MAY. Team USA members will
compete in the World Championships held in Disney World Orlando FLa.
against international teams later on in November of this year. For more
info please go to www.nafma.org

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hey gang,

   Well I finally rented the movie and this one is a good film which I
personally got laugh out of but its pretty tough to recommend to most
others, especially if you really take martial arts to heart and are
thinned skinned because it seriously pokes fun at the
socalled "McDojo" phenomonon, The 5 tenets of TKD, Testing fees, the
overly competitive bully with anger issues in sparring class and
especially lackluster demos by mediocre artists and
board/brickbreaking as a measure of martial arts skill. If youre an
instructor you definately would not show this on Friday night film
night with the students. The instructor Fred Simmons rudely insults
pospects who decline signing his contract to join his school.  The
language content is way too harsh with an "R" rating, and many of the
situations are inappropriate for young students such as the wife
cheating on Fred and he inturn starts scoping out the cute adult
females in his class to the point of sexual harassment. There is also
the scene where, Fred Simmons goes on a road trip with a few students
and a fellow blackbelt freind Mike, Later revealed to be a psycho,
(played by cowriter and director of the film in a small cameo, Jody
Hill) to a martial arts convention to see their favorite martial arts
movie/sports idol Chuck "The Truck" Wallace played by cowriter Ben
Best who is aloof and self centered at the autograph table, invites
the guys to his hotel room fan party later when he senses an
oppritunity to soak them for $10,000 for an appearance fee at their
association's next belt testing extravaganza. The arrival at the
hotel party reveal's Chuck Wallace's true nature as a corrupt beer
guzzling, womanizing, coke snorting, hard partier which is yet
another uncomfortable scene with a two young kids present at the
party. The scene turns around when a fight ensues at the party and
Simmon's students have to defend themselves, only then they earn the
respect atleast for the time being from Chuck "The Truck" Wallace.
The film would have definately been more warmly recieved had they
toned down the language and crude sexual inuendo. I read it was
supposed to be on the level of Napolean Dynamite but with an R
rating, using very little script, little to no professional actors.
The strongets performances are by the dark charators played by the
villian Ben Best and the psycho/friend Jody Hill. They did a good
job  with the film in that way that but I'm not sure who their target
audience was supposed to be. I intend to own a copy for my private
collection as a lover of independant film but I would cringe as an
instructor at the thought of either students or parents of students
picking this film up from the shelf and having them scrutinizing me
in class the next day. *LOL*  This film should be required viewing
for instructors who may begin to stray from the path and need
prodding to get back in line. This film is a good example of how NOT
to run a school or what kind of school to avoid joining.

" Five...Only five percent make it to blackbelt....one...only one
percent make it to 4th degree..He's (Fred) a 4th deg! ..I'm a 5th
degree...But I dont beleive in belts.. Now lets break some cement!-
Mike McCallister 5th dan pyschokiller

2008 has been a helluva year to say the least and this later months
especially. While on the way to a Beef n Beer benefit for an old
friend karate instructor who's suffereing from an inoperable and
deadly form of Cancer, I learn of the passing of someone even closer
to me. A teammate of mine from the 2007 NAFMA TeamUSA. Shawn Silva.
31 years old, died of a severe asthma attack. His wife Bridgette and
him, though underbelts gave it their best shot and won a place on the
2007 team at the trials. Their instructor at that time however failed
to place on the team and took his frustrations out on them which
eventually lead them to quitting his school in search of someone more
supportive of their needs. Those two were a very adorable and well
liked couple and despite their setbacks performed wonderfully at the
World championships. In world class competition there are no belt
divisions and they had to hold their own against potential blackbelt
rivals and they both wowed everyone. As a team member you are counted
on to perform not only in your particular specialty divison but in
all the others suchs as padded stickfighting, point karate sparring,
weapon and emptyhand kata. Shawn's strongest division was adult
heavywieght men's point sparring but he caught on and learned the
game fast to become a very dangerous stickfighter as well despite not
having a stickfighting background from his former school. My heart
goes out to his family, namely his wife Bridgette. Shawn will be
greatly missed. His memory will be honored at the next Nafma
Nationals and Awards Dinner banquet in Atlantic city in March.

Hey Gang,

  There will be a great workshop on the subject of the 8 gate energies
practice found in TaiChi, Xing Yi, and BaGua Zhang taught be Dr Chris
Viggiano. This be 2nd in a series of 8 workshops. If you missed the 1st
one you are strongly encouraged to still attend since there will be a
review of the topics already discussed. Don't be intimidated by the
subject matter being seemingly "Too Deep". I attended the tail end of
the workshop but was pleasently surprised at how digestable the
material really was for even the novice internal style student. This
workshop will give you a better understanding and appreciation of your
practice. Dr Viggiano is a wonderful speaker and teacher with a relaxed
manner, and subtle humor. Light snack fare will be avaiable. The
workshop Begins at 10am and concludes at 5pm. Presented by Dr Lee's
Academy of Martial and Healing arts 5 E. Scott St Riverside NJ or go to
www.martialhealingarts.com for more info.

  Cheers!
  Mel

Hey gang!

  For all you Chinese martialarts and Liondance fans out there! I just
got back for the 08 WFH tournament last Saturday and I must say I was
very impressed! A large scale prestigeous Chinese style event which
was incredibly easy to get to on the Jersey turnpike and well run. We
were all done by 4:30 pm despite an elaborae and entertaining
liondance opening presentation which is usually unheard of at most
karate tournaments. The judging was very fair and they really took
care of their judges with a catered lunch and refreshments. Thre were
a variety of divisions from sparring, Shuai Jiao (Chinese Judo) wushu,
trad forms and we still got out early! I'm definatley adding this to
my must attend list and highly recommend this tournament to anyone else

-
  Hey Gang,

  As a reminder the team will be perofrming this Saturday in Riverside
NJ for the RiverView Car show held in town. We take the stage approx
4:30pm We will start out with a brief Liondance, then a Kungfu
demonstartion of TaiChi, selfdefense applications, wushu basics,
sword/weaponsplay and a two person fighting set spear vs 3 sectioned
staff. Our finale will be a "free from" group weapons demonstration.
We are slated for two perfomances!

  Cheers!

  Mel

-- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Mel" <tonji152@...> wrote:
>
>
>  Hey Gang,
>
>  We've been tasked to perform a Martial arts demo in Riverside NJ
> on Sat Aug23rd to entertain at the annual Riverside Carshow called
> Riverview2008 which I agreed to do but learned later that several
key
> members of my team will be away on vacation and won't be back
intime
> for the demo which will be two separate half hr performances
starting
> at 6PM up on the main stage. The demo will go on no matter how few
come
> to help out but the more the better. Any Coach Li students as well
as
> past members of my team or even martial arts friends of this yahoo
> group are more than welcome which would really make things
interesting!
> We'll be practicing at the Bristol Nirvana location on Sunday
> afternoons and the Riverside NJ location on Monday and Thursday
> evenings up til the event date.
>
>  For more info email me or call my cell at 215 570 1723.
>
>  Mel
>

Hey Gang,

  We've been tasked to perform a Martial arts demo in Riverside NJ
on Sat Aug23rd to entertain at the annual Riverside Carshow called
Riverview2008 which I agreed to do but learned later that several key
members of my team will be away on vacation and won't be back intime
for the demo which will be two separate half hr performances starting
at 6PM up on the main stage. The demo will go on no matter how few come
to help out but the more the better. Any Coach Li students as well as
past members of my team or even martial arts friends of this yahoo
group are more than welcome which would really make things interesting!
We'll be practicing at the Bristol Nirvana location on Sunday
afternoons and the Riverside NJ location on Monday and Thursday
evenings up til the event date.

  For more info email me or call my cell at 215 570 1723.

  Mel

Hey gang,

  Its been a week and sorry for the late update The Weekend up in
Wantage NJ at Tai Chi Park was an amazing time had by all! We were
blessed with beautiful weather, Misquitos were a non issue! We were
expecting the worst and packed our bug spray but it was not necessary
I was happy to learn. I was stressing the week leading up to our trip
up when I learned that our Liondance team were expected to lead the
procession of guests to the memorial alter of Master Jou TsungHwa. We
never performed while moving before so I had to construct some sort of
Cart for the drum. I made several trips to Home Depot before I was
done but was successful in my design! Still it was quite challenging
trying to keep up with the the drum over the rough terrain and not
miss a beat! I got hung up on shrubbery quite a few times. The main
thing was that our tail dancer Shannon got hung up in traffic on the
way to the location and due to time constraints, we were forced to
commence without him! My stress levels were off the charts! It all
worked out however when Dr John Lee, whom I can't thank enough, came
to our rescue and jumped in under the Tail buying us time until
Shannon arrrived to take over and finish the dance to an appreciative
audience. Another highlight occurred on Sunday when I was asked to
perform in the group demonstration with the rest of the presenters and
masters in an unrehearesed mock battle of mixed Chinese weaponry which
I wielded the only 3 sectioned staff. Very catching and unique due to
its design of metal rods. It was an instant hit. Footage of the demo
has been posted on YOUTUBE.com. The link can be found on the side bar
under LINKS! Titled TaiChi park group demo08!

  Cheers!

  Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Pease"
<ericpease1@...> wrote:
>
> Wow, this sounds like a great venue. I hope you're all doing great.
> Hey, what ever happened to the chevy??
>
>
> On 7/7/08, Mel <tonji152@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey gang, I know this is very short notice but if you're free this
> > upcoming weekend of the 12th and 13th and looking to get away for a
> > great TaiChi martial arts related weekend I got just the thing! The
> > Team will be performing the opening ceremonies and leading the
> > procession to Master Jou Tsung Hwa's memorial alter at the famous 23
> > acre Tai Chi Park way up in Wantage NJ on the NY State border. There
> > will be martial arts demos and workshops of all types throughout the
> > weekend. I myself will be teaching two of them. one will be on Basic
> > Broadswrd and the other will be Introductiion to Liondance. Both will
> > be held on Sunday. For a list of the entire schedule of events and
> > more info about attending please go to www.joutsunghwa-taichipark.org
> > or call Dr Chris Viggiano 908.852.4829, The address of the location is
> > 818 Rt 23 Wantage Nj 07461
> > near the Sussex county NJ airport.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mel
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Eric Pease
>

Hey gang,

  Its been a week and sorry for the late update The Weekend up in
Wantage NJ at Tai Chi Park was an amazing time had by all! We were
blessed with beautiful weather, Misquitos were a non issue! We were
expecting the worst and packed our bug spray but it was not necessary
I was happy to learn. I was stressing the week leading up to our trip
up when I learned that our Liondance team were expected to lead the
procession of guests to the memorial alter of Master Jou TsungHwa. We
never performed while moving before so I had to construct some sort of
Cart for the drum. I made several trips to Home Depot before I was
done but was successful in my design! Still it was quite challenging
trying to keep up with the the drum over the rough terrain and not
miss a beat! I got hung up on shrubbery quite a few times. The main
thing was that our tail dancer Shannon got hung up in traffic on the
way to the location and due to time constraints, we were forced to
commence without him! My stress levels were off the charts! It all
worked out however when Dr John Lee, whom I can't thank enough, came
to our rescue and jumped in under the Tail buying us time until
Shannon arrrived to take over and finish the dance to an appreciative
audience. Another highlight occurred on Sunday when I was asked to
perform in the group demonstration with the rest of the presenters and
masters in an unrehearesed mock battle of mixed Chinese weaponry which
I wielded the only 3 sectioned staff. Very catching and unique due to
its design of metal rods. It was an instant hit. Footage of the demo
has been posted on YOUTUBE.com. The link can be found on the side bar
under LINKS! Titled TaiChi park group demo08!

  Cheers!

  Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Pease"
<ericpease1@...> wrote:
>
> Wow, this sounds like a great venue. I hope you're all doing great.
> Hey, what ever happened to the chevy??
>
>
> On 7/7/08, Mel <tonji152@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey gang, I know this is very short notice but if you're free this
> > upcoming weekend of the 12th and 13th and looking to get away for a
> > great TaiChi martial arts related weekend I got just the thing! The
> > Team will be performing the opening ceremonies and leading the
> > procession to Master Jou Tsung Hwa's memorial alter at the famous 23
> > acre Tai Chi Park way up in Wantage NJ on the NY State border. There
> > will be martial arts demos and workshops of all types throughout the
> > weekend. I myself will be teaching two of them. one will be on Basic
> > Broadswrd and the other will be Introductiion to Liondance. Both will
> > be held on Sunday. For a list of the entire schedule of events and
> > more info about attending please go to www.joutsunghwa-taichipark.org
> > or call Dr Chris Viggiano 908.852.4829, The address of the location is
> > 818 Rt 23 Wantage Nj 07461
> > near the Sussex county NJ airport.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mel
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Eric Pease
>

Hey gang,

  Its been a week and sorry for the late update The Weekend up in
Wantage NJ at Tai Chi Park was an amazing time had by all! We were
blessed with beautiful weather, Misquitos were a non issue! We were
expecting the worst and packed our bug spray but it was not necessary
I was happy to learn. I was stressing the week leading up to our trip
up when I learned that our Liondance team were expected to lead the
procession of guests to the memorial alter of Master Jou TsungHwa. We
never performed while moving before so I had to construct some sort of
Cart for the drum. I made several trips to Home Depot before I was
done but was successful in my design! Still it was quite challenging
trying to keep up with the the drum over the rough terrain and not
miss a beat! I got hung up on shrubbery quite a few times. The main
thing was that our tail dancer Shannon got hung up in traffic on the
way to the location and due to time constraints, we were forced to
commence without him! My stress levels were off the charts! It all
worked out however when Dr John Lee, whom I can't thank enough, came
to our rescue and jumped in under the Tail buying us time until
Shannon arrrived to take over and finish the dance to an appreciative
audience. Another highlight occurred on Sunday when I was asked to
perform in the group demonstration with the rest of the presenters and
masters in an unrehearesed mock battle of mixed Chinese weaponry which
I wielded the only 3 sectioned staff. Very catching and unique due to
its design of metal rods. It was an instant hit. Footage of the demo
has been posted on YOUTUBE.com. The link can be found on the side bar
under LINKS! Titled TaiChi park group demo08!

  Cheers!

  Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Pease"
<ericpease1@...> wrote:
>
> Wow, this sounds like a great venue. I hope you're all doing great.
> Hey, what ever happened to the chevy??
>
>
> On 7/7/08, Mel <tonji152@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey gang, I know this is very short notice but if you're free this
> > upcoming weekend of the 12th and 13th and looking to get away for a
> > great TaiChi martial arts related weekend I got just the thing! The
> > Team will be performing the opening ceremonies and leading the
> > procession to Master Jou Tsung Hwa's memorial alter at the famous 23
> > acre Tai Chi Park way up in Wantage NJ on the NY State border. There
> > will be martial arts demos and workshops of all types throughout the
> > weekend. I myself will be teaching two of them. one will be on Basic
> > Broadswrd and the other will be Introductiion to Liondance. Both will
> > be held on Sunday. For a list of the entire schedule of events and
> > more info about attending please go to www.joutsunghwa-taichipark.org
> > or call Dr Chris Viggiano 908.852.4829, The address of the location is
> > 818 Rt 23 Wantage Nj 07461
> > near the Sussex county NJ airport.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mel
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Eric Pease
>

Hey gang,

  Its been a week and sorry for the late update The Weekend up in
Wantage NJ at Tai Chi Park was an amazing time had by all! We were
blessed with beautiful weather, Misquitos were a non issue! We were
expecting the worst and packed our bug spray but it was not necessary
I was happy to learn. I was stressing the week leading up to our trip
up when I learned that our Liondance team were expected to lead the
procession of guests to the memorial alter of Master Jou TsungHwa. We
never performed while moving before so I had to construct some sort of
Cart for the drum. I made several trips to Home Depot before I was
done but was successful in my design! Still it was quite challenging
trying to keep up with the the drum over the rough terrain and not
miss a beat! I got hung up on shrubbery quite a few times. The main
thing was that our tail dancer Shannon got hung up in traffic on the
way to the location and due to time constraints, we were forced to
commence without him! My stress levels were off the charts! It all
worked out however when Dr John Lee, whom I can't thank enough, came
to our rescue and jumped in under the Tail buying us time until
Shannon arrrived to take over and finish the dance to an appreciative
audience. Another highlight occurred on Sunday when I was asked to
perform in the group demonstration with the rest of the presenters and
masters in an unrehearesed mock battle of mixed Chinese weaponry which
I wielded the only 3 sectioned staff. Very catching and unique due to
its design of metal rods. It was an instant hit. Footage of the demo
has been posted on YOUTUBE.com. The link can be found on the side bar
under LINKS! Titled TaiChi park group demo08!

  Cheers!

  Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Pease"
<ericpease1@...> wrote:
>
> Wow, this sounds like a great venue. I hope you're all doing great.
> Hey, what ever happened to the chevy??
>
>
> On 7/7/08, Mel <tonji152@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey gang, I know this is very short notice but if you're free this
> > upcoming weekend of the 12th and 13th and looking to get away for a
> > great TaiChi martial arts related weekend I got just the thing! The
> > Team will be performing the opening ceremonies and leading the
> > procession to Master Jou Tsung Hwa's memorial alter at the famous 23
> > acre Tai Chi Park way up in Wantage NJ on the NY State border. There
> > will be martial arts demos and workshops of all types throughout the
> > weekend. I myself will be teaching two of them. one will be on Basic
> > Broadswrd and the other will be Introductiion to Liondance. Both will
> > be held on Sunday. For a list of the entire schedule of events and
> > more info about attending please go to www.joutsunghwa-taichipark.org
> > or call Dr Chris Viggiano 908.852.4829, The address of the location is
> > 818 Rt 23 Wantage Nj 07461
> > near the Sussex county NJ airport.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mel
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Eric Pease
>

Hey gang, I know this is very short notice but if you're free this
upcoming weekend of the 12th and 13th and looking to get away for a
great TaiChi martial arts related weekend I got just the thing! The
Team will  be performing the opening ceremonies and leading the
procession to Master Jou Tsung Hwa's memorial alter at the famous 23
acre Tai Chi Park way up in Wantage NJ on the NY State border. There
will be martial arts demos and workshops of all types throughout the
weekend. I myself will be teaching two of them. one will be on Basic
Broadswrd and the other will be Introductiion to Liondance. Both will
be held on Sunday. For a list of the entire schedule of events and
more info about attending please go to www.joutsunghwa-taichipark.org
or call Dr Chris Viggiano 908.852.4829, The address of the location is
818 Rt 23 Wantage Nj 07461
near the Sussex county NJ airport.

  Cheers!

  Mel

Hey gang,

  The event last weekend in Atlantic city went well despite it also
being the Memorial day weekend. Thursday I hosted a firsttime ever
Liondance workshop! I had a great group of kids participating. They
got to see the lionhead up close, bang on the drum, gong and cymbals
as well as have their pictures taken with the gear. Unfortunately
they had too much fun it seems when the hotel staff advised us that
we were too loud and not to play the intruments anymore. We settled
for muffling the drum with some jackets. For the dinner banquet dance
we had a few new elements to the team when we lost our "Tail" dancer
Eric, a week or two earliar when he decided to relocate permanantly
back to California. Our Flagman Shannon stepped up in his stead.
Fortunately Shannon has danced as the tail before some years ago and
didn't take long to learn the new routine. We also had the much
needed new additon of Carol on cymbals who performed wonderfully on
very short notice for a very big event. I hope to have some pics up
very soon.

  Cheers!

  Mel


--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Mel" <tonji152@...>
wrote:
>
>
>  Hi Gang,
>
>  I've been invited to conduct an introductory workshop on Liondance
> and Kungfu as part of the North American Federation of Martial Arts
> (NAFMA) National tournament weekend. My portion of a series of
> workshops offered is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm Thursday. Our
> Liondance team will also be performing at the dinner Banquet Friday
> May23rd evening and opening ceremonies Saturday May 24th morning
for
> the competition. For more information and details go to
www.nafma.org
> and click seminar schedule on the sidebar.
>
>  Cheers!
>
>  Mel
>

Hi Gang,

  I've been invited to conduct an introductory workshop on Liondance
and Kungfu as part of the North American Federation of Martial Arts
(NAFMA) National tournament weekend. My portion of a series of
workshops offered is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm Thursday. Our
Liondance team will also be performing at the dinner Banquet Friday
May23rd evening and opening ceremonies Saturday May 24th morning for
the competition. For more information and details go to www.nafma.org
and click seminar schedule on the sidebar.

  Cheers!

  Mel

hey Gang,

  I just posted pics from the past weekend. Look in the albums section
titled WTCD08

  Enjoy!

  Mel