2012
February 18-19 (17-18 Mar, 28-29 Apr, 23-24 Jun). Taiji For Two: Empty Hand, Sword, Fundamentals of Two-Person Work; Chen with Adriaan Blaaw & Jill Heath. Centre de Tai Chi Gilles Vaillant, 109 rue Wright, Gatineau QC. Contact Adriaan Blaauw ablaauw@sympatico.ca or Jill Heath jillmheath@earthlink.net.
March 10-11, 17-18 Di Guoyong will be conducting Xingyi Quan seminars at Nick Scrima's school in Dunedin Florida. For more information: http://diguoyongwushu.com/index.php/en/news
March 24 Andrea Falk will be teaching a xingyi seminar at the wushu centre in Quebec City. We will go over the basics of theory and practice and try to get through an introduction to the five element fists. Xingyi will be taught regularly (as monthly as possible) at the wushu centre as a seminar rather than weekly classes. Saturday, 1:30 to 5:30 pm. 880 Père Marquette. Email for information and to pre-register. The second seminar will be May 12th.
April 14-15 Andrea Falk will not be teaching Ma Gui bagua in Italy, near Venice, Italy. The Air Canada fee for changing a ticket was too high. Andrea will visit in November.
April 21-22 Andrea Falk seminar on MaGui bagua in Basingstoke, UK. We will be focussing on the dragon changes during the year of the dragon. Contact Neil to register.
April 21-22 Scott M. Rodell, Chinese swordsmanship in Toronto. Two day seminar on Chinese internal style swordsmanship (Fundamentals, Paired Drills, Freeplay). Open to beginners, advanced practitioners, from all styles and traditions. To learn more: http://youtu.be/R9VTu63NX5E. http://www.grtc.org/classes/chinese-swordsmanship-cirriculum/
April 28th, 10:00 am. World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2012. Welt Tai-Chi Tag. Wereld Tai-Chi Dag. Jour de Tai-Chi du monde. Ημέρα παγκόσμιου tai-Chi. Giorno Tai-Chi del mondo. Dia TAI-Chi do mundo. День Tai-Chi мира. Día Tai-Chi del mundo.
April 28-29 Andrea Falk seminar on MaGui bagua in Belfast, North Ireland. We will be focussing on the dragon changes during the year of the dragon. Contact Colin to register. Space is limited.
May 11-14 Sam Masich in Vancouver: 88 Yang Style Taiji Sanshou 88 Sparring Form. The 88 movement Yang-style Taijiquan two person traditional sparring routine is the bridge between push hands and taijiquan free sparring. Contact Michael Blackburn.
May 25-28 The 14th Annual Congress for QiGong & TCM will be held in Toronto Check the website: http://www.modernhealer.ca/14wcq/wcq.php?l=home
May 26th & 27th, 2012 Ziran Qigong Seminar. Liu Deming 5th generation lineage holder in the Ziran Men lineage will be coming to Barrie Ontario to share his vast wealth of internal arts knowledge. This two day seminar will cover: Ziran Qigong levels 1 & 2, as well as Taoist Tranquility Meditation. Liu Deming is the inheritor of the Ziran Men System, as well as an active researcher into Qigong. Ziran Qigong is a progressive set of exercises that retains all the original concepts and benefits associated with traditional Qigong, while using terms, expressions and a progression of practice that modern people can associate with and understand. “The main aim of Ziran Qigong is to obtain an understanding of one’s mind and body and the link between the two.” Once a good level of understanding has been gained, the Ziran Qigong practitioner can work at things such as alleviating stress by treating the mind and body as if it was a single unit. This may sound like an obvious thing to do, but this concept is rarely used in modern treatment practices. Following this philosophy, Ziran Qigong training concentrates and works to develop this link between mind and body. The seminar will be hosted by Barrie Tai Chi & Qigong (please visit our website at www.barrietaichi.com for location). This seminar will be limited to thirty students. To book early and guarantee your spot or for further information, please email us at: info@barrietaichi.com. For more information on Ziran Qigong and Master Liu please visit www.ziranqigong.com
Riverbank Push-Hands Days for 2012:
Sunday, 2012 Mar 04,
Sunday, 2012 Apr 15,
Sunday, 2012 May 20,
Sunday, 2012 Jun 24,
Sunday, 2012 Jul 22,
Sunday, 2012 Aug 05,
Sunday, 2012 Sep 16,
Sunday, 2012 Oct 14,
Sunday 2012 Nov 18,
Sunday, 2012 Dec 09.
"For those who haven’t come in the past, we hold all the Push-Hands Days here at Riverbank, rain or shine. The address is 4126 River Road West, Delta, BC, Canada, V4K 1R8 and our home phone number is 604. 946. 4983. Diane’s cell-phone is 604.868.2396. There is no charge for attending but most people bring a snack that they can share. We will keep the tea pot on and supply lots of cool drinks when the weather is hot. Riverbank is a ‘Drug and Alcohol-free Zone’, and yes, nicotine is a drug.
Anyone who is interested in practicing two-person martial arts based on relaxation and the laws of gravity should come. We have enjoyed the company of everyone from masters to total beginners. Many people have had some background in an Internal Martial Art but we have also had wonderful visits from ‘hard stylists’, ‘full-contact improv dancers’, and people who have never even seen T’ai Chi practiced before they arrived at Riverbank. Bring open minds and remember that the only rule here is that if you break your ‘toy’, you will not be given another one to play with. The greatest gift any martial artist can have is a good training partner! Take good care of one another.
If you would like a pick-up from the Tsawassen Ferries or from the Ladner Bus Depot please phone us ahead of time so that we can find out what time you will arrive. There is plenty of on-street parking here but we’d love to see people saving gas and sharing rides.
These events start at 1:00 pm and go to around 6:00 pm. At 7:00 pm we usually go to Danny’s Wun Tun House in Ironwood Shopping Centre at No. 5 Road andSteveston Hwy in Richmond for a tasty Chinese meal. If you can’t attend the Push-Hands but would like to come for dinner, please phone us ahead of time so that we can reserve a table with lots of room for everyone.
If you need directions to Riverbank or would like to know anything else about Push-Hands Days or our regularly scheduled lessons on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, please call us for more information or send us an email at riverbank@telus.net.
We are looking forward to another wonderful year of Push-Hands. These events started in 1994 and this year we will be celebrating our 100th Riverbank Push-Hands Day on 2012 Jun 24! Come and be part of the excitement in this year of the Water Dragon.
Diane Kehoe & John Eastman, Riverbank, Ladner, BC"