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Welcome to Our New Members
I would like to welcome all new members who have recently joined Yang Family Tai Chi. Thank you for joining us and welcome to our tai chi family! I am happy you have chosen to join us and hope that you feel welcome and receive great value from your membership.
I hope that all members will have a long and fulfilling relationship with our association. For those members who have been with us through the years, I appreciate that you have chosen to stay with us as we continue to spread tai chi chuan worldwide to help humankind.
Sincerely,
Master Yang Jun
President
Happy Birthday!
In August, Grandmaster Yang Zhenduo celebrated his 93 birthday! He and his wife met with a group of tai chi practitioners who live in his apartment building. They were celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their tai chi group and also celebrated GM Yang's birthday. Later, family gathered for a birthday lunch.
Symposium
From May 25 – 29, 2019, the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Foundation will host the 2019 International Tai Chi Chuan Symposium in Selvino, Italy. Six leading tai chi chuan grandmasters, representing the traditional styles of Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu (Hao), Sun and He tai chi chuan will share their outstanding experience and skill so that tai chi chuan practitioners can continue to benefit from the practice of this unique art and teach others too. There will also be an academic program focused on research on the health benefits of tai chi chuan and a tournament for Yang style tai chi chuan practitioners. This is the first time ever for such a tai chi event in Europe and an opportunity that all tai chi practitioners will not want to miss.
More information will become available soon through our symposium website and a symposium news bulletin emailed to members.
Datong Tai Chi Forum
A tai chi forum was held in Datong, China near the end of July. Masters from a variety of tai chi styles participated in the event which included speeches and tai chi demonstrations. The masters also visited a children's school in a low income area and shared tai chi chuan with the children.
Photo below from left to right: Wen Qunbin (reporter), He Youlu, Zhong Zhenshan, Yang Jun, Wu Shijun, Kang Gewu, Chen Bin, Zhang Maoqing, Zhou Zhanfang, Liu Hongqi (reporter).
The masters also donated tai chi books and other tai chi supplies to people in a nearby village. Photo below: Master Yang Jun with the head official in charge of the village.
Yunnan Province YFTCC Research Institute
On August 5, a celebration took place for the establishment of the Yunnan Province Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Research Institute. This is a non-profit organization that will partner with Yunnan Province to promote Yang Family Tai Chi in that province.
Photo: Administrative committee members of the research institute.
Photo: Master Yang Jun with Yunnan government official
Chinese Journal
Yang Family Tai Chi celebrated the publishing of our new Chinese journal on August 19. The journal will be published twice per year. It is a different publication from our English journal, with different articles. Zhang Hanqiao (in photo with GM Yang Jun) is the editor.
Tournament at Mount Tai
Yang Family Tai Chi practitioners participated in an international wushu tournament held at Mount Tai on August 23. The next day, the group climbed the mountain with GM Yang Jun.
Mount Tai is one of the Five Great Mountains of China. These five mountains are arranged according to the five directions: north, south, east, west, and center. Mount Tai is the eastern mountain and is located in Shandong province, near the city of Tai'an.
Photos below: Master Yang Jun with his son Jason.
TTM-1
The United States Teacher Academy conducted a successful Teacher Training Method-1 (TTM-1) seminar September 1-3, 2018 in Danbury, CT. GM Yang Jun presented the Yang Family Tai Chi Essentials, with in-depth study of the 10 Principles. US Teacher Academy faculty, Holly Sweeney-Hillman (Yang Yahui) presented Anatomy and Bio Mechanics. Bill Walsh (Yang Pin Fang) presented Tai Chi Pedagogy. Audi Peal (Yang Yabo), presented Push Hands Basics. At the seminar, 13 participants received certificates; among them 10 obtained renewed certificates.
Grandmaster Yang Jun's Seminar Schedule
Seminar in Redmond, Washington, USA
Grandmaster Yang Jun taught an Essential Hand Form seminar June 16-17 at the Seattle/Redmond Yang Family Tai Chi Center. Center Directors: Master Yang Jun and Nancy Lucero
Instructor Training in Kunming, China
Grandmaster Yang Jun taught two instructor training seminars in Kunming this summer. One was held July 6-10; the other from July 13-17.
Disciple Training Seminar in Datong, China
At the end of July, Grandmaster Yang Jun taught a disciple training seminar in Datong for his grandfather's disciples.
Seminar in Taiyuan, China
Grandmaster Yang Jun taught a hand form seminar in Taiyuan from August 17-19.
Disciple Training Seminar in Taiyuan, China
Grandmaster Yang Jun taught a 2-person form seminar for his disciples from August 20-22. Grandmaster Yang Zhenduo and his wife Hu Ruidi visited students during the seminar.
Seminar in Eugene, Oregon, USA
The Eugene Yang Family Tai Chi Center held a hand form and push hands seminar with Grandmaster Yang Jun from September 8-9. Center Directors: James Fox and Greg Moore.
Interview with Fang Hong
© Ana Horta
Ana Horta (São Paulo YCF Center), recorded a video interview with Fang Laoshi, wife of Grandmaster Yang Jun, during a recent seminar in Brazil. The interview, in which Fang Laoshi discusses learning tai chi, teaching tai chi, and her family, is posted on Ana's blog. WATCH VIDEO
Arthritis Foundation Demonstration
On June 3, students from the Seattle/Redmond Yang Family Tai Chi Center performed a tai chi demonstration at the Arthritis Foundation Health Fair in Renton, WA.
Tai Chi Tournament in France
In June, the French Federation organized a new edition of the Europa Tai Chi Championship in Paris. This event gathered together more than 300 European participants. We appreciated the great diversity of different styles of tai chi chuan. It was a great opportunity to represent the Yang Family Tai Chi, demonstrate the quality of our traditional practices and meet the leaders of the French Federation to set up a future collaboration.
Our teams representing Yang Family France were successful and received three bronze medals (weapons and bare hands) and many individual medals. Video: https://youtu.be/vhmuxzGeAhs
More than a competition, it was above all a space of meeting and sharing and an opportunity to perfect the essential form.
Thierry Huguet
Director of the Toulouse Yang Family Tai Chi Center
Saber Seminar with Andy Lee - November 10-11, 2018
Andy Lee, Senior Instructor and Director of the East Brunswick Yang Family Tai Chi Center will teach a saber seminar the weekend of November 10-11, 2018. Yang Family Tai Chi students and instructors can earn 6 credits per day or 12 credits total. Documentation to meet requirements of attendance will be provided. Bring your own saber!
DATES: Saturday & Sunday, November 10 and 11, 2018
TIMES: 10 am to 4:00 pm -- 6 hours each day with a working lunch break (Bring your lunch.)
LOCATION: The East Brunswick Firehouse —Robert Frey Hall, 216 Joseph
Street, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
PRICE: For members: $50 a day or $100 for both days (registration fee
included). For non-members: $55.00 a day or $110 for both days (registration fee
included).
For more information, please contact Andy Lee at taichi@taichiusa.com.
Seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina
On August 11, in the city of Buenos Aires, Instructor Leonardo Ratto (Yang Yamin) taught a seminar on "Martial Foundations of Tai Chi Chuan". The seminar was organized by the Mendocine School of Tai Chi Chuan and Wu Ji Space.
New School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Davi Garritano, disciple of Grandmaster Yang Jun, has opened a school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil called Wulong. He regularly offers tai chi classes. If you would like more information, please visit his website: www.wulong.com.br.
Journal Gem
Journal Gem
"80th Birthday Interview with Master Yang Zhenduo" (By Dave Barrett). Issue #18 (Winter 2006), pages 4-8.
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Carolyn Fung, Editor
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The next issue of Connections will be published in December 2018. Please send any announcements to me at carolyn@yangfamilytaichi.com by November 17, 2018.
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