Closings and Special Events
No Classes during Holiday break- December 24, 2021-January 2, 2022
Happy Holidays !!
WORKSHOP SERIES to begin in January 2022
This series will address various aspects of energy cultivation, Internal Push Hands and/ or self defense methods, swordplay, and internal forms from Tai Chi, Xing-I, or Bagua. We will begin in January (dates to be announced), and the series will continue every other month for at least a six month interval. As of now they will take place at Roda Movements in Takoma Park, MD.
The first topic will be on the Eight Methods from Yang Tai Chi Chuan. It will include learning the 8 training methods that work the physical aspects of Peng (ward off), Lu (rollback), Ji (press), Ahn (push), Tchai (bring down), Lie (rend or split), Zou (elbow stroke), and Kao (shoulder stroke). The workshop will look at the energetic aspects as well as the self defense applications of these 8 methods. To reserve your space or ask questions contact Paul at 301-651-3617. Please note that the workshop will be limited to no more than 20 participants so if you are interested in attending confirm your presence on the list ASAP.
CHILDREN'S KUNG FU restarts in JANUARY
Lao Shr Jeff Bandy will be resuming the children's Kung Fu program on January 8, 2022 at 10-11 AM at the Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, MD. Persons interested in getting more info or in registering should contact he or Paul Ramos to secure a place in this Shaolin Kung Fu program.
COVID -19 Update
Push Hands has resumed on Thursdays (7:30-9:30 pm), at Roda Movement located at 7014-A Westmoreland Avenue in Takoma Park, MD. Participants should be vaccinated, and temperatures will be taken prior to push hands play. Masks are being worn at present. Should the COVID variant continue to sweep though the area we will make changes as necessary. . If you have any questions contact Paul at 301-651-3617 for clarification.
Classes at the Dance Exchange have resumed on Saturdays
Tai Chi form and basics at 10 am .
Push Hands class at 11am
Combined Internal Self Defense, Xing-I/ Bagua at 12 pm.
Please contact Paul if you will be attending any of these classes so that we can have an accurate head count.
Masks and taking temperatures are required to participate in these classes
We plan to eventually have a second day of classes at the O’Day- Parcelli Training Center (if there is sufficient interest), located on Nicholson St NW on Thursdays from 6-8 pm. Further updates on this to be given as all elements are confirmed.
Please contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com to say whether you feel ready to get back to class or not.
Also, we continue to offer Zoom classes in form, theory, history, principles and in Qigong/ meditation. There are also students who come to Gaithersburg to do private outdoor or indoors instruction in or outside of the Clear Circle location. Contact Paul via email or phone (301-651-3617) to discuss options. Winter is here so many classes will be held indoors unless the weather is good on any particular day..
Quotes of the month
The difference between misery and happiness depends upon what we do with our attention.
- Sharon Salzberg
Happiness depends upon being free and being free depends upon being courageous.
- Pericles
I am in debt not only to people; there is the whole of nature as well. The animals that walk the earth, the birds in the skies, the trees and flowers, they have all told me some of their secrets.
- Selma Lagerlöf, 1909, Nobel prize winner in Literature