HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
SPECIAL EVENTS/ CLOSINGS
Tai Chi Push Hands Gathering December 10, 2023 2-6 PM
CLOSED – December 24, 2022- January 1, 2023
Classes Resume January 2, 2023
QUARTERLY PUSH HANDS GATHERING
This quarterly Push Hands Gathering has been taking place in the Rockville area for over 25 years. Originally hosted by the late great Cheng Man Ching stylist David Chen, the event has been a looked forward to event by all styles of Tai Chi practitioners since the very beginning. Upon Sifu Chen’s passing in 2005 his wife Sifu Joanne Chang has continued the tradition and has maintained a high standard of participants with periodic guest Masters attending to add their knowledge to the group. It will take place at the Tai Chi court located at Cabin John Park at 7400Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda MD from 2-6 PM,
CHILDREN’S PROGRAM TO RESTART IN JANUARY
The Children’s Kung Fu Class plans to continue Saturdays from 12 noon to 1 PM. The Shaolin based Kung Fu program will be taught by Lao Shr Jeff Bandy who assisted Terance Nicholson for several years in our pre-covid Children’s’ classes. Its goals are to develop focus, concentration, memory, and attaining skill in the arts. January 14, 2022 will be the first class and interested families should reserve their space asap. There is a class size minimum of 4 students for this class to take place. Call 301-651-3617 for more information or to reserve your child’s place in the class.
HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE
As is our usual custom, we will not hold classes the last week of December. There will be no classes held either in person or via Zoom from December 24, 2022-January 1, 2023. Classes are scheduled to resume Monday January 2, 2023.
We want to wish everyone, no matter what holidays you celebrate or whether you do not celebrate at all, a contented and healthy holiday season. Let us hope that Covid issues will continue to recede and not remain a health concern during 2023.
THURSDAY NIGHT PUSH HANDS
- We’re still working our Tai Chi principles each Thursday evening.
Join us this or subsequent Thursdays at Roda Movement (7014 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912), between 7:30-9:30 PM. Masks worn to facilitate safety. All invited! The only fee is your desire to manifest Tai Chi principles in motion with your training partners.
DANCE EXCHANGE SATURDAY CLASSES
Tai Chi form and basics at 10 am.
Push Hands class at 11am
Private Lessons in all subjects at 12 pm.
The Tai Chi form and Basics group class at the Clear Circle Gaithersburg school continues Monday mornings from 10:30-11:30am.
Private in-person classes are also available in Gaithersburg for single persons or small group classes (up to 4 people). These classes are scheduled at times convenient to the instructor and the students involved.
Masks may be required to participate in close distance classes.
Questions? contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com
ALSO
Private/ Semi -private, In Person, or Zoom classes in form, (Tai Chi, Xing-I, Bagua), conditioning, theory, history, principles and in Qigong/ meditation now scheduling for the year beginning January 2023
Instruction will usually be conducted inside or outside of the Clear Circle location. Contact Paul via email or phone (301-651-3617) to discuss options.
The Zoom Sitting Guided Qigong class meets online each Friday from 12 noon to 1 PM. Contact Paul for links or for questions.
QUOTES OF THE MONTH
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
— Chinese proverb
I would suggest that the whole imposing edifice of modern medicine, for all its breathtaking successes is, like the celebrated Tower of Pisa — slightly off balance.
– King Charles III
Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.
– Ann Patchett