Join us as either a spectator or a competitor this year!
THURSDAY NIGHT PUSH HANDS
- is Bigger and better than it has been since pre-COVID times.
Join us this or subsequent Thursdays at Roda Movement (7014 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912), between 7:30-9:30 PM
DANCE EXCHANGE CLASSES CONTINUE on SATURDAYS
Tai Chi form and basics at 10 am .
Push Hands class at 11am
Private Lessons in all subjects at 12 pm.
Tai Chi form and Basics group class at the Gaithersburg school continues to move forward on 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 and taking temperatures are required to participate in these classes until Government mandates cease..
Please contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com to say whether you feel ready to get back to class whether in person or via Zoom online instruction.
We continue to offer Zoom classes in form, (Tai Chi, Xing-I, Bagua), conditioning, 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. There is also an ongoing Zoom Sitting Guided Meditation class that meets online each Friday from 12 noon to 1 PM. Contact Paul for links or for questions.
Tien Shan Pai 2022 Legacy Tournament
This invitation-only event will be happening this year at the Delta Hotel in Hunt Valley Maryland. This is considered at tune up event for the US Kuoshu Federations’ large yearly National level event which takes place at the same venue during the last weekend in July. It is a good place to compete in a new form or one that is being worked on to obtain feedback from judges.
If you are competing this Summer this tune -up event should not be missed. Talk to Paul to get more info on competition or judging. There will be no on paper registration so go to website to register to compete or to get more info on this event. https://tienshanpai.org/legacy-tournament/
QUOTES OF THE MONTH
Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing. Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) in "Parks and Recreation"
Luck is not chance —It's Toil —Fortune's expensive smile is earned —
Poem 350 – Emily Dickinson
Courage is the price that life exacts for peace Amelia Earhart