September 2022 WST NEWS


SPECIAL EVENTS/ CLOSINGS


SCHOOL CLOSED – Labor Day Weekend, September 2-5, 2022- No classes

Autumn Moon Festival- September 10, 2022

NO CLASSES SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10- Dance Exchange event

US Challenge Championships, October 1 & 2, 2022, Washington Education Zone Wagner Hall, Lanham MD

SWORD APPLICATION WORKSHOP- October 8, 2022 -at Roda Movements 2-6 pm , Takoma Park MD

AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL

In China, the Mid-Autumn festival celebrates through family reunion and on this day, all families appreciate the Moon in the evening. This is because it’s the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar-solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest.

The Mid-autumn Festival (or Zhong Qiu Jie in Mandarin), also known as the Mooncake Festival. Farmers traditionally brought in their harvest to celebrate with families and friends and to be thankful for another year of their fruitful bounty. This year it falls on September 10 and is celebrated in the US and in Asian countries around the world.

INTRO TO SWORD FIGHTING SEMINAR-

Due to many last minute vacations and schedule changes the Combat Sword Play workshop has been rescheduled to October 8, 2022 at Roda Movement Center from 2-6 PM at Roda Movements in Takoma Park MD. See you then! Bring a sword and eye protection. Call 301-651-3617 for more info


THURSDAY NIGHT PUSH HANDS

- is Bigger and better than it has been since pre-COVID times. Masks worn to facilitate safety.

Join us this or subsequent Thursdays at Roda Movement (7014 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912), between 7:30-9:30 PM. All invited! No Charge!


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 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 may be required to participate in these classes and will follow Government mandate.

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.

QUOTES OF THE MONTH

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.

Confucius


Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it.

Gilda Rafner


It’s not the daily increase but the daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.
Bruce Lee