EVENTS and CLOSINGS
Closed July 4 Holiday- NO Classes Monday 5 July 2021
International Kuoshu Championships- July 23-25 2021 at Delta Hotel, Hunt Valley MD
COVID -19 Update
Dance Exchange is following County guidelines which will permit fitness studios to operate at 50% capacity. Vaccinated persons may train without masks if desired.
There is currently limited responses to the idea of returning to in-person training at the Dance Exchange. Push Hands will resume Thursday July 8 at Roda Movement (7;30-9;30 pm), located at 7014-A Westmoreland Avenue in Takoma Park, MD. All vaccinated participants are encouraged to attend regardless of experience or style. Temps will also be taken before being allowed to push
We are currently attempting to restart our classes at the Dance Exchange. We would like to start with Saturday classes-only, on an expanded schedule. We are looking at having the first Saturday of classes on Saturday July 24. UPDATE: Since COVID schedules have changed we now have a confirmed Start up date of September 11, 2021 at 10 am. The previous time slots have been given away since we were not coming in. We are asking to begin classes at 10 am in this order : Tai Chi form at 10 along with Kids Kung Fu. Push Hands class a 11am, Internal Self Defense at 12, Xing-I/ Bagua at 1pm and a possible Swordplay class at 2pm.
We would appreciate a timely response from all those who hadn’t responded to a headcount inquiry sent out a week ago to ensure that we have enough students committed to participating in order to create a new tenant lease with the DX. Please contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com to say whether you feel ready to get back to class or not.(you may text at 301-651-3617).
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. Summer is here and outdoor classes have become more fun and popular so if you’d like to schedule your outdoor lesson do so quickly because available time slots are disappearing rapidly!
TIEN SHAN PAI LEGACY TOURNAMENT
The Tien Shan Pai Legacy event was held at the Delta Hotel in Hunt Valley MD on June 6, 2021. As expected, the number of competitors was a little less than previous years’ but the COVID situation made that inevitable. The events spanned two ball rooms and proceeded in an orderly and efficient manner. The entire event was finished in about 4 hours and the judging was fair and those who did well were awarded appropriately.
The US Kuoshu Championships this year will include Qualifying divisions for the World Championships which are to take place next year. Our own Terance Nicholson and Stephen Genus, are current World Champions in Xing-I Chuan and Bagua Zhang respectively and we’d like to keep those championships (as well as in Tai Chi), within the family. Empty hand and weapons divisions are included as qualifying events. Those interested in competing this year should contact Paul so that we can clean details and progress skills so that we may be competitive with the varied competitors from other schools. Online registration is available now. (https://www.new.wu-kui-tang.com/ ).Info/ registration for the July Championships can be may also be obtained at www.usksf.org.
QUOTES of the Month
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is only one success- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
-Christopher Morely
Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
-Thomas Fuller
