Summer:
International Tai Chi Chuan Symposium
will be held in Nashville Tennessee, from July 5 to July 10.
Vanderbilt University will host this historic event. World’s
foremost authorities including grandmasters, medical doctors and
researchers will present and lecture on findings related to efficacy
of Tai Chi Chuan on quality of life and physical functions. Tat will
report on this event.
Spring: World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD) will take place on
Saturday, April 25 from 10 a. m. to 11 a. m. Tai Chi Shi Nan will
commemorate this event with a gathering on the Manitoba Legislative
Ground. Participants will meet at the back garden, facing the
Assiniboine River. Everyone is welcome and invited to attend this
free and open event. Come and join hundreds of millions of people to
take part in this global healing event.
WTCQD celebration continues as
Tai Chi Shi Nan offers free and open Tai Chi workshops to students
and the public. These workshops are to be held on Saturdays, June
13, 20 and 27, from 7 p. m. to 8 p. m. at the Lyrics Theatre,
Assiniboine Park. Everyone in welcome and invited.
Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre is
offering Tai Chi to promote staff wellness. Tai Chi Shi Nan has been
selected to provide instruction and support. Classes are held on
Tuesdays (noon) and Thursdays (late afternoon).
Starting dates for Tai Chi
Sessions are tentatively scheduled as follows: week of January
18, April 12, August 23 and November 1. Please contact Tat to
confirm.
2008
April:
World Tai Chi and QiGong Day (WTCQD) gathering
will take place from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, on Saturday,
April 26, 2008, at the Buskers Lookout (see
map) at The Forks. Bring a friend or two, they will
appreciate your expression of caring.
2008 is a special year as it marks
the tenth anniversary of this global event. 2008 marks the third
consecutive years that the students of Tai Chi Shi Nan celebrate
this global event at The Forks by inviting the public to join in a
free practice of tai chi.
WTCQD celebration continues in Winnipeg
as Tai Chi Shi Nan offers Free Tai Chi Workshops to students and the
public to be held on Sundays, May 4, and May 11, 2008,
at 10 AM, at the Buskers Lookout.
2007
August:
New Fall Session begins on
Thursday, August 9th for 8 weeks. Please see the Classes
section for times and locations.
The Canada Day Celebration in
Thunder Bay was like no other. Can you imagine over 140 people
practicing Tai Chi at the lakeshore in front of the Sleeping Giant,
celebrating this most important date of our nation? Tat Lui was in
attendance…Can you pick him out from the crowd? Please view Peng
You Tai Ji website for photos.
The World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
(WTCQGD) was celebrated in Winnipeg at the Fork’s Market on
Saturday, April 28 2007. Thank you to all those who attended. Please
see Gallery for photos.
February:
WTCQGD gathering will take place
from 10:00 - 11:00 AM at Buskers Lookout (see
map) at The Forks. Please bring a friend or two.
New Session will begin on
Thursday, March 29.
Tai Chi Under The Sun: Please
come out and have fun on Sunday, May 6 and 13, 10:00 - 11:00 AM at
Buskers Lookout (see map) at The
Forks.
January:
The World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
(WTCQGD) will be held on Saturday, April 28 2007, worldwide. Tat Lui
and his students are planning some public activities to mark this
occasion.
WTCQGD entails Tai Chi and
Qigong groups gathering at 10 AM local time to exhibit Tai Chi and
Qigong to the world. In the words of WTCQGD founder, Bill Douglas, the
purposes of staging this historic event is:
1) To educate the world (to the
profound implications of Tai Chi and Qigong)
2) To thank the Chinese culture
3) To improve world relations
4) To provide a mighty example (of empowerment).
Please bookmark this day. Check this
website for further announcements. Come, enjoy and have fun!
2006:
The Second International Forum on
Taijiquan was held between July 17-21, in Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada. For the first time ever on Canadian soil were
Grandmasters: Chen Zhenglei, Yang Zhenduo, Wu Wenhan, Eddie Wu Kwong
Yu, Sun Yongtian and Zeng Nailang. All are living legendary figures in
Tai Chi. The Forum was an event of a lifetime.
Over two hundred people from around the
world came to Thunder Bay for the 2006 Forum. In addition to the
grandmasters and other delegations from China and the organizers and
government representatives, there were Tai Chi practioners from
Winnipeg and Calgary, from Dallas, Minnesota and Connecticut, from
Mexico City and Perth, Australia. Can you just imagine, talking, doing
and thinking about nothing else but Tai Chi, for four entire days.
Kudos to the organizers and the volunteers for keeping every
distraction away from the participants.
The Sleeping Giant of Thunder Bay
blessed the Forum with sunshine, but reminded everyone of the yin yang
forces in nature with a heavy rain on part of the last day of the
Forum.
Scientific data were presented at the
Forum verifying the interests of the medical community on Tai Chi and
gave evidence confirming Tai Chi’s various health benefits. The
agility and youthfulness of the grandmasters and other participants at
the Forum gave further concluding testimonies that Tai Chi can improve
the quality of life of people of all ages.
The 2006 Taiji Forum reaffirms one’s
commitment to go beyond persistently practicing Tai Chi and to take on
an active role in promoting Tai Chi to every corner of the world.
