JUDGES SEMINARS Program 2008.

WU STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN JUDGES TRAINING.

GARY WRAGG- London, Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy, Bethnal Green - Sunday - February 17th 2008.

CONTENT, The standard 54 form WU STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN COMPETITION ROUND FORM.
11am-4pm.
£40, including buffet lunch.

For bookings contact, email Gary or by telephone/fax, 02070333993, or by post, to Sifu Gary Wragg, Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy, Unit 2a, 1st Floor, 449-453 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 9QH.

Chen Style Judges Seminar

Liming Yue - south of Manchester - March 8th

As part of the Judges Training Programme organized by the Tai Chi Union, Master Liming Yue will give a Chen Style Tai Chi day in Manchester on Saturday March 8th 2008. The main emphasis of the day is for participants to be familiarized with the main criteria of the first 15 movements of Laojia (old frame) form with all participants learning form over the seminar. This seminar is suitable for the instructors who is interested in being a qualified Judge in the future competitions in the UK and European. There will be a Chinese lunch on the day and it is included within the price.
Saturday 8th March 2008 : 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Contact: Master Liming Yue 0161 2737138
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Tai Chi Centre - Manchester, UK

Competition Pushing Hands

Gary Wragg Bethnal Green, Wu's Academy, London. May 11th

As part of the Tai Chi Union Judging Programme, learn and practice how to judge and referee pushing hands competition. Includes fixed step, restricted step and moving step, plus the roles of the main referee and foot judges. Opportunities to push these skill into practice will be available at the forthcoming competition in London.

For bookings contact, email Gary or by telephone/fax, 02070333993, or by post, to Sifu Gary Wragg, Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy, Unit 2a, 1st Floor, 449-453 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 9QH.

The London Competition for Traditional Tai Chi Chuan, Queensbridge Sports Centre, Hackney London. June 7th

A new competition for forms and push hands. Forms will be judged within styles, rather than in mixed-style categories and the judging will be led by international experts from the Tai Chi Union. Pushing hands competition will be with fixed feet, restricted step and moving step.
Participants of the TCUGB Judging Seminar Series running since 2005 are particularly invited as there will be opportunities to practice judging in a supervised setting.

Entry closes on May 16th. Application and rules online or contact, email Gary or by telephone/fax, 02070333993, or by post, to Sifu Gary Wragg, Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy, Unit 2a, 1st Floor, 449-453 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 9QH.

Judges Seminar - 32 Step Yang Style Tai Chi Sword

Faye Li Yip Coseley Leisure Centre Birmingham August 30th

on 11am - 4pm Saturday August 30th 2008
Cost: £40 per person

Seminar Description:
Tai Chi Jian (sword) is one of the most representational apparatus of Tai Chi Training. It is not only demonstrates the centreness, gracefullness and continunity of Tai Chi Quan, but also expresses the agility, increditability and beauty of traditional Chinese Sword Play.

32 Step Yang Style Sword routine was structured on the basis of Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi Sword by GM Li Tian Ji (Faye Li Yip's Grand Unle), with the aim of making easier for beginners to master basic skills in sword fencing. This routine was also examined and approved by the Chinese National Sports Council.

We will cover 13 sword techniques as they appeared in the form, study their meanings and applications.

Contact Faye Li Yip