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TongRen May 2013 Volume 20, Issue 2

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In this issue: Putting the TongRen

5 CTF 2013 Annual General in your Taiji since 1988 th Meeting on June 8 , 2013: Note date change from June 15th The Canadian Taijiquan Federation is now on Facebook! 7 CTF T-shirt Contest Winner Please look for us there and “Like” us.

Harmony of the Spiritual 11 TongRen is published by the and the Physical by Simon Hu Canadian Taijiquan Federation

14 Healing with Qigong (Spring) www.canadiantaijiquanfederation.ca by Joh Friedrich

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CTF, 2013 Annual General Meeting, June 8th 5 Correction! (AGM is on June 8th, not on June 15th) 5 From the Editors 6 - 8 Renewing Your Membership Online: Tricks and Tips 6 Looking ahead to the next issue 6 T-shirt Contest Winner! 7 Articles & Advertisements 9 - 18 Canada: An Integral Link in a Global Tai Chi and Qigong Bill Douglas & 9 Movement Angela Wong Douglas Looking back at the previous issue of TongRen… 11 Harmony with the Spiritual and Physical Simon Hu 11 Weapon Storage 101 (con’t from February 2013 issue of Jill Heath 12 TongRen) Get your CTF t-shirts! Advertisement 13 Healing with Qi Gong (Spring) Joh Friedrich 14 Training Tip Nick Gracenin 18 Milestones 19 - 22 CTF Teachers Certification: Nic Van Burek 19 Honoured Sam Masich 20 The Wave: News from our Members 23-30 From El Salvador Nic Van Burek 23 Taiji’s unique cultural heritage Wang Yen-nien 25 Chinese New Year 2013 Celebration Jill Heath 25 at Cold Mountain – Year of the Snake Chung-jen Chang workshop group photo, Toronto ON 29 Greetings again from Kelowna! Hajime Naka 29 Workshops and Events in Canada 31-32 Workshops and Events outside Canada 32-33 CTF Membership Form 35 Iching-hexagram-13 Iching-hexagram-13 7/15/09 4:20 PM 7/15/09 4:20 PM

The next issue of TongRen will be published in August 2013. Submission deadline: 1 July 2013.

Editors: Jill Heath [email protected]; Patricia Beretta [email protected].

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TongRen is the 13th hexagram of the I-Ching (Yijing) Iching-hexagram-13 Meaning ‘Fellowship’ or ‘Sameness with people’. 7/15/09 4:20 PM

“Sameness with people means other people and oneself are one. As for the qualities of the hexagram, above is heaven, strong, and below is 同人 fire, luminous: employing strength with illumination, making illumination effective by strength, being truthful within and adept without, developing oneself and others as well, it is therefore called sameness with people.” The Taoist I Ching (trans. Thomas Cleary, Shambala Publications, 1986 ISBN 0-87773-352-X bk

TongRen provides a forum for the discussion, TongRen fournit un forum en vue de discuter, expression, and experience of Taijiquan and exprimer et vivre le Taijiquan et ses domaines related subjects. Articles, reports on events, connexes. Articles, reportages, activités, biographies, letters, book reviews, poems, biographies, lettres, critiques de livres, poèmes, illustrations, scholarly research, and philosophical illustrations, textes savants et réflexions musings are welcomed. Please email submissions philosophiques sont les bienvenus. Veuillez for consideration for publication in TongRen to soumettre tout matériel à fin de publication à one of the editors. l’une des rédactrices de TongRen.

TongRen is published quarterly: February, May, TongRen est publié quatre fois par an, en février, August, November. Submissions must be mai, août et novembre. Toute soumission doit être received by the first day of the preceding month reçue avant le premier du mois qui précède la to be included. The editor reserves the right to date de publication. La rédaction se réserve le determine the content of each issue. Priority is droit de décider du contenu de chaque numéro. given to content submitted by CTF members. Une priorité est accordée au contenu soumis par les membres de la FCT.

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All members of the Canadian Taijiquan Federation (CTF) receive its quarterly journal, TongRen, and have access to previous issues online. Annual membership is $35 for individuals, $50 for families. Your support to the CTF is important to the Canadian Taiji community. Thank you!

To become a member (or renew), go to http://www.canadiantaijiquanfederation.ca and choose ‘Join the CTF’ (or donate) on the left menu bar for online registration and payment. To register by mail, see TongRen’s last page for our membership application and mail your completed form and cheque to:

Canadian Taijiquan Federation P.O. Box 32055, London ON N5V 5K4 Canada

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Join the CTF Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 8th, 2013, in Hamilton, Ontario

This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Canadian TaijiQuan Federation will be held on Saturday, June 8th, at the Wellwood Juravinski House, 501 Sanatorium Road in Hamilton, Ontario.

After the AGM, and the first meeting of the new Board of Directors, we will enjoy Internal Arts performances and demonstrations. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and be heard by the CTF and our Canadian Tai-Chi community. Join in the festivities, see expert Tai-Chi demos and enjoy a convivial time with Tai-Chi friends new and old.

The program is as follows:

1:00 - 2:00pm Annual General Meeting (CTF Members) 2:00 - 3:00pm Push Hands Free Play Zone FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC 3:00 - 4:30pm Martial Arts Demonstrations FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC 5:30pm Group dinner at a restaurant afterwards.

Vendor Area . Membership Table

Please note that the Wellwood Juravinski House is a scent-free, non-smoking facility.

Correction!

In our last issue (February 2013), we announced the CTF AGM date as Saturday, June 15th. Due to a double-booking at Wellwood Juravinski House, we have moved the AGM a week earlier, to Saturday, June 8th. Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to seeing you there!

Your CTF Board

5 Tongren – May 2013 From the editors

Renewing Your Membership Online: Tricks and Tips

Having trouble renewing your membership online via the CTF website? Please let us know!

Try these tips, below.

Want to take care of the business of renewal without logging in to either the members section OR paypal? You can do that! Click on the ‘donate’ link on the left-hand side of the CTF homepage. Write in the ‘comments’ section that you’re renewing a CTF membership (include the person’s name) and we’ll take care of the rest!

To avoid using paypal…

Look on the left side of the paypal page for these sentences (below).

Don't have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account (where available).

Then just click on the ‘continue’ button next to it, to use your credit card without going through paypal.

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Looking ahead to the next issue…

In our August 2013 issue we’ll put the spotlight on Jian Hua Taiji Jian, also known as 32 Form Taiji Sword Routine. Both widely taught and practiced, it’s a relative youngster amongst Taiji forms. The first instructional material was published only in 1957 as a wall chart (and first in English in the 80’s). Many schools use it as their basis for sword training and, like its sister the 24 empty hand routine, variations abound. Here we will take a look at it as it was first presented, by China’s State Physical and Culture and Sports Commission, under Li Tianji, editor-in-chief.

6 Tongren – May 2013 12 T-shirt Contest Winner

We have our T-shirt Contest winner! We promised details and stunning photographic evidence in this issue of TongRen! Here are the cover pictures of November 2012 TongRen:

Who are these people? Read on!

We told you that they are: a scholar; a publisher; a founder; a writer; a competitor; a A Taste of China teacher (not just Taiji or circa 1991… Qigong); a referee and / or a Look closely at judge at tournament(s). these pictures to Between them they represent win a CTF t-shirt! a number of the major family styles in Taiji.

Contest Photos Details:

Upper Left photo Bloom: A Profile of Taijiquan Instruction • bottom left corner, squatting down, in America), a publisher (see Magic raptly auditing the push hands match, Tortoise). is Jeff Bolt • dead centre, in the push hands fray, (http://ymaa.com/publishing/authors/j on the right, is Steve Yee, a eff-bolt), a judge, a referee, a competitor, a founder (yes, one of the teacher, co-authored Northern Shaolin founders of the Canadian Taijiquan Sword with Yang Jwing-Ming. He’s the Federation), a teacher ‘man in black’ in that book; Yang (http://www.taichitango.com). You Jwing-Ming is the good guy, can find him in one of the photos on apparently, in white. the CTF pamphlet and you can also • upper right, standing with hand on hip, find out what he’s been up to for the intently scrutinizing the push hands past 25 years by visiting his website. match, is Dr. Jay Dunbar, a judge, a Upper Right photo referee, a teacher • standing, with all his attention on the (htpp://magictortoise.com), a scholar push hands match, is Sam Masich, a (Ph.D. 1991 for Let A Hundred Flowers judge, a referee, a teacher

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(www.SamMasich.com), a writer, a Bottom Right photo publisher (Little Productions), a • at the microphone, on the left, is Pat competitor (Grand Champion at A Rice, a judge, a referee, a competitor, Taste of China, pre judging and a teacher (Shenandoah Taijiquan refereeing). Center/Yang Chang-fu Center in • on the right, again, in the push hands Winchester, Virginia, match in the white t-shirt is Steve Yee. http://www.shentaijiwushu.com/), a • on the left in the push hands match in writer, a founder (A Taste of China, the black t-shirt is Chung-jen Chang, a http://www.atoctaijiquan.com/). competitor, and a teacher • at the right of the picture is Steve (http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/grou Rhodes, founder of Qi Journal p/changtaichi/). Pictured more (http://www.qi-journal.com/) and A recently on page 29 of this issue, at a Taste of China. seminar he taught, organized by • dead centre, receiving his medal for Donna Oliver of Tai Chi and Meditation Yang long form, is Steve Yee. Centre, Toronto.

… and the Winner is:

Hajime!

Congratulations Hajime! Nice T-shirt!

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Canada: An Integral Link in a Global Tai Chi and Qigong Movement

By Bill Douglas and Angela Wong Douglas

For 15 years, a global movement of Tai Chi and World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Qigong enthusiasts, teachers, and national tai chi and qigong associations around the globe have “One World… One Breath” built the spectacular visual media event known as World Tai Chi & Qigong Day, both as a global Saturday April 27th, 2013 health education event and a vision of personal Saturday April 26th, 2014 and global health and healing.

The event’s motto is, ‘One Bucklow’s group (Miramichi, New World… One Breath,’ Brunswick), Pam Boyde and Tai Chi derived from qigong’s Yukon (Whitehorse, Yukon), and Bas literal translation as Opdenkelder (pictured in Hamilton, ’breathing exercise.’ Ontario). Events have been held in over 70 nations, including Your group can learn how to get at the United Nations in involved in existing events, or find New York, the Nobel resources on how to create your own at Peace Center in Oslo, www.WorldTaiChiDay.org. You’ll find Norway, the Italian free Organizing Kits, Media Kits, Embassy in Beijing, and in 2012 the Hong Kong information on how to get official event was a collaboration of 11 government, proclamations, and much more. It’s healthcare, and tai chi and qigong associations. never too early to get started on your 2014 event! Over the last decade and a half, Canadian tai chi or qigong groups have been at the heart of Canadian events have been part of this global phenomenon, with participants from this worldwide wave of World Tai Chi & British Columbia to Québec and New Brunswick, Qigong Day, events held all over the from the Yukon Territories to Saskatchewan, in world. over 50 events held all across Canada, including Canadian Taijiquan Federation members Dave Browse a picture album of World Tai Chi

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& Qigong Day to see more of your fellow Taiji and Qigong players in Canada and elsewhere by clicking on the following link: http://www.canadiantaijiquanfederation.ca /Resources/Documents/TongRen_May2013_Supplement.pdf

Dave Bucklow’s group in Miramichi, New Brunswick Pam Boyde’s group in White Horse, Yukon

Bas Opdenkelder’s group in Hamilton, Ontario

About the authors

Bill Douglas and Angela Wong Douglas are the co-founders of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day.

Over a decade ago they invested their life savings in a vision of bringing together the global Tai Chi and Qigong family, so that we might together spread Tai Chi and Qigong to the entire planet at time when it was most needed by a stressed-out modern world.

Bill is the Tai Chi Expert for Dr. Andrew Weil's DrWeil.com, and was one of a handful of national Tai Chi experts to help formulate a National Council on the Aging national efficacy guide for aging professionals to begin Tai Chi programs for local aging populations.

Bill has presented for the National Parkinson's Foundation, the American Heart Association, and for some of the world's largest corporations and health institutions.

Bill is the 2009 Inductee to the Internal Arts Hall of Fame, the Extraordinary Service in the Field of Qigong Award recipient from the National Qigong Association; the Media Excellence on Qigong Award from the World Congress on Qigong; and the Leadership Award from the National Tai Chi Association; and was the Lou Gehrig's Hero Award recipient from the ALS Association.

10 Tongren – May 2013 Looking back at the previous issue of TongRen…

In the last issue, TongRen published an article by Michael Babin, entitled, ‘Mirror-image Training: A Good Idea?’ This issue, Sifu Simon Hu weighs in on this subject from another angle. Look at this below. We’re interested in hearing from you on this subject as well!

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天人合一

Harmony of the Spiritual and Physical

By Simon Hu

11 Tongren – May 2013 About the author

Master Simon Hu trained in the lineage of Grandmaster Wang Zi Ping and Prof. Wang Ju Rong in Tai-Chi, Qi Gong, and Kung Fu. His teachers also include the eminent Chinese Tai-Chi Grandmaster Liu-Xin Gu and Grandmaster Bin-Quan He. Master Hu began his training in China in 1968. Master Hu immigrated to Canada in 1990. He has been active in the overseas Chinese martial arts community as judge in both Canada and the USA. While attracted to and adept in the techniques and martial aspects of Kung Fu and Tai-Chi, he also identifies strongly with these practices as a path towards spiritual awakening, signified by personal energy and health that can be extended to others.

In the mid-90’s Master Hu began introducing ‘mirror-image’ form training (or ‘left side’ as he refers to it) in his weekly public classes, based on his studies of the meridian system in the body. The students in his classes practice the Chen long form on both right and left sides in class every week. The meridian system is symmetrical (or ‘equal’ as Master Hu phrases it) and the goal of taiji practice is, first and foremost, energy (qi) and health. In his perspective, mirror practice of foundation training and form supports the symmetry found in both the meridians and the external physical body; he also noted health issues of asymmetry in the body.

This poem was composed some decades ago, while Master Hu was still living in China. We extend our thanks to the Hsuen family for their time and energy in translating this into English.

Weapon Storage 101 (con’t from February 2013 issue of TongRen)

By Jill Heath

In our last issue of TongRen, we shared five lessons about weapon storage. Illustrated here is lesson 1: Wood Warps. See above picture of a staff that was stored by leaning it against a wall. It is actually resting on the tip and the base of the shaft; the picture shows that the centre no longer touches the floor because of the bow in the body of the shaft. It’s now being stored as in the picture to the right. Will it become unbowed? Stay tuned.

Vertical weapons storage (on the right): You're doing it right. Inexpensive mop / broom hangers found for a few dollars in most hardware stores. Quick and easy to install.

12 Tongren – May 2013 Canadian Taijiquan Federation T-Shirts

Featuring the return of the popular ‘fiery dragon’ design coiling around the CTF logo on the front of this black long-sleeved t-shirt. And now available in a short-sleeved maroon shirt for the warmer months!

Looking for a ‘team look’ in formal black? Something a little less formal for the warmer months? We’ve got you covered!

Back print: Putting the TongRen in your Taiji since 1988. Makes a great conversation piece as you explain that TongRen is both the name of the CTF newsletter and the Chinese term for ‘fellowship’ or ‘community’.

Available in S, M, L, XL adult sizes. Made from 6 oz. 100% cotton tubular jersey. Double-needle bottom hem. Shoulder-to-shoulder tape. Pre-shrunk to minimize shrinkage. Other sizes can also be special ordered. Just ask!

Long-sleeve or short-sleeve t-shirt $30.00.

Please note that postal rates vary widely due to the size of Canada, so postage is not included in this price but will be added on prior to shipping your t-shirt to you. The CTF will happily sell t-shirts (and memberships) to folks outside of Canada; you may pay in either Canadian or US funds. Looking to save some money on postage? Buy one for a friend at the same time and combine shipping. Better yet, get a group of friends together and save even more. Looking to pay NO postage? Find Jill Heath in person, and you have a deal! Contact Jill Heath to place your order: [email protected] Online payment now available.

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Healing with Qi Gong (Spring)

By Joh Friedrich

As the dreary months of our Canadian winter come to an end we look forward to the resurgence of new life. We know that spring follows winter as it always has; the cycle of the seasons is constant and will remain so. Just as the four seasons are cyclical and repeat over and over, and night follows day, our daily activities follow a well established Step 1: For Qi to enter and leave the body practice. The start of the day is followed by and flow through the body, that body must the morning hours and our daily routine. be open to unobstructed flow of Qi. We Then there is the afternoon, again with well- want to remove energy blockages and practiced activities. The evening hours are obstructions so the Qi can flow to where it is usually reserved for some relaxation. Finally most needed in our body and mind. We there is the night for some well-deserved rest want to be in a state of Wuji. Wuji is a and replenishment of our energies. Chinese word for nothingness, limitless, primordial universe, ultimateness, boundless, As we continue with our series of four articles infinite. In this state, Qi can flow freely and tied to the four seasons let us take a closer unobstructed. look at Qi Gong as a four-step healing process. It too is cyclical and can be Physical obstructions in our body are more repetitive. But it does not have to be. Just often than not experienced in and around as we can change our activities around the joints. Stiffness in the neck and shoulders between morning and afternoon at will, and and lower back problems are the most often do, we can change the steps in this Qi common examples. With practice, we can Gong healing process to meet our specific open up these blockages and relieve the needs. tenseness. Emotional trauma also results in obstructed Qi flow and should be addressed. A FOUR-STEP HEALING PROCESS Step one is to open We apply this process, whether using Qi up the Gong exercises and practices for self doors and healing, or a master applies external Qi windows Gong energy projection to a patient. of the Although we can follow these four steps in cottage in any order desirable, it is good practice, at the spring the beginning, to apply them in the order to allow described here. fresh air and Qi to enter.

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be replaced with fresh air, with the scents and energies of spring.

“Wuji is a Chinese word for nothingness, Step 3: After toxic and used-up Qi has been limitless, primordial universe, removed from the mind and the body we ultimateness, boundless, infinite. should replenish it with wholesome, fresh Qi. This is where the healing begins. All we have In this state, Qi can flow freely and done so far is opened our body and mind unobstructed.” and flushed out the toxins that can, and often will, make us sick. We do Qi Gong exercises to gather fresh Qi. Good Qi is contained in the fresh air around us. The deeper we go into nature and away from our industrial surroundings the better the Qi. Step 2: Qi that has been exhausted, has Remember, not all Qi is good Qi. The become stagnant, that is not flowing energies emitted from your cell phone into freely through our body and mind, needs your brain, the emissions from a television or to be expelled. Stagnant Qi is the prime a microwave oven, the high frequency source of obstruction to free energy flow. release from our electric grid, etc., etc.; all Once you have achieved a state of Wuji, are vibrating at much higher frequencies you can now free yourself of stagnant Qi. than the Qi coming from the sun, the earth We can purge a specific area of the and the trees. These natural energies and body, the mind, or the entire body our body’s energies vibrate at very low including the mind. frequencies.

The most obvious Qi stagnation is pain. The easiest way to gather fresh, wholesome Whether that is pain caused by an injury, Qi is to practice normal abdominal by disease, or emotional trauma, physical breathing as described here. Even if that is pain as well as emotional pain must be all you do you will replenish your body with purged. We free ourselves to heal. the Qi it needs for good health and functioning. In step two we leave the doors and windows of the cottage open for some This form of breathing is also described as time to allow all that stagnant winter air to diaphragmatic breathing. It is the fundamental way we start when working with Qi for our health. Abdominal breathing (and later the emission of sound) will be the only practice described in detail in these articles, as Qi Gong should not be learned from a written description or a DVD but rather from a knowledgeable instructor. Some exercises must be practised with caution to prevent negative side effects. Abdominal breathing, if done to excess, can result in hyperventilation. A beginner should start with five breaths and gradually work up to ten or more breaths. If you feel any

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discomfort, stop, rest, and then try again. purposes. They are outside of the topics discussed in these articles. Abdominal breathing involves more up and down movement of your diaphragm. When This vital third step essentially involves leaving you inhale gently push the diaphragm down, the doors and windows of the cottage wide allowing your lower abdomen to expand open and let the fresh outside breeze drift in outward in all directions. Pushing this to all parts of the structure. Don’t forget the membrane downward does two things: it attic and that old fridge. increases the space for your lungs, allowing them to absorb more oxygen and Qi with Step 4: Finally we want to distribute all this each breath; simultaneously, it presses fresh Qi throughout our body and mind to lift downward and massages the intestines and our health and spirit. This is why many Qi the other internal organs below the Gong exercises require physical movement. diaphragm. We want to massage the We don’t only want to move the Qi into all internal organs, as well as exercising muscles, parts of the body. We want to move it tendons and ligaments. through all parts of the body and mind. We want to flush fresh Qi continuously through all the nooks and crannies. If Qi is allowed to just sit there it becomes stagnant. Lungs Many exercises are used to move Qi around the various parts of our bodies. We push it up and down, in and out, and sideways. But there is another important function of this. We gather earth Qi, atmospheric or heaven Qi, Qi from plants and water-ways, etc. Each of these energies vibrates at different frequencies. As we absorb all this Qi we want to entrain it Diaphragm with the vibrations of the cells in our body Liver muscle and mind. They should all end up vibrating at the same frequency your body and mind needs. This frequency will differ from person As you exhale, allow the diaphragm to move to person. upward, pushing out carbon dioxide more efficiently and gently squeeze the lungs and There is an old idiom used in Qi Gong and heart. You should feel the abdomen Taijiquan. Qi follows Yi, or energy follows contract inward. Practice this by putting your intention. With practice and intention, your hands over your abdomen so you can you can send Qi to any area of concern in feel it expand and contract. your body and in your mind. Qi will follow Most Qi Gong exercises are done with this your directions. Specific exercises are used breathing technique to increase oxygen and to deal with any and all physical and Qi intake and the distribution of Qi emotional challenges that may face us. A throughout the body. There are other Qi trained teacher can teach you the exercises Gong breathing techniques for specific you need, to deal with your specific

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challenges. (That is the practice of charges. Therapeutic Qi Gong). There is an old German saying, still used by In step four, we put on some fans in our folks today, when they encounter someone cottage and direct fresh air and Qi to all who is downright miserable. ‘Something areas of the building. We can move the must have crawled over his liver.’ It is not fans around and point them wherever more only the Chinese that associate these of that spring air is needed. Finally, go out to emotions with that organ. the wood shed, and do the same thing there. The Liver has great responsibilities in our body including the storage and direction of Blood to where it is needed, the movement of Qi, influencing the tendons and the eyes, in addition to the functions attributed to it by our own allopathic medicine.

As explained earlier, we cleanse our organs with sound. The purging sound for the Liver is:

“SHOOOO”

On exhalation, pucker your mouth. Your THE LIVER tongue should reach forward and be curled upward on the sides to create a trough. Focus your intention on the liver and the The most vulnerable and sensitive internal purging of toxins from it. The sound should organ in spring is the Liver. The Liver* is a Yin descend from a higher tone to a lower tone organ that is exposed to the Yang influences with the resonance sinking down from the of spring. Strong winds are common in throat through the liver. springtime. Internal Wind* can affect our Liver. We should take extra care of our Liver After purging the Liver we replenish it with during this early Yang season. fresh green Qi, the colour most prevalent in spring. We are fortunate to still have a green Our liver is a large organ and the Liver environment nearby. So step outside of that harbours negative emotions, as all Yin organs cottage we talked about, into some green do. They include anger, irritability, frustration, surroundings, to replenish your liver. If you resentment, hate, jealousy, rage and are housebound, wear something green. depression. When the first seven emotions Have green plants in your living space. At rear their ugly heads they are of a Yang least visualize the colour green when you nature. The last one, depression, is a Yin treat the lLver. Incorporate Liver Qi Gong in opposite. You can recognize the bi-polar your regular practice, but do it daily if you condition here. That, of course, is a severe are treating a Liver condition. extreme of Liver Yin and Yang. No, you are not bipolar because you were angry at the The Liver’s Yang partner is the Gall Bladder. high cell phone bill and then felt down when As for the other Yin organs, when you do Qi you realized that you indeed incurred the Gong for the Liver you are also benefiting

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the Gall Bladder. There is more specific Gall About the author Bladder Qi Gong exercises as well.

Joh. Friedrich, RP, CRA, has studied and continues to There are umpteen Liver Qi Gong exercises study Taijiquan, Qi Gong and Medical Qi Gong. He out there. If you do Taijiquan, many of the teaches Tai Chi short forms, Qi Gong for better health same postures that were suitable for the and specializes in Medical Qi Gong prescription Kidneys are equally as appropriate for the exercises. The CTF’s Tongren has published a number of his writings. He is also a certified Reiki practitioner Liver, including any postures that involve the and has been certified by the CTF as an instructor. turning at the waist. So go out into green surroundings and give your Liver a workout today!

* Note from the editors:

It is common to capitalize the name of an organ in Traditional Chinese Medicine, to differentiate them from the Western anatomical view of organs. We use ‘the liver’ to refer to the physical organ responsible in Western Medicine for the production of bile, the storage of glucose in the form of glycogen, the detoxification of blood from poisons and drugs, the processing of fats and amino acids, etc. But when we use ‘the Liver’, we refer to the TCM organ which functions are to stores Blood; ensure smooth flow of Qi; control the sinews (tendons & ligaments); manifest in the nails; open into the eyes; house the Hun or Ethereal Soul. Similarly, when capitalized ‘the Gall Bladder’ refers to the TCM view of the Yang organ that stores and excretes bile (a pure substance); controls judgment (short-term decision making); and controls the sinews. Blood, capitalized, is considered a condensed form of Qi that nourishes and moistens the organs and the body. TCM Blood follows similar pathways as Qi, including meridians, and its circulation is not limited to blood vessel pathways only.

Training Tip

Strengthen your ankles by standing barefoot on a thick cushion, one foot at a time. This improves your balance and encourages your body to stabilize the joints of the support leg. Neurological improvements can be made by doing this exercise with your eyes closed. Strong ankles are necessary for all types of martial arts and this exercise, when done regularly, will certainly help you as an athlete and in daily life as well.

Nick Gracenin

www.dctaichi.com

18 Tongren – May 2013 Milestones

CTF TEACHER’S CERTIFICATION

Nic Van Burek was presented with his CTF Teacher’s Certificate by Jill Heath at WuXing Martial Arts, Toronto. See Nic’s article on his time in El Salvador in this issue of TongRen, on page 23.

From left to right, Jill Heath, Nic Van Burek

19 Tongren – May 2013 Honoured

By Sam Masich

I'm in a grateful mood—toward my teachers, my students and the art of taijiquan.

At the request of my sifu, Master Liang Shouyu, (www.ShouyuLiang.com), I went to Vancouver to help out as an MC at The Extraordinary Martial Artists of the World Lunar New Year Gala (17th Feb 2013). The quick weekend journey to my former home city was to provide me with many honours.

The International Wushu Sanshoudao Association (IWSA) awarded me an 8th degree black belt which was presented by Master Liang himself.

Master Liang awards Sam 8th duan, the 2nd highest level given by the IWSA.

It was wonderful to have my dear friend Pat Rice (A Taste of China, Shenandoah Taijiquan Center and Winchester Yang Chengfu Center) present me a 'Remarkable Achievements in Tai Chi Chuan' award as one of the 100 Extraordinary Chinese Martial Artists in the world today. Pat has been one of my greatest supporters over the last 25 years.

Pat Rice presents Sam with the 'Remarkable Achievements in Tai Chi Chuan' award.

20 Tongren – May 2013 I'm so very grateful for the support of my many wonderful students, as exemplified by Matthew Case, who helped me demonstrate '13 Power Taiji Sabre' on a stage shared with some of the great martial arts luminaries of this era. It is a privilege to work with so many fine people from so many parts of the world.

Matt and Sam in some rock'em—sock'em sabre!

You'd think that would be enough... On the same weekend I'd gone to visit my grandmaster, Raymond Y. M. Chung, with my first teacher Brien Gallagher. Master Chung was born in 1913 and comports himself with great presence and clarity. I'd brought along my yin-yang ring—the one that Brien gave me after certifying my full Yang-style curriculum. It is the same ring as the one Brien had gotten after Master Chung certified him.

I was hoping Master Chung would have his, which is exactly the same, and that we could have a photo together with our three rings. Master Chung went one better. He brought another ring—also with a taiji symbol—and he placed it on my finger saying, 'You Master now, Sam. You always remember me. I always remember you.'

What a weekend of honours. To this embarrassment of riches I say, 'Thank you, xie xie, danke schön and gracias.'

--Sam Masich

www.sammasich.com

08 March 2013

21 Tongren – May 2013 About the author A passionate and gifted teacher, Taijiquan and Qigong expert Sam Masich inspires students along their path. Having studied the internal martial arts most of his life, Sam is one of the most accomplished ‘new generation’ practitioners of Taijiquan. A Canadian, he has learned from many of the great Masters, including Liang Shouyu, Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, Jou Tsung Hwa, Yang Zhenduo, and Chen Xiao Wang. He has distinguished himself in competition as a gold medalist in the USA and as a member of Canada’s National Wushu Team has competed in China, garnering gold medals and praise for his performances. Sam is the technical consultant for the TV series, ‘Black Sash’, and is the subject of two documentaries. He is an author, a musician, and has produced many top-rated instructional films, available through his website: http://www.sammasich.com

Master Chung, aged 100, acknowledges Sam as taijiquan 'master'.

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The Wave, News and Updates from our Members

From El Salvador

By Nicolas Van Burek

I have been studying Kung Fu and Taiji Quan since 2000 and find my passion and enjoyment of them grows daily. Since 2006, I have been actively involved as an instructor in the Kung Fu program at my school, Wu Xing Martial Arts. Under the guidance of Sifu Ali Siadatan I have obtained my black belt and now teach the Kung Fu yellow belt and beginner classes on a weekly basis. In my Taiji studies, I am part of the Michuan Yang Jia Taiji (www.aymta.org), the Yang teacher training program at our style form which is taught by only a handful of school and have been a teaching instructors in Canada. (Editor’s note: If you are assistant for our Monday, Wednesday looking for a resident Canadian instructor outside of and Saturday classes for about six the Toronto area, visit their ‘Worldwide Directory’ years. Sifu Siadatan is a disciple of page, as they have erroneously classified Canada Master Oliver Peel of Temple Knights, as being ‘outside of North America.’) Muskoka ON. I have also had the Laoshi Rodell is a disciple student of the late Master privilege of working directly with Sifu Wang Yen-Nian (1914-2008), a student of the late Peel a few times over the years. Robert W. Smith (1926-2011), the late T.T Liang (1900- Recently, I began to train regularly 2002) and William C.C Chen. Training with him has with Laoshi Scott Rodell, of the Great been a remarkable experience and I hope to be River Taoist Centre in Washington, able to bring the Yang Jia Michuan system to Wu D.C. (www.grtc.org). He visits Toronto Xing Martial Arts and to Toronto with his guidance. and Michigan regularly, where I train Aside from Yang style Taiji, I have also been with him several times per year. With introduced to Chen style Taiji through work with him, I have begun to learn the Daniel Mroz in Ottawa and Sifu David Leopold in

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Toronto, with whom I have studied The end of March, found me en route to El Salvador the short Fan form, created by for another three months, where I am looking Master Helen Wu. forward to introducing Qigong to the students there. My hope is also to work with the local martial arts Many aspects of my professional life school in Suchitoto while I am there, and may offer have been profoundly influenced by some Taiji classes during my stay. the study and practice of these arts. An actor and teacher by trade, I I very much look forward to continuing my training in now teach Taiji Quan to students of Taiji and Kung Fu, in bringing these arts forward and the Stratford Festival Conservatory teaching them to as many people as possible. I and often include Kung Fu and Taiji in would eventually like to work with people suffering my training of young actors from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and other elsewhere. In 2010, I had the psychological and physiological disorders, to privilege of going to El Slavador to explore the benefits of Taiji as part of their work as a volunteer for a rehabilitation. development program through the arts, in a town called Suchitoto. The infinite depth and value of these great arts can There, I taught young people from hardly be measured in words and I regularly see the ages of 13 to 35, about acting, people from all walks of life transformed and awed movement, mask, stage combat, by the experience of learning and practicing Taiji text work and Shakespeare. We Quan. It is truly a great honour and privilege to be a used Kung Fu as our warm-up and I part of the Taiji community in Canada and at large. was thrilled to see the students so eager to take on martial training as part of the creative learning process. From El Salvador, I also often find myself using basic Qigong in warm ups and training for Nicolas Van Burek actors because actors work in a tradition that is deeply rooted in the physical, energetic and spiritual aspects of the human experience.

About the author

Nicolas Van Burek has been training in martial arts since childhood. He started as a Judo student, moved on to Karate and finally settled on the Chinese martial arts, notably Kung Fu and Taijiquan. Nicolas has been a student of Sifu Ali Siadatan since 2000. He obtained his black belt at Wu Xing Martial Arts in 2009 and has been teaching classes at the school since 2008. Aside from training at Wu Xing, Nicolas has also studied with Sifu Curtis Kautzman in Regina and Laoshi Scott Rodell in the US and Canada. He also works as a fight director for theatre and a stunt performer for film, is an actor and a teacher in Canada and the US. Nicolas is proud to be a member of the Wu Xing staff and wishes to welcome new students to join our exciting and challenging classes. ”We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit” - Aristotle.

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"Although there are many different schools of taiji being taught, all of them are part of the same unique cultural heritage. They all represent a crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese ancients, and they should all be studied and passed on."

Wang Yen-nien (1914-2008)

Taipei, 1993

http://aymta.org

Chinese New Year 2013 Celebration at Cold Mountain – Year of the Snake

By Jill Heath

The heralding of the Year of the Water Snake hosted by Cold Mountain Internal Arts, we was celebrated this past February in hope it’s not another 60 years before we see Kitchener over the weekend of February 16th the all-weekend format again! and 17th. The Water Snake year appears only once in 60 years with the Five Elements The Saturday kicked off with a little social phase of Water coinciding with the Snake time before being guided through a short from the 12 Animals cycle from the Lunar snake qigong workshop, to help welcome in calendar. Normally a single-day celebration the new year and loosen the body. This was especially helpful for the out-of-towners who had spent some time doing ‘seated qigong’ in their cars, travelling from as far away as London, Burlington, Milton, Oakville and Toronto. (See the Feb 2013 TongRen for details on the festivities on the Sunday).

This annual event has been going on in the area for about a decade and Cold Mountain Internal Arts folks have always been an integral part of the festivities. Last seen in Milton ON on 19th Feb 2005, it has been formally hosted by Cold Mountain at their training hall in Kitchener since 2006, making it a little more centrally located Lion Dance: lion head is Kai Ferris from the between Toronto and London. There were Guelph Jing Mo Kung Fu Club; lion tail is some of the usual suspects and attractions Laurie Skantzos there: from Guelph, Sifu Robin Young’s Jing-

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Mo Kung Fu players brought the Lion Dance troupe; demonstrators hailing from London to Toronto, and from Barrie to Oakville; an information table for the Canadian Taijiquan Federation; a vending village with everything from weapons to books to videos and music to pants, shirts and shoes; and, of course, the grand finale of a group potluck!

New this year was a tea sampling station, hosted by James Coons of Guelph, back from China once again and toting teas and related wares.

After becoming sinewy and agile as snakes, it was almost time to relax and enjoy the demonstrations. To kick off the demonstrations, the entire gathering was invited to join in for the first few dozen moves of the Yang long form, the 108, before clearing the floor for The Three Steve’s doing Three Yang Styles: Steve Yee of Taiji Tango (Toronto); Steve Holbert of Phoenix Tai Chi (London); and host Steve Higgins of Cold Mountain (Kitchener). We congratulate Sifu Steve Holbert on his first year at the helm of Phoenix, taking over from long- time CTF stalwart, Gloria Jenner (and his teacher!).

‘The Three Steves’: from left to right: Steve Yee, Steve Holbert, Steve Higgins

George and Renee Hawrysch (Barrie) were up next with a precisely synchronized and rarely- seen take on LiuHeBaFa, ably demonstrating that their decades on the training floor have not been wasted time.

Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds Taiji & Qigong’s Jill Heath (Oakville) is captured below in a timely fashion, mid-kick (!), during the 73 Movement Sun style form.

There were some new able-bodied folks concealed under the costume of the Jing-Mo Lion this year, giving Sifu Robin Young an opportunity to actually watch part of the Lion Dance this year, rather than being 50% of the two-person Lion, 100% of the time.

Host club Cold Mountain showed us the inroads into the Laojia Erlu and Xinjia Yilu that their budding Chen practitioners have made as of late.

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To round out the program before the Sophie was re-introduced to the intermission, two-person work of a different demonstration floor with a theatrical flair and sort came from Steve Yee and Tango the help of classmate and (one of the) CMIA partner, Nadia. resident poet(s), Richard Rooke, for a walking stick weapons form A short break to stretch legs for those who had been more entertained than We didn’t have to sing for our supper, but we entertaining and then we were welcomed all were invited onto the floor again to join back to the roots of Cold Mountain with a Steve Higgins and Lisbeth Haddad in a final snippet of the Shen family Old Yang form, round of Taiji for the afternoon. followed by James Robert Coons and section one of the Tyan family Old Yang, a Then it was time to enjoy each other’s brief glimpse of some of what he’s been company and the different potluck dishes, studying during his time in China. reflecting both the culinary skills and the diverse cultural backgrounds of the Sophie Nikolakakos and Alpha Montemayor attendees, before making the trek took the floor next for two simultaneous homewards. As always, the time together is sword form demos (Chen and Chen Pan- too short and not frequent enough to Ling, respectively), sans Lisbeth Haddad who reconnect with old friends and make new often rounds out the Weapons Team Trio ones. demo. We look forward to gathering again in Then it was time for the Waterloo 2014! In the meantime, you could join some Contemporary Internal Arts Studio, the Taiji of this cast of characters at the CTF’s Annual improv(isation) offshoot of Cold Mountain, General Meeting and Friendship accompanied live by their musical director, Demonstrations in Hamilton ON on Saturday Jason White. (See Nov 2012 TongRen for 8th June and / or join us for dinner afterwards. more about them). (See info on page 5 of this issue of TongRen).

Ahhhh, technology! Videographers hard at work in the background: Gloria Jenner (Phoenix Tai Chi founder) and Steve Yee capture the group in motion.

27 Tongren – May 2013 Keith Cowell (Brantford ON) Roseann McKay (Phoenix keeps a watchful eye as Steve Tai Chi, London) keeps a Higgins demonstrates the finer watchful eye on Steve points of a little two-person Higgins, safely behind him. exchange with Cold Mountain Notice that Peter is now at student, Peter Reist a much safer distance

About the author

Jill Heath has been studying the internal arts since 1990 and has taught Taiji and Qigong in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. since 1995. She made her competition debut in 1999 with a personal best in 2001 of 3 gold and 3 bronze medals at a single tournament for form, weapons and push hands. In April 2008, at the National Canadian Kung Fu Fellowship tournament, she received 3 gold and 2 bronze medals in 5 events (form, weapons, moving and fixed step push hands, shuijiao). She has been certified as an Associate Healing Tao instructor, Tai Chi for Arthritis instructor, Senior Level instructor (Canadian Taijiquan Federation), and is a Past President and Director of the Canadian Taijiquan Federation. She continues her studies of the internal arts and Jill Heath, mid-kick, during her considers herself fortunate to have studied with numerous Taiji Sun style demonstration. masters over the years; however, she cites Sifus Helen Wu, Nick On the wall: artful posters from Gracenin, and Sam Masich, as the three who have most Jan Fogolin of Cold Mountain influenced her development and added to her understanding of this internal martial art. She is a graduate of Sam Masich’s 5- Section Teacher Training (2007). In 2012 she was officially included in the family lineage of Sifu Helen Wu.

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Chung-jen Chang workshop group photo, Toronto ON

Organized by Donna Oliver (far right in the photo, next to CTF members Jill Heath and Adriaan Blaauw). Chung-jen is in the front row, centre, and he looks remarkably unchanged from the push hands match all those years ago at A Taste of China (p. 7 of this issue). He’ll be back in Toronto again in June 2013, and yes, push hands will be part of the weekend’s workshop. No surprise there: Donna Oliver was more about the seminar also Push Hands Grand Champion at A Taste here: http://www.torontotaichimeditation of China some years ago. You can find out centre.com/Chungjen%20flyer2013.pdf.

Greetings again from Kelowna!

By Hajime (Harold) Naka

Spring has sprung, Qi-fever is in the air, and way to counter stress and defend our people are catching the bug and spreading it health. around. A lot of folks were under the weather this past winter and Qigong-Taiji has been a The new Senior Centre recently held its good remedy to regain health. I tell open house to promote its activities to the participants that I take vitamin Qi and a daily public. Tables were set up around the gym, dose (practice) is the best preventative where different instructors had information medicine. about their classes and answered questions. I was placed between a Zumba I have just concluded 10 sessions at the and fitness instructors on one side and Cancer Clinic and one of the staff told me that ballroom dancing on the other side. working in the clinic is very stressful and that she spends $150 a month on supplements. The I noticed that quite a few seniors would staff who attended the sessions experienced ignore me and go to check out the feeling their tension dissolving away and by programs beside me. There is still some the end of the class they were relaxed, hesitation to try something new (to them). centered and grounded. The people who did approach me had either practiced Qigong or Taiji or were Yes, stress is our modern enemy (which doesn’t curious to know what it was. take weekends off). Qigong-Taiji is a practical

29 Tongren – May 2013 About the author Master of Relaxation and Qi-play, Hajime (Harold) Naka is a ‘Born-again Daoist Rebel’, with a cause and effect. He is also entering his third year as a foolishly wise elder.

Hajime has been practicing, studying and teaching Qigong- Taiji for thirty-two years and counting.

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Workshops & Events In Canada

______CTF Annual General Meeting Bagua & Xing Yi with Saturday June 8, 2013 - !!Hamilton, ON - More info on Andrea Falk page 5 http://thewushucentre.ca ______Workshops with Adriaan Ma Gui Bagua at Ching Wu, Winnipeg, MB Contact: [email protected] Blaauw & Jill Heath June 11-13, 2013

Bagua, Xingyi and Techniques, Guelph, ON Contact:! Saturday and Sunday, July 6-7, 2013 Adriaan Blaauw [email protected] Saturday: Bagua: Cultivating Deep Skill or Jill Heath [email protected] 42 Quebec Street, Guelph Sunday: 3 workshops offered: Bagua: Circle Walking Fundamentals of Two-Person Work: Empty Hand Applications; Xingyi: Aligning Form and Intent; and Sword! Martial Techniques: Meaning and Use. Saturday – Sunday 340 Edinburgh Rd. North, Guelph !!!15-16 June 2013 Contact: James Saper, 519-760 6718, !Centre de Tai Chi Gilles Vaillant, 109 rue Wright, [email protected] Gatineau, QC

______Kootenay Lake Tai Chi Master Henry Wang Camp, BC Summer Tai Chi Camp 24th annual Master Henry Wang Summer Tai Chi Tai Chi Forms, Weapons, Push-Hands and Qigong Camp, Courtenay, BC August 10-16, 2013 Contact: Henry Wang. Tel: 250-339 7872 [email protected]. Joe Zanbilowicz (250) 339 Join Hajime Naka, Bryan Knack and Arnold Porter 5301. [email protected]. Contact: 1-877-366-4402, http://www.searchcentertaichi.com [email protected] July 21-27, 2013 Mount Washington Alpine Resort, ______http://www.mountwashington.ca #1 Strathcona Parkway, Courtenay, BC

Temple Knights www.templeknights.com

Temple Knights Tai Chi & Qigong Camp August 12-17, 2013Contact: 705 767-1177,! [email protected] Temple Knights Martial Arts Academy & Retreat Centre, Muskoka, near Bracebridge, Ontario.

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Workshops with Sam Taichi & your Health Fri. June 7th, 2013 – 6:30-8pm Masich Free workshop

www.sammasich.com Chen’s Taichi New Frame Sat. June 8th, 2013 – 9am-4pm Push hands; October 2013 (Milton) and November Chen’s Taichi Double Baton 2013 (Gatineau) Sun. June 9th, 2013 – 9am-4pm Fun and ethics in competition, in Milton, ON This is a rare weapon, no Taichi experience required Foundations of push hands, in Gatineau, QC ______To be confirmed, more information in the next issue ______Power of Balance

Chen Zhenglei Toronto Workshop Workshop http://torontotaichimeditationcentre.com A Gentle Introduction to Qigong & Meditation http://tntkungfu.com July 5-7 , 2013 416-465 6122 Contact: Jack Yan! (647) 293-1648, [email protected] Tai chi and meditation Centre, Toronto, ON Location: Markham, Ontario

Workshops & Events Outside Canada

World Tai Chi & QiGong Workshops with Day Sam Masich

http://www.worldtaichiday.org Contact: Sam Masich 0170-553-8096 www.sammasich.com On the last Saturday of April each year at 10 am, tens of thousands in hundreds of cities, in over 70 nations Qigong: Equilibrando el corazón y Taijiquan: 5 come together secciones principios básicos - Mexico ... to breathe together ... to provide the world a May 10-12, 2013 healing image of our planet and our people Mexico City Saturday April 28, 2014 Look for events close to you! 4th Annual Berlin Push Hands Camp August 16-19, 2013 Berlin, Germany

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[email protected] 2nd Annual Berlin Summer Taiji Weapons Intensive— www.embracethemoon.com 13 Power Taiji Sabre – Berlin, Germany August 22-25, 2013 Chen Family Taijiquan Training Berlin, Germany With Master Chen Bing June 26-30, 2013 Taiji Spear (& Sabre & Sword & Push Hands!) Camp -

MA, USA ______October 12-20, 2013 Location: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA Contact: Dorian Gregory, [email protected] Seminars with the Deyin

Hannover Taiji Projekt 2013: Push-hands Energies; Taijiquan Institute (UK) Taiji Sword; 5 Section Taiji Sanshou December 6-8, 2013 www.deyin-taiji.com Hannover, Germany Deyin Annual Tai Chi & Qigong UK Summer ______Camp 2013 June 29-30, 2013 With Master Faye & Master Tary Workshops with Location: Wolverhampton, UK

Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming ______YMAA CA Retreat Center Miranda (area), California Workshops with Yang Yang Contact: (707) 502-8739, ymaa.com/seminars http://www.centerfortaiji.com

Traditional Yang-Style Taijiquan, or Taiji Sword Summer Camp July 5-12, 2013 June 7-12, 2013 Location: Blowing Rock, NC Contact: Bob Schlagal (828) 262-1007 Taiji Pushing Hands and Martial Applications (Level 1- [email protected] 4) July 12-19, 2013 Weekend(2-day) training at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health: Evidence-Based Qigong (EBQ) Qigong-1 (Qigong Theory and Spine Qigong) Certification: Nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit (2-Day) July 19-26, 2013 June 21-23, 2013 Or November 8-10, 2013 Qigong-2 (Medical Qigong: Eight Pieces of Brocade, Location: Kripalu Yoga Center, Stockbridge, MA Four Seasons Qigong, and The Five Animal Sports) Contact: 800-741-7353 July 26- August 2, 2013 Week-long (5-day) training at Kripalu: Evidence-

Based Qigong (EBQ) Certification: Nurturing Qigong-8 (Grand Circulation, Muscle/Tendon Mind, Body, and Spirit (5-Day) Changing and Marrow/Brain Washing Qigong) June 23-28, 2013 August 2-9, 2013 Location: Kripalu Yoga Center, Stockbridge, MA Contact: 800-741-7353

Embrace The Moon

Workshops - Seattle WA

Contact: Kim Ivy (206) 789-0993

33 Tongren – May 2013 Canadian Taijiquan Federation / Fédération Canadienne de Taijiquan A registered Non-Profit Corporation / Un organisme à but non-lucratif dument enregistré

Mission

1. To encourage development in the practice of 1. Encourager la pratique du taijiquan et préserver Taijiquan and preserve its characteristics as an son caractère culturel et philosophique chinois. expression of Chinese culture and philosophy. 2. Stimuler la connaissance et la participation du 2. To stimulate public awareness of and grand public en matière de taijiquan. participation in Taijiquan. 3. Relier tous les praticiens de taijiquan, peu 3. To inclusively link practitioners of Taijiquan importe les styles et les traditions, qu’ils soient from various styles and traditions without seuls ou affiliés, partout au Canada. precedence – whether as individuals or 4. Élargir et renforcer l’expérience canadienne du gathered in groups, clubs and organizations taijiquan en créant un réseau national et across Canada – as they join the Federation international pour les individus, les groupes, les family. clubs, et les autres organisations. 4. To network nationally and internationally with other Taijiquan practitioners, groups, clubs and organizations with the aim of broadening and strengthening the Canadian Taijiquan experience.

Membership / Membriété

Annual CTF membership includes: Une membriété annuelle vous offre: • A subscription to the CTF’s quarterly journal • Un abonnement à TongRen, la revue trimestrielle de TongRen la FCT, que vous recevrez par la poste • One complementary official CTF crest for each new • Un écusson gratuit de la FCT si vous êtes un membership nouveau membre

Benefits of CTF membership: Avantages supplémentaires: • Access to Taijiquan Teacher Training workshops • Accès aux ateliers de formation des instructeurs, sponsored by the CTF and facilitated by experienced ateliers parrainés par la FCT et donnés par des Taijiiquan teachers enseignants chevronnés • Access to the CTF Taijiquan Teacher Certification • Accès au programme de la FCT de certification des program enseignants de taijiquan • Email notices of CTF-related news and upcoming • Avis électroniques des nouvelles et des événements à events venir de la FCT • Access to the ‘members-only’ section of the CTF • Accès à la section pour les membres du site web de website which includes expanded event postings la FCT qui présente une liste étoffée des événements and links, an archive of back issues of TongRen, et des liens, les anciens numéros de TongRen, des photographs, blogs and forums photos, des blogs et des forums • Postings to the public-access pages of the CTF • Pages publiques pour annoncer votre organisme, vos website for your club/school, workshops/seminars ateliers et tout autre événement lié au taiji and other Taiji-related events • Des occasions de contacts, de rencontres et de • Opportunities to connect, meet, share and further partages avec des praticiens du taiji pour accroître your Taijiquan-related knowledge and experience vos connaissances et votre expérience with other practitioners • Des occasions de vous engager comme bénévoles et • Opportunities to get involved and make a difference d'influencer la communauté du taiji en joignant le in the Taijiquan community by sitting on the CTF Conseil d'administration de la FCT et ses multiples Board of Directors and its various committees comités (volunteer) • Des inscriptions à tarif réduit à des ateliers et • Discounted enrollment is often extended to CTF activités organisés par nos membres members for workshops and activities organized by • Possibilité d'acheter les t-shirts et les écussons de la CTF members FCT • Purchase of official CTF T-Shirts and crests 28

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Canadian Taijiquan Federation Membership Application Form Formulaire d’ Inscription à la Fédération Canadienne de Taijiquan

www.canadiantaijiquanfederation.com

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Please copy and mail completed membership form along with your cheque or money order to: Veuillez envoyer le formulaire dûment rempli et accompagné d’un chèque ou d’un mandat à la: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Canadian Taijiquan Federation ! ! ! ! ! P.O. Box 32055 ! ! ! ! ! London, Ontario ! ! ! ! ! Canada N5V 5K4

You can also register or renew your membership online. Vous pouvez aussi devenir membre ou renouveler votre membriété en ligne. www.canadiantaijiquanfederation.com

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