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The World Tai Chi & Qigong Day was celebrated on 27 April 2019. Australia, due to its geographical position, was one of the first countries to meet it – thousands of Australian Tai Chi & Qigong enthusiasts gathered in the parks or near historic landmarks for this famous annual event. We have received photo reports from many locations, among them: Epping Creative Centre, Epping, NSW Wushu & Tai Chi NSW organised a free session at the Epping Creative Centre which attracted both regular and new participants.  _______________________________________________________________________________________ Darvall Park, Denistone, NSW The Eastwood Tai Chi Group celebrated WTCQD at Darvall Park,

by Dr Khoo Cheng Choo Our annual “Tai Chi, Wushu & Qigong in Today’s World” Conference on 22-23 September 2018 drew together a diverse forum of Tai Chi, Wushu and Qigong enthusiasts, practitioners and researchers at Macquarie University. The two-day conference was packed with thought-provoking presentations including Dr Emily Yang’s current research on the effects of Tai Chi on stress and cardiovascular function in patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension at the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) Health Research Institute of Western Sydney University. The presenters did an excellent job of integrating their informative and interactive talks with

On 20 – 24 August 2018, Wushu & Tai Chi NSW team participated in the Hong Kong International Wushu Competition. There were both modern and traditional Wushu, Health Qigong and contact events. Around two thousand people in more than 170 teams from various countries including Canada, Portugal, Malaysia, Greece, India, South Africa and, of course, China, took part in this annual tournament. Our small team of six from Australia did very well having won a number of medals in Tai Chi (including weapons) and Health Qigong. Big thanks to the Wushu & Tai Chi NSW for supporting and training the

On Saturday 2 June 2018, Sydney University Sports & Aquatic Centre was hosting the Open Tai Chi Competition organised by Tai Chi Association of Australia (TCAA). TCAA is one of the oldest non-profit Tai Chi organisations in Australia that can be applauded for maintaining its policy of the competitions open to anyone interested and properly skilled. Usually, it includes bare-hand forms, weapons and push-hand sparring.  For the first time this year, the Wushu Herald had an opportunity to witness this event. It was encouraging to see Tai Chi practitioners from many places in NSW and, surprisingly enough, judges not just

By Dr. Khoo Cheng Choo It was with great anticipation & trepidation as the Health Qigong Forum approached. The excitement was about the three Qigong Masters – the representatives of the International Health Qigong Federation based in China who would be teaching at the Forum. They would be instructing us on the current Health Qigong standardised routines and techniques. Thus, this would be a good opportunity for us to confirm, learn and query on any aspect of Qigong that we had an interest in.  The Forum & Workshop hosted by Tai Chi Australia in Melbourne, comprised three hectic days of intensive but very rewarding talks