Interview with visiting world renowned Tai Chi Master Jesse Tsao who will be in Newcastle teaching April 4th and 5th (third visit to Australia – second visit to Newcastle) Jesse Tsao, holds a PhD in Wushu from Shanghai Sport University, is an acclaimed author, world renowned Tai Chi master, Qigong therapist and alternative medicine and wellness consultant. Master Tsao is the founder of Tai Chi Healthways USA internationally recognised as a leader in tai chi and Qigong education. Master Tsao is 12th generation direct-line lineage holder of Chen style Tai Chi and formal disciple of Chen Style Tai Chi Grandmaster
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Health Qigong Duan Wei: Most Australians are not Welcome to the Melbourne Health Qigong Event to be held on 7 – 13 August 2019 in Melbourne, Australia Wushu & Tai Chi NSW supports the global movement of Health Qigong as a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. Wushu & Tai Chi NSW recognises International Health Qigong Federation (IHQF) as an international body coordinating the development of Health Qigong world-wide according to the directions from the leading experts in the area. For a long time, Wushu & Tai
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by Amanda Heidke The Tai Chi Association of Australia (TCAA) Annual Tai Chi Championships in Sydney Australia. 1 June 2019 An accident which resulted in substantial injuries meant withdrawing from the competition last year, however, one year on and despite my crunchy, noisy knees and bucket meniscus tear I was determined to compete. I am absolutely over the moon with my results, in particular 32 Sword Form. I lost my focus and faltered during the end posture receiving score deductions but my final score tells me I performed well. If I can keep surgery at bay for another year I will continue to practise
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Almost a year has passed since the decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to grant access to the so called “Kung Fu X-Files” (as referred to in our previous publications). Still, from time to time people ask us what was the goal of that quest and what was the ultimate result. We would like to remind that the initial purpose of the Freedom of Information Request lodged by the Wushu Council Australia was to find out how the recognition by the Australian Sports Commission as a National Sporting Organisation (NSO) was transferred from AKWF (Australian Kung Fu (Wushu) Federation)
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Considering the current ambitions and scale of expansion of the Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation Limited (formerly known as Kung Fu Wushu South Australia Limited), you could imagine the magnificence of the recent Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Championships taken place on 21 October 2018 in Melbourne. Have a look at the clip compiled from the videos published by Councillor Sean O”Reilly. After a cute Dragon Dance, if you are still watching, you will see Mr Dana Wong, the President of Kung Fu Wushu Victoria, opening the competitions, Mr O”Reilly greeting the unsuspected participants on behalf of Greater Dandenong City
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Tai Chi Push Hands Seminar / Workshop by Master Ji Shou Xiang & Norman Chong (Universal Tai Chi Academy) at Epping Creative Centre September 2017 By Dr. Khoo Cheng Choo The Push Hands technique has been much revered in Taichi circles as being one of the most challenging and satisfying of Tai chi practices. Wushu Tai Chi NSW was honoured to have Master Ji Shou Xiang, one of the foremost Push Hands Masters from China conduct a 2-day Push Hand Seminar/Workshop at Epping Creative Centre in September 2017. Master Ji is known for teaching Push hands techniques at the Police Department
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The Tai Chi Association of Australia (TCAA) was founded in 1999 with an aim to establish a strong national independent organisation for all Tai Chi practitioners in Australia. The top priorities, as stated by the first President of TCAA Dr Paul Lam, were sharing knowledge and skills and member benefits in a form of health funds rebates for tuition fees and national database of Tai Chi instructors / classes. Initially, TCAA strongly supported the “Peaceful Challenge” competition which included Tai Chi, Push Hands and Wushu. The competitions attracted many enthusiasts and were a huge success until HIH Insurance collapse in
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Being based in Australia, the Wushu Herald is bound to be interested in how our region’s Wushu athletes, coaches and individual practitioners are represented in the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) which was established on October 3rd, 1990 and is the international federation governing Wushu in all its forms worldwide. Currently, the IWUF has 146 members, across five continental federations worldwide. The IWUF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and is also a member of both ARISF and Sport Accord. The IWUF is devoted to development of Wushu throughout the world, to enrichment of people’s lives by making
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In anticipation of the fast-approaching 14th World Wushu Championships and the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) Congress in Kazan, Russia, we asked Mr Glen Keith, a former Vice President of the IWUF, to clarify several confusing facts about Oceania Wushu structure. He kindly agreed to answer our questions. WUSHU HERALD: There are two websites claiming to be the official sites of the Oceania representatives to the IWUF: http://www.oceaniawushu.org/ and http://oceaniakungfuwushu.com/. GLEN KEITH: The correct website is http://oceaniakungfuwushu.com/ and I am in the process of closing down the website http://www.oceaniawushu.org/, which is now redundant. I am also in