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NEW ZEALAND WORLD TAI CHI QIGONG EVENTS.

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Official events being organized by the NZ National Tái Chi Ch’uan Association for 2011 are at the following venues.

AUCKLAND

Tamaki College Community Recreation Centre
Elstree Avenue, Glen Innes, Auckland

WELLINGTON

Onslow College, Burma Road, Johnsonville

CHRISTCHURCH

Barrington Park, Barrington Street, South Christchurch

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

The Annual General Meeting of the Christchurch Branch of the Association
will be held at 6pm on 2 May 2011 at the residence of Loo Chi Hu QSM at
28 Cross Street, Phillipstown. Please bring a plate if you intend to attend.

Loo-Chi Hu, his life and times

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LOO-CHI – Asia Downunder New Zealand

Bharat Jamandas – Senior Reporter from Asia Downunder has filmed Loo-Chi Hu, his life and times to be shown on:
Sunday 27th March 2011 TV1 @ 11am.

This was following Robin Greenberg’s New Zealand International Film Festival Movie – the very successful “The Free China Junk”. As part of the Film Festival’s publicity, Bharat reviewed Robin’s beautiful movie and took great interest in the story of Loo-Chi. The movie uncovered the remarkable adventure of five young fishermen who set off from Taiwan in 1955 intending to cross the Pacific in an old Junk. Their plan being to sail to San Franciso, hauling the boat across the US to take part in a trans-Atlantic yacht race – none of them having had any experience of junks or the open sea!! The sixth junk-mate, the young American Vice-Consul in Taipei, filmed the journey.

Robin’s earlier film about Loo-Chi, “HULOO”, premiered at the NZ International Film Festival 2008.

During September of 2010 Bharat visited Christchurch filming Loo-Chi, his daughter Lih-Lan, and two grandchildren Jessie and Holly here at his home and at the Barracks in Christchurch. Her family were here on sabbatical from Texas, USA.

It will be a beautiful little film of Loo-Chi at his home in Phillipstown, Christchurch, New Zealand, with his family; sharing with us his life as a Tai Chi Master and his seafaring days on the high seas.

Geraldine C Parkes
Committee Member

The Festival of Tai Chi 2010

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The Festival of Tai Chi 2010 will be held on the 27th November at the Cashmere Club, 50 Colombo Street from 9 am – 3 pm. Registration will start at 8:45am.

The dynamics will be very different for this years event as we are drawing on more local practitioners this year. There will be opportunities to interact with the forms presented and find out about local T’ai Chi Ch’uan groups.

Our star performer will be Christchurch’s Dave Thew who is currently in China for the 4th World Traditional Wushu Championships and will compete in the Oceania Wushu Tournament in Sydney after that.

Other well established Christchurch Instructors include Loo Chi Hu QSM, Dr Denis Walker as well as Practitioners on the Association.

Representing the branches of the Association from Auckland, David Wong, and from Wellington Terry Young will also demonstrate in the program.

We welcome for the first time at this Festival Peter Dawson from Greymouth and welcome back Trevor Johnston from Timaru.

For further information please contact

The Secretary
164 Condell Avenue
Christchurch 8053

WORLD TAI CHI & QIGONG DAY 2009

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“One World … … One Breath”

A relay of special events to celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD) will begin in New Zealand and end 24 hours later in Hawaii.

WTCQD is officially recognized by the United Nations World Health Organization and aims to promote and educate the world to the benefits of practising Tai Chi and Qigong.

Since 2002, at 10.00am local time, Tai Chi and Qigong enthusiasts in New Zealand have had the honour of kick-starting WTCQD for the rest of the world and to initiate a “healing wave of energy” to encircle the globe.

This year WTCQD will be held on Saturday, 25th April and in observance of Anzac Day the usual large public events will take place in the afternoon instead.

However, New Zealand at the prescribed time of 10.00am will still kick-start WTCQD. Individuals and small groups of practitioners will gather to perform Tai Chi and Qigong privately with the hope that the new “healing wave of energy” they initiate for the world in 2009, will also carry the Spirit of Anzac – for peace, freedom, unity, love of life.

In Auckland, the celebration of WTCQD will for the first time take place over two days. On Saturday afternoon the public demonstrations will include mass displays of Tai Chi and Qigong performed by combined clubs and schools. A special seminar is planned for Sunday to teach the Ba Duan Jin Qigong routine. This simple to learn, evidence-based health Qigong from China is currently being promoted world-wide.

Research have shown that the traditional Chinese health technologies of Tai Chi and Qigong can reduce anxiety, depression, and chronic pain conditions. They can boost the immune system, improve respiratory function, burn calories, dramatically improve balance, improve cardiovascular benefit, provide powerful stress management tools, and slow aspects of the aging process.

WTCQD in New Zealand is organized by the New Zealand National Tai Chi Chuan Association Inc.

Further information is available at the websites:
www.worldtaichiday-akl.org
www.worldtaichiday.org

Contacts:

Diana Lau, Ph: 638 5308, 021-182 4963
Orlando Garcia,  Ph: 636 1329, 021-560 200
David Wong,  Ph: 625 5197, 027-475 4162

WTCQD in Auckland is sponsored by SPORT AUCKLAND and ASIA NEW ZEALAND FOUNDATION

The Festival of Tai Chi 2009

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The Festival of Tai Chi 2009 will take place on Saturday the 21st November at the Cashmere Club.

The doors will be open at 8:45am to register and meet with other enthusiasts. There is a $5 door fee.

The program will start approximately 9:15pm with the traditional Yang long form led by Loo Chi Hu QSM who is the father of Tai Chi in Christchurch.

This year Tai Chi Instructors, Orlando Garcia Morales and Diana Lau will represent Auckland. Terry Young and Mercedes Godinez will be coming from Wellington, all who have international experience in training or competition.

The Nelson School of Tai Chi led by Cristine Clements will again travel south to be part of our program.

Local Practitioners Dave Thew, Dr Denis Walker, Sandy Jiang and Jean Whalley will also present demonstrations. There will be plenty of opportunity to participate in the forms being presented and also talk to Instructors at various times of the day.

There are plenty of places close by to buy your lunch or you can order from the in house menu at the restaurant on site.

For more information contact Mike Penter on Retnep AT xtra.co DOT nz.