Tag: Christchurch

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

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.

RED DRAGON TAI CHI

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Mike Penter started up a Sunday 10 o’clock class in June 2008 to fill the void created when Loo Chi Hu resigned from public teaching at the end of 2006.

Mike reports that this has been successful and a few of his students attend regularly but wishes to point out the opportunity exits to anyone who is proficient at the Yang style long form.

A few Sundays ago we played the form in Somerfield Park as the conditions were right.

If you think this might suit you, just turn up at the Somerfield Community Hall, in Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch.