In the last two or three years, Ji Hong has been actively promoting Health Qigong, hosting Qigong instruction seminars in conjunction with the Alberta Wushu and Taichi Association. Top-ranked Qigong masters from China were invited to conduct Qigong training for Ji Hong students as well as the general public. Ji Hong College has subsequently offered Qigong classes as part of the regular college curriculum.

This year, Ji Hong has gone one step further by sending three students to participate in the 4th International Qigong Tournament in Vancouver, September 17th to 18^th. All three students scored well at the tournament competing against Qigong athletes from around the world including those from China.  The results are as follows:

Grace Lee – 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Grace Lam – 1 Silver
Krasimira Kuneva – 1 Bronze

All three students worked extremely hard in preparation for the tournament. The results reflect their effort as well as their talent. Congratulations! Keep up with your Qigong practice. May the Qi be with you!

Qigong Tournament Newsletter – Vancouver, BC

Ji Hong Taichi Athletes Rewarded at a Major International Taichi Tournament

The 6^th International Jiaozuo Taichi Tournament was held on August 20^th to 26^th in the city of Jiaozuo in China. This major event, sponsored by Chinese State General Administration of Sports and the provincial government of Henan, was hosted by the Management Centre for Wushu of the Chinese State General Administration of Sports, the Chinese Wushu Association and the municipal government of the city of Jiaozuo. This is currently the international Taichi competition of the largest scale and highest level. More than 3800 athletes came from all over the world to compete in this tournament. Ji Hong Wu Shu and Tai Chi College, led by Master Hong Yuan Luo, sent four students to the tournament and took home 3 gold and 2 silver medals.

Seven Outstanding Ji Hong Students Selected to the National Team at the Canadian National Wushu Championships

At the Canadian National Wushu Championships held at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto in August, seven Wushu athletes from the Ji Hong Wu Shu and Tai Chi College made it to the national A team and B team respectively. They will represent Canada at the 11^th World Wushu Championships in Turkey on October 6^th to 15^th of this year, and at the 9^th Pan American Wushu Championships next year.

The Canadian National Wushu Championships was sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Wushu Organizations and hosted by Wushu Ontario. Judges came from Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec. Wushu Taolu and Sanda formed the two divisions in the competitions. Taolu athletes may select a minimum of two and a maximum of four routines. The total of the highest scores of two of the routines selected will be used as criteria for the selection to the national team. The A Team is made up of the top five men and top five women competitors. They will compete at the World Wushu Championships in October this year. The B team is made up of the top ten men and top ten women athletes to compete at the Pan American Wushu Championships next year.

Onto the World and Pan American Championships

Wushu athletes from across the country, after competing in their provincial selection tournaments and qualifying to compete at the national selection tournament, converged in Toronto for two days of fierce competition. Wushu students from the Albertan division of the Ji Hong Wu Shu and Tai Chi College were outstanding in garnering 7 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze medals. Seven athletes have been selected to the national team. Among them are Jonathan Leung who won 2 gold medals in Taijiquan and Taiji sword, Eric Duong who competing in Changquan, Sword and Spear, won gold in Sword, and Brianna Chan competing in Nanquan, Nandao, Nangun and Sword, won 2 gold and 1 silver medals. Jonathan and Eric have made the men’s A team and Brianna the women’s A team. All three athletes will compete in the 11^th World Wushu Championships leaving for faraway Turkey on October 6^th of this year. Four other Ji Hong athletes have qualified for the B team. They are

Alana Chan, Samantha Huynh, Alvin Chiang and Samuel Malone. Together with the three A team schoolmates, they will compete in the 6^th Pan American Wushu Championships next year.

In addition to the selection of the national team at the Canadian Wushu Championship, a tournament was held for the junior Wushu athletes in preparation for the national junior Wushu team tournament next year. Four Ji Hong students competed fearless of a strong field of competitors and performed superbly capturing 2 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Dear Students of Ji Hong,

Just a reminder that all continuing classes begin this Tuesday in Edmonton and Saturday in Calgary. Please come back to the same class as before, or according to the new schedule. If you do not have a schedule, please visit our website’s schedule posting, on http://www.jihongtaichi.com/?page_id=216

Please see the attached for Calgary and Edmonton Open House information:
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Edmonton 2011-09 Open House

Regards,

Jennifer Gu
Vice-President
Ji Hong Wu Shu & Tai Chi College

Dear Students of Ji Hong:

Summer is still lingering, but a change of the season is definitely in the air. I hope you all have a great summer full of activities and joy and that you are looking forward to a change of pace in your daily lives. In the traditional Chinese medical thinking, fall and winter is a time for nurturing, and replenishing the energy, so much of it has been expended in the vigorous summer days. I fully subscribe to this rather obvious observation in health, and I also happen to believe that Wushu and Tai Chi are the ways to build the body and mind for the summer of 2012.

Our schools are getting ready for the new fall sessions. Open House is set for September 11, Sunday 2:00 to 4:00 pm in our downtown location. We will have our Wushu and Taichi demonstrations of course. I urge you to attend this function and bring along family and friends. There is no better introduction to these wonderful forms of exercise than to witness the performance first-hand. Please see attachment and forward it to your friends.

For this past summer, the school has not been all that quiet. There has been regular free practice for the Taichi group which were well attended. It is great that our students took advantage of the opportunity to keep up with the Taichi practice, and more importantly to stay in shape.

For the Wushu kids, well some have worked very hard this summer in preparation for the Canadian National Team Selection Tournament in Toronto in August. Their hard work has paid off. Their accomplishments at the tournament are:
7 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 8 Bronze medals.
3 student has been selected to the Canadian National Wu Shu Team ( Team A, Female top 5 and Male top 5 ) . They are Jonathan Leung, Eric Duong and Brianna Chan. They will be competing at the 11th World Wushu Championships in Ankara Turkey in October this year. We wish them continue success and a wonderful trip to that exotic land across the ocean.
7 students has been selected to the Canadian National Wu Shu Team ( Team B, Female top 10 and Male top 10 ). They are Jonathan Leung, Eric Duong, Brianna Chan, Alana Chan, Samantha Huynh, Alvin Chiang and Samuel Malone. They will be competing at the 9th Pan-Am Wushu Championship to be held in Mexico in 2012. Congratulations to these members of our school.

So my dear students of Ji Hong, may I welcome you to a brand-new season. I look forward to see you, as are all our college instructors, in class and continue to assist you in your journey to better and more vigorous lives ahead.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Gu
Vice-President
Ji Hong Wu Shu & Tai Chi College

Please view the updated schedules for Calgary and Edmonton for the upcoming fall semester under the “Schedules” tab.

– Ji Hong

The 9th Hong Kong Wushu International Championship was held at the Hong Kong Ma On Shan Sports Centre and the Tsuen Wan Town Centre. Raymond Ma, a student of the Ji Hong Wu Shu and Tai Chi College put on an outstanding performance winning three gold and one silver medals. This being its ninth year, the Hong Kong Wushu International Championship continually expands from 1000 participants in its inaugural year to over 8000 athletes this year from 30 countries and 889 teams. The untiring efforts of the organizers of this tournament have made it one of the great international Wushu gatherings.

One Athlete Competing in Four Taichi Styles

Ji Hong College was invited to send a team to the tournament. Unfortunately several members could not go for various reasons. Master Hong Yuan Luo personally led the lone team member of Raymond Ma who signed up to compete in four Taichi styles: Chen, Yang, Wu and Wu-Hao.

It is well-known within the Taichi circle that the four styles are very much distinct from one another: the Chen style displaying the complementary elements of hard and soft, fast and slow; the Yang style expansive and rhythmic; the Wu style soft like willow branches swaying in the wind, leaning yet well centre-balanced; the Wu-Hao packed with internal power. To compete in all four styles is a daring attempt in accepting high degree of difficulties. In preparing for the competition, Raymond received instructions from Master Luo and with diligence and hard work, achieved breakthroughs in all the routines.

As the long competition progressed, Raymond amazingly was able to revved up his competitive intensity to take the gold medals in Chen, Wu and Wu-Hao and a silver medal in Yang style.

Raymond Ma is a veteran dentist by profession with a passion for sports. He was active in soccer in his earlier years. His interest in Taichi began a decade or so ago when he joined the Ji Hong Wu Shu and Tai Chi College. The depth and scope of Taichi completely captivate him and he studies hard and practices diligently in Taichi classes to finally become an elite student of the college.

In 2008 he competed in international Taichi tournaments in Handan and Shantou in China and won three gold and two silver medals. In this tournament he has once again accepted it as a personal challenge and has taken another giant leap in his pursuit of excellence. Well done and congratulations Raymond!

Seminar Topics:

Demystifying the Essence of Tai Chi

The Integration of the Total Elastic Body – Theory, Training & Application

講座題目:太極拳精要理法揭秘 — 人體彈性能的整合理論,訓練和應用

Seminar:

Date: April 22, 2011

Time: 10:00m – 11:30am

Place: Scarborough School – 3241 Kennedy Rd. Unit 9

Fee: $15.00

Workshop 1:

Date: April 22, 2011

Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm / 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Place: Scarborough School – 3241 Kennedy Rd. Unit 9

Fee: $70.00

Workshop 2:

Date: April 23, 2011

Time: 2:00pm – 4:30pm

Place: Richmond Hill School – 10 East Wilmont St. #21/22

Fee: $35.00

Celebration Dinner:

Date: April 24, 2011

Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm

Place: Century Palace Restaurant 世紀皇宮 – 398 Ferrir St, Markham

Fee: $38.00

Open House:

Date: April 30, 2011 & May 1, 2011

Time: 2:00pm –  4:00pm

Place: Scarborough School – 3241 Kennedy Rd. Unit 9

Tel: 416-704-9288

Open House:

Date: April 24, 2011

Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Place: Richmond Hill School – 10 East Wilmont St. #21/22

Tel: 647-921-1368

第三屆世界青少年武術錦標賽於12 月初在新加坡裕廊東體育與休閑中心圓滿結束，亞省武術健兒成績突出，奪得3 枚獎牌。基宏武術太極拳學院的陳思敏一人獨得1 銀1銅，為國爭光。

由國際武術聯合會主辦，新加坡武術龍獅總會承辦的第三屆世界青少年武術錦標賽於12 月2 -9 日在新加坡裕廊東體育與休閑中心舉行。來自46 個國家的736 名運動員、裁判員和教練員參加了25 個套路項目和12 個散打項目的角逐。

加拿大青少年國家武術隊是今年9 月25 日在多倫多的全國武術選拔賽中選拔組成。共有6男6 女的套路運動員和幾名散打運動員。當時亞省基宏武術太極拳學院的3名學生：陳思敏以3 枚金牌、楊早耀以1 金2銀、雙雙入選國家隊套路A組；而卡城基宏學院的張家誠也順利入選國家散打隊。

世界青少年武術錦標賽每兩年舉辦一次，2006 年第一屆在馬來西亞舉行，2008 年第二屆在印尼舉行，今年是第三屆。世錦賽分套路和散打兩部分，套路比賽分A組（16-18歲）、B組（13-15歲）和C組（ 12歲以下），每組比賽，每個國家只能派出男女各2 名運動員參賽。散打比賽方面，男子分8 個重量級，女子分4 個重量級進行比賽。

基宏學院的古岱娟師傅第8 次出任國家隊套路教練，來自亞省和安省的12名運動員於11月30 號出發，遠赴新加坡參加比賽。經過幾天的緊張賽事，來自基宏武術太極拳學院的陳思敏表現突出，在女子A組南拳的比賽中，戰勝來自亞洲國家的多名專業好手，以9.55 分的成績奪得銀牌，中國隊獲金牌。陳思敏在第二天的比賽中，再接再厲，獲得女子A組南棍銅牌，成為加拿大隊獲最好成績的隊員。

這次加拿大隊獲得2 銀3銅共5 枚獎牌，其中2 枚是基宏學生陳思敏奪得，可喜可賀。

Staged at Singapore’s Jurong East Sports & Cultural Centre, the 3rd World Junior Wushu Championship drew to successful close in early December of 2010. Alberta athletes scored outstanding results winning 3 medals. Brianna Chan of Ji Hong Wu Shu & Tai Chi College single-handedly captured 1 silver and 1 bronze for Canada!

Organized by the International Wushu Federation and hosted by the Singapore Wushu Dragon & Lion Dance Federation, the tournament ran from December 2nd to 9th. A total of 736 guests, among them athletes, judges and coaches participated in events covering 25 taolu and 12 sanshou events.

The Canadian Junior Wushu Team of 6 boys and 6 girls and several Sanshou athletes were selected through the Canadian Wushu selection competition held in Toronto on September 25th of 2010. Among them are three Ji Hong students from Alberta. Brianna took 3 gold medals at the competition. Eric Duong took 1 gold and 2 silver. Both were selected to the national taolu A group. Alvin Chiang from Ji Hong’s Calgary school made it to the national Sanshou team.

The World Junior Wushu Championship is a biannual event. The 1st was held in Malaysia in 2006 and the 2nd in Indonesia in 2008. At this championship, the 3rd in Singapore, the two major divisions are taolu and sanshou. The taolu division was further divided into three groups: Group A (ages 16-18), Group B (ages 13-15) and Group C (ages 12 and under). Each country was allowed to send two athletes in each group. In the Sanshou division, the boys competed in 8 weight categories, and the girls in 4 weight categories.

Led by Master Jennifer Gu of Ji Hong College, this being her 8th time as the national taolu coach, the team (12 athletes from Ontario and Alberta) left for Singapore on November 30th 2010. After several days of intense competition, Brianna’s stand-out performance won her a silver in Nanquan. Her score of 9.55 was better than many of the full-time athletes from Asian countries, and second only to the Chinese who took the gold. On the following day, Brianna continued her winning way by capturing the bronze medal in Nangun. Brianna’s achievements were the tops in the Canadian team.

In all, the Canadian team took home 2 silver and 3 bronze for a total of 5 medals. Among them are the two contributed by Brianna’s outstanding performance. Congratulations to all!