SPECIAL EVENTS/ CLOSINGS
US Challenge Championships, October 1 & 2, 2022, Washington Education Zone Wagner Hall, Lanham MD
NO CLASSES – Monday October 10 – Federal Holiday, Columbus/ Native American Awareness Day
INTRO TO SWORD FIGHTING SEMINAR-
On Saturday October 8, 2022 Paul Ramos will present a workshop on beginner and intermediate level Sword training methods. Sword control, hand drills, foot drills, combined drills as well as offensive and defensive methods will be practiced. The final hour of this 4 hour event will be free play sword sparring with an emphasis on using what was learned in the previous 3 hours. These methods may also be used with batons, canes, or other similarly sized objects Participants should bring a wooden and/or foam sword, eye protection and any other safety gear they deem necessary..
It will take place at Roda Movements, 7014 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park MD 20912 from 2-6 PM. Tuition is $100 and a limited number of places may be reserved by calling 301-651-3617 or via email at longmen987@gmail.com
THURSDAY NIGHT PUSH HANDS
- is Bigger and better than it has been since pre-COVID times. Masks worn to facilitate safety.
Join us this or subsequent Thursdays at Roda Movement (7014 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912), between 7:30-9:30 PM. All invited! No Charge! Call 301-651-3617 for more information.
DANCE EXCHANGE SATURDAY CLASSES
Tai Chi form and basics at 10 am .
Push Hands class at 11am
Private Lessons in all subjects at 12 pm.
The Tai Chi form and Basics group class at the Clear Circle Gaithersburg school continues to move forward on Monday mornings from 10:30-11:30am. Private in-person classes are also available in Gaithersburg for single persons or small group classes (up to 4 people). These classes are scheduled at times convenient to the instructor and the students involved.
Masks and taking temperatures may be required to participate in these classes and will follow Government mandate.
Please contact Paul at longmen987@gmail.com to say whether you feel ready to get back to class whether in person or via Zoom online instruction.
We continue to offer Zoom classes in form, (Tai Chi, Xing-I, Bagua), conditioning, theory, history, principles and in Qigong/ meditation.
There are also students who come to Gaithersburg to do private outdoor or indoors instruction in or outside of the Clear Circle location. Contact Paul via email or phone (301-651-3617) to discuss options. There is also an ongoing Zoom Sitting Guided Meditation class that meets online each Friday from 12 noon to 1 PM. Contact Paul for links or for questions.
QUOTES OF THE MONTH
Hide not your talents, they for use were made: What’s a sun-dial in the shade? -Benjamin Franklin
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. -Eckhart Tolle
It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them. -Walt Whitman