UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS/ CLOSINGS
Sifu Paul Birthday Celebration – September 6, 2026 1-5 pm
Autumn Moon Festival- September 25, 2026
China Trip – Shanghai, Wudang Mountain, Beijing- October 9-26, 2026
SIFU RAMOS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION !
Sifu Ramos will be turning 70 and this milestone will be celebrated on Sunday September 6 beginning at 1 PM in Gaithersburg MD. If you’d care to attend contact Erik Dubois via email at dubois@gmail.com to receive the evite.
AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL 2026
In China, the Mid-Autumn festival celebrates through family reunion. On this day families appreciate and admire the Moon in the evening. This is because on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar-solar calendar, the moon is at its fullest.
The Mid-autumn Festival (or Zhong Qiu Jie in Mandarin), is also known as the Mooncake Festival. Farmers traditionally brought in their harvest to celebrate with families and friends and to be thankful for another year of their fruitful bounty. This year it falls on September 25 th and is celebrated in the US and in Asian countries around the world.
We normally meet for a late lunch to gather and see each other outside of the class setting. It will take place on Saturday September 26 at 4 pm in Rockvile. Contact Eric Putney at eaputney25@gmail.com if you’d like more information or if you’d like to attend.
CHINA TRIP CONFIRMED
Sifu Paul Ramos and Sifu George Harris will lead a group of 18 participants to China to study and sightsee. The trip takes place October 9-26 and will entail flying to Shanghai for several days before flying to Wudang Mountain for additional training and sightseeing. Then to Beijing to visit a WuShu club there and train a bit more before coming back to the U.S. This trip will be exciting and probably gruelling as well but everyone is excited to take advantage of this rare opportunity.
SHAOLIN KUNG FU
Wu Shen Tao offers training in traditional northern-style Chinese martial arts forms and techniques passed down through the Wudang Dragon Gate lineage, as well as Tien Shan Pai and other Shaolin styles. Sessions include intense physical workouts which build strength, balance, mind/body coordination, and skills for self-defense. Training is tailored to each individual, so beginners of all ages are welcome. Classes are led by Lao Shr Jeff Bandy who has taught our Shaolin program for more than a decade. If you are interested, or have questions, please reach us via email, wstkungfu@outlook.com
HYATTSVILLE LOCATION
Our Adult group classes are located in Hyattsville, MD. Our Community Tai Chi Push Hands gathering takes place there from 7:30-9:30 pm each Thursday evening. This free community gathering focuses on developing the skills of using the least amount of force to accomplish the maximum effect. This is known as the classic “Use softness to overcome hardness”.
On Saturdays from 9:00 am-10 am we train beginners. This is followed from 10-11 am by our Tai Chi Form and basics level 2 class. This is followed by Tai Chi Pushing Hands instruction at 11am.
Beginning at 12 noon, we begin the Xing-I Chuan / Bagua Zhang training, as well as our advanced practitioner / specialized training block which runs until 1:30 PM.
Those wishing to train privately or semi-privately may do so at our Gaithersburg location at days and times agreed upon by both teacher and student. Call 301-651-3617 for more information.
The address for the group location is:
3811 Nicholson Street
Hyattsville MD, 20782
The address for private lesson location is:
329B Main Street
Gaithersburg MD, 20878
QUOTES OF THE MONTH
I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be one.
Crazy Horse
I must be going bald. It’s taking longer and longer to wash my face.
Harry Hill
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson