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Taichi Push Hands Techniques and Yang 9 Duel Routine Workshop 27 October 2024

Professor Lily Sun demonstrates push hands with Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu strudent

Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu is pleased to announce our second workshop for 2024.

Taichi Push Hand Techniques and Yang 9 Duel Routine Workshop

What is Push hands? Push hands is an element of the Duan Wei system created by the Chinese Wushu Association in conjunction with the National Sport Commission and the Chinese Wushu Research Institute to provide an international standard for Wushu/Tai Chi gradings.

Push hands is a two-person training routine practiced to enhance students understanding of martial applications, of attack and defence. The duel routine allows students "hands-on" experience of theoretical implications of the Yang 9 solo routine. With push hands, reflex and sensitivity to another's movements and intent are developed enhancing yin and yang and realising health, meditative, and self-defence benefits.

Push hands complements the solo routine. Push hands allows students to learn how to respond to external stimuli using techniques from their practice routine. Among other things, training with a partner allows a student to develop ting jing (listening power), the sensitivity to feel the direction and strength of a partner's intention. Push hands is a way for students to increase their understanding of tai chi as an internal martial art by experiencing leverage, reflex, sensitivity, timing, coordination and positioning.

It is the perfect opportunity for individuals to gain a greater understanding of push hands in practice.

Join Professor Lily Sun on 27 October. to learn:

  • Clear and easy to follow instruction from Australia’s most accomplished taichi teacher – a rare and not to be missed opportunity

  • Foundation skills and techniques for push hands and the Yang 9 Duel routine

  • Theory and martial applications for Yang 9 Duan Wei Level 1

  • Understanding of defensive and offensive application principles

  • Develop balance, quicker reflexes, sensitivity to the intention and movements of another, and the capacity to create a state of relaxed alertness.

The workshop is suitable for all ages and skill levels from beginner to advanced.

Places are limited and registration is essential. Please register via our event page [link] for a unique opportunity to learn this versatile and beneficial taichi application while enjoying Professor Lily’s warm, generous and exceptional teaching skills.

Celebrating World Wushu Kung Fu Day 2024

Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu wushu and tai chi classes celebrate World Wushu Kun Fu Day at Ascot Vale , Melbourne, Australia

Today Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu classes celebrated World Wushu Kung Fu Day 2024 with other enthusiasts around the globe. Professor Lily especially likes the 2024 theme “Wushu: Health and Happiness”. She says

“harmonising mind and body, maintaining physical and mental health, and feeling happy through learning, achieving and making friends make wushu a one-stop shop to a multitude of benefits.”

The benefits of wushu and taichi practice, increased athleticism, improved health, recovery from injuries and disease, more confidence, and strong community are no secret to wushu and taichi instructors and students.

Wushu, which is also referred to as Kung Fu, is an umbrella term for Chinese Martial arts composed of basic offensive and defensive movements executed with either bare-handed or with weapons. Taichi which falls under the wushu umbrella is a popular form of wushu and particularly suitable for people of all age groups and physical conditions.

World Wushu Kung Fu Day aims to raise global awareness of all practitioners, forms, and styles of wushu, both contemporary competition forms or traditional styles. It promotes the concepts of peace, friendship, health, and an appreciation for nature.

Be inspired by this special day to improve your health and happiness – join a Wulong Tai Chi class today! New students are always welcome! Register here!

Please enjoy the photos of the day

Wushu class

Taichi class

International research confirms benefits of taichi and qigong

A significant volume of international research is compiling that establishes taichi and qigong as a powerful and accessible pathway to physical and mental health, and wellbeing for everyone.

Wulong has set aside a dedicated page - BENEFITS - in our website to highlight curated research papers for our students and community.

Evidence confirms benefits that support or alleviate

  • Musculoskeletal disorders, including fibromyalgia, neck and back pain

  • Effects of Parkinson’s disease

  • Cancer treatment and rehabilitation

  • Poor mental health including stress, anxiety and depression, emotional regulation, loneliness

  • Menopause including bone density loss

  • Coronary disease and rehabilitation

  • Recovery from stroke

  • Physical health of older adults including falls prevention.

    Read more on our page - BENEFITS

    Come join a Wulong class to benefit from taichi and qigong.

    Check out our classes at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/tai-chi-classes

Celebrate 2024 Year of the Wulong Dragon

2024! It’s our year - Year of the Dragon!

Wulong wishes you abundant health in 2024 the Chinese Year of the Wood Dragon.

It’s a special year for Wulong to celebrate the symbol of our school - Wulong translates to "martial arts dragon" in English - highlighting our highly successful online and in person wushu, taichi and qigong training provided by Australia’s most professional taichi, qigong and wushu teacher and practitioner, Professor Lily Sun.

In the Chinese culture, the dragon represents good luck, strength, and health. So it’s the perfect time to wake your inner dragon and join a Wulong class today to experience the renewal of body and spirit that Wulong students experience and set the foundations for your future health.

Read more about Wulong benefits at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/benefits

Check out our class schedule and register today at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/tai-chi-classes

As well as her always high standard professional training, this year Professor Lily will host two special workshops. One qigong workshop in May and one tai chi workshop in November.

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Yang Style Tai Chi Fan Session 2 Wrap up

On 12 November 2023, Professor Lily Sun led a second exclusive workshop for tai chi enthusiasts to learn session 2 of the Yang Style Tai Chi Fan 28 routine.

Professor Lily delivered clear and comprehensive instructions on Session 2 movements and tai chi fan techniques. Participants immersed themselves in the foundational skills and techniques essential for mastering the subtlety, intricacy and pleasure of the latest and most popular modern fan routine.

Having trained extensively with the creator of the Yang Style Taichi Fan 28, Professor Yang Li, Professor Lily delivered rare insights and a enthralling learning experience.

Professor Lily’s knowledge of the routine and her renowned teaching expertise ensured a high standard of learning for participants. As always, students particularly enjoyed the explanations of subtle fan martial applications - not just simply the basic movements. Professor Lily explained how the fan can be used to startle or visually confuse an opponent, deflect or redirect attacks, and with a flick of the wrist the fan can collapse to strike, parry hits or block other weapons.

We practiced the circular and linear movements of the Tai Chi Fan 28 – open, close, strike, block, poke, sweep, or hook – combined with footwork, body rotation, and other techniques of this fluid and powerful martial art.

And the engaging and uplifting movement names such as “Rain dragon returns to the sea”, “Mighty ox tills the fields” and “Bee tricks the butterfly” inspired our positive enjoyment and assisted our memory of the movements.

Once again Professor Lily was very impressed by students excitement and excellent results achieved learning the techniques and movements of the second half of Tai Chi Fan 28.

"Training with the tai chi fan is good for your taichi foundation, energy flow, mental function (focus and concentration) physical coordination, flexibility, strength and balance." says Professor Lily

“The Tai Chi Fan 28 routine is very relaxing and promotes mindfulness during practice. And the routine movements are very good for your heart.”

Professor Lily is planning a review session for Yang Style Tai Chi Fan 28 for January 2024. Stay tuned for more information soon.

Please enjoy the photos of the day.

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Wulong Success at 2023 WTQA Festival

UPDATE: Since the competition, the WTQA Committee has decided to award gold medals in the Qigong team competition to the Wulong Tai Chi Kung Fu team for performance of Taiji Yang Sheng Zhang (Stick Qigong) routine. Our team were previously awarded the bronze medals in a combined Tai Chi / Qigong team competition. And … our other performance of Tai Chi Fan 18 form, which previously came In fourth place, is now awarded bronze medals. What a great result!!

Big day out for Wulong at the 2023 Wushu Tai Chi Qigong Australia (WTQA) Festival. Gold, silver and bronze for our tai chi and qigong individual and team competitors!! And most honoured guest status for Professor Lily. Well deserved!

Grateful thanks to WTQA President Sam Au and organising team for the outstanding day.

What a day it was! With special performances from the masters, a massed Beijing 24 performance and a special interactive qigong activity led by Wulong’s own Lucy Keenan (who was also a WTQA judge!) So relaxing! Nearly all competitors and audience members were on their feet breathing and stretching.

Wulong's small team made quite the impact, walking away with Qigong Overall Champion trophy and 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 bronze medals.

Roland Heath - Qigong Gold Medal and overall Qigong Champion

Rowan Dinning - Tai Chi Silver and Bronze Medals

Qigong Team - Ann Whitfield, Anne Price, Kathy Campelj, Helen Simmonds and Roland Heath - Bronze medal.

Special shout out and congratulations to Melbourne University Wushu Kung Fu, also coached by Professor Lily. Many individual medals and overall Wushu Champion Connor McGowan.

Big thanks to Michael, Jenny, Sharna, and Ros, our cheer squad and paparazzi crew. We thank you! 

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Professor Lily teaches at UniMelb Medical Conference - a Sold Out Success!

Fully booked!! In June 2023 Professor Lily Sun, 8th Duan Professor of Chinese Martial Arts, Wuhan University, delivered a specially designed workshop for medical students and staff at the Melbourne University Medical Department Student Conference (MDSC). The workshop proved very popular and places were quickly filled.

Connecting to a conference theme of opening minds, Professor Lily introduced future doctors to the easy and well researched movements of Ba Duan Jin health qigong, proven to support health and wellbeing, stimulate energy generation, and promote unity of mind and body (mindfulness).

Professor Lily helped medical students to learn a skill they can practice to maintain their physical and mental health through the hard work of medical study - lectures and clinical days, early morning ward rounds - and future career pressures. Professor Lily said:

“I am teaching them a skill to keep their personal health as a priority while doing better, and being better , in an inreasingly challenging world.”

Students enjoyed Professor Sun’s engaging, generous and exceptional teaching skills. They had many questions about Ba Duan Jin, tai chi and qigong to ask her after the session.

Professor Lily explained that Ba Duan Jin has gained worldwide recognition as an effective exercise system for improving health and preventing diseases. It is published by the Chinese Health Qigong Association and over 450 scientific studies have been conducted to investigate its health benefits and effectiveness.

More information about Ba Duan Jin is available at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/ba-duan-jin

All Wulong taichi, qigong and wushu services are designed and supervised by Professor Lily Sun. We are happy to discuss your individual corporate requirements and tailor a package to suit the needs of your organisation. For more information please see our events&corporate page or contact our office.

If you want to learn Ba Duan Jin or other qigong or tai chi then come join a Wulong class to benefit from taichi and qigong. Check out our classes at https://www.wulongtaichi.com.au/tai-chi-classes

Tai Chi Fan - A mesmerising martial art

Thank you, Professor Lily! For teaching us the subtle and intricate ways of the Yang Style Tai Chi Fan 28.

With the sharp crack of opening and closing fans resounding in our ears, we practiced the circular and linear movements of the Tai Chi Fan 28 – strike, block, poke, sweep, or hook – combined with footwork, body rotation, and other techniques of this fluid and powerful martial art.

Professor Lily showed us how the tai chi fan can be used to startle or visually confuse an opponent, deflect or redirect attacks, and with a flick of the wrist the tai chi fan can collapse to parry hits or block other weapons.

Professor Lily was very impressed by our excitement and dedication to learning the techniques and movements of the first half of Tai Chi Fan 28, with the excellent results achieved, and our enthusiasm for more training.

“The Tai Chi Fan 28 routine is very relaxing! It requires focus and concentration, which ensures mindfulness during practice. And the routine movements are good for your heart. The slow and rhythmic movements can improve cardiovascular health and circulation.” says Professor Lily,

"Training with the tai chi fan improves your taichi foundation. Tai chi fan practice develops coordination, flexibility, strength, balance, and improves energy flow throughout the whole body."

As always, the focus of Professor Lily’s training included correct foundation and technique - the martial applications of each movement were revealed, not just simply the basic movements.

Professor Lily is very pleased with the outcome of the workshop, and is planning a follow-up Tai Chi Fan 28 workshop for November 2023. You can send an email to express your interest in attending to info@wulongtaichi.com.au

Please enjoy the photos of the day.

Photo Gallery

Professor Lily Sun teaching Yang Style Tai Chi Fan 28