September 2008

International Martial Arts Championship 2008.                                    Cheng Ming Martial Art International Association

This is the very firs time this event has taken place and Miriam and Neil participated to represent Australia and their own school in Wattle Glen. Events entered were Ba Gua, Hsing-I, Tai Chi and Weapons Forms. All our performances were individual events judged by 5 judges and a time keeper. It a very male dominated arena with most of the judges also being male.

Miriam and Neil won 7 medals between them. 1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze.

Approximately 200 contestants took part from Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand, Israel, Japan, America.

Catergories were mixed male and female with age groups ranging from 10 to 70 years. Tai Chi Chuan was timed to between 4.5- 5.5 minutes for the first basic 14 movements. One lost points if you were under time or over time. Judgement was also based on knowledge of form, softness of pattern and level of skill.

The 3 day event brought together many senior and junior students of the Cheng Ming System of Internal Kung Fu.

After the events, we all meet up again at the memorial mountain to pay respects to our founder, the legendary, Grandmaster Wang Shu Chin. Due to the very hot and humid conditions and the fatigque of contestants, we did not perform our usual demonstrations. Instead, Master Wang provided us with a scrumptous vegatarian lunch in much cooler conditions.

It was a great experience for us as now we also have a measuring stick to compare our level of skill with those students from other countries. With our teacher residing in Taiwan and no others in Australia to train with, it is difficult to know how we are progressing.

It is expected this event will take place again in 2 0r 3 years time.

August 2007 The Trilogy of Power Seminar held at Wattle Glen

Master Wang Fu Lai and Master Huang Shu Chin came to our home again for our personal training and corrections.

A few days later, we were joined by Master Ozawa Shoji of Japan.

Master Ozawa is an "inner room pupil" of Master Wang Fu Lai and also my Kung Fu brother. At the weekend, a seminar attended by several students inluding one from Israel was held.

After two of the Masters left, Master Ozawa stayed with us a few extra days and was able to take in some touring of our country.

Our students were again blessed with spending time and training with some of the worlds most experienced masters in Kung Fu.

August 2006 -Master Wang Fu Lai visits Wattle Glen
On August 17th. 2006, Master Wang Fu Lai and Master Huang came for a short visit to Australia and stayed at my home in Wattle Glen, Melbourne. This is a hugh honor given the small number of dedicated students that attend my classes.

However, a workshop held over the weekend was attended by 16 people. Some old students, some new and some current. The children from my Kung Fu 4 Kids class were especially excited to have the honor of meeting and training with one of the worlds most experienced martial artists of Internal Kung Fu.

Patterns of the system that were demonstrated and instructed were : Hsing-I twelve Animals and Hsing-I sword
Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Applications.