News
Issues of Slant Flying, the newsletter of Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy can be found in the newsletter section.
Academy gradings are recorded here.
See below for news on past seminars, demonstrations and competitions the Academy has been involved in.
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October 2009The Academy hosted the Tai Chi Union of Great Britain Festival of Qigong on October 10. The next will be in London on 13th March 2010. |
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June 2009On June 7th we ran the second London Competition for Traditional Tai Chi Chuan in conjunction with the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain Judges Programme. The results and gallery have been published. |
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May 20092009 residential course at Gaunts House in Dorset. |
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April 20092009 British Open competition. |
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March 2009Judges Seminar - Chen style with Liming Yue in Manchester. |
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February 2009Judges Seminar - Yang style with Shelagh Grandpierre in Nottingham. |
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January 2009Judges Seminar - Wudang style with Richard O'Dell in Eastbourne. |
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November 2008A group from the Academy went to the Tai Chi European Championships in Sweden, where Nicole Lomas and Stefanie Sachsenmaier contributed heavily to the UK medal tally. |
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October 2008Following a series of summer lessons by Stefanie Sachsenmaier, Steffi and Richard demonstrated Tai Chi at Mind Open Day in Bow. |
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June 2008We celebrated National Tai Chi Day in London Fields park. |
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June 2008On June 7th we organised the inaugural London Competition for Traditional Tai Chi Chuan in conjunction with the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain Judges Programme. The results have been published. A lot of work went into a very successful competition, which is sure to be repeated next year. |
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April 2008Judges Seminar in Oxford. At the Tai Chi Union Festival of Chinese Internal Arts in Oxford: An introduction to judging and a hands-on chance to get a feel for Wu style sabre. |
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February 2008Wu Style Judges Seminar at our Academy. |
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December 2007Judges Seminar - 24 Form with Faye Li Yip in Coseley. |
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December 2007Christmas demonstration at the Academy. |
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November 2007Judges Seminar at our Academy to learn judging points of Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan focusing on the 54 competition round form recognized by the International Wu Style Federation in world wide competitions. |
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October 2007Judges Seminar - Sun style with Faye Li Yip in Coseley. |
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September 2007Judges Seminar - Chen Man Ching style with Mark Peters. |
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April 2007Summer residential course at Grimstone Manor, Devon. 11-15th April. |
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April 2007Wu's Academy sent a large team to the 2007 British Open. |
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December 2006The Academy Christmas Evening Banquet in China Town |
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December 2006Disciples Inner Circle Day December 10th 2006 |
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November 2006Judges Seminar in Rickmansworth. |
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October 2006China visit: Zhengzhou chen village 2nd world Wu Shu Championships and Shaolin Temple. Beijjing and Shanghai |
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April 2007Autumn residential course at Grimstone Manor, Devon. |
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July 2006Historic gathering of the seven masters,23rd July 2006, and Wu's Tai Chi Academy Toronto, Canada 2006 |
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June 2006National Tai Chi Day in Victoria Park |
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June 2006Judges Training Workshops At Tai Chi Caledonia, Stirling Scotland June 10th & 11th. |
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April 200618th British Open Tai Chi Championship - Oxford. Academy participants: Shez, Laurie, Barry, Martin, David and Will. |
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February 2006Second judges seminar, Nottingham 19th February 2006 |
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November 2005Ministry of Sound event in support of fundraising for the Hackney Empire. |
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October 2005Beginners seminar workshop given by Grand Master Sifu Wu Kwong Yu, head of the Wu Family Tai Chi Chuan, will be giving . Sunday 30th October 2005 |
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October 2005Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan Academy, London (UK) Opens in Bethnal Green |
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May 2005Summer residential course in Devon. |
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February 2005Nottingham competition. |
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February 2005First judges seminar, Nottingham 13th February 2005 |
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December 2004The academy played host to Sifu Wu Kwong Yu's, 5th Generation head of the Wu family visit for the instructor certification, discipleship ceremony and seminar workshop December the 3rd and 4th 2004. |
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October 2004St Petersburg, Russia 3rd European Tai Chi Championships 29/30/31 of October 2004. Toby Wragg silver medalist in resricted step pushing hands and Sifu Gary Wragg silver medalist in Wu style form - experts category. |
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September 2004Autumn residential Course in Devon |
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August 2004Sifu and elder son Ben Wragg visited the Toronto Academy. |
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May 2004Summer residential course in Devon. |
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April 2004British Open competition in Oxford. Toby Wragg was gold medalist in pushing hands & fixed feet pushing hands and Robert Lambert silver medalist in moving step pushing steps. |
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February 2004Sifu Gary Wragg was teaching Tai Chi with students of the New York studio school. |