Longfei-Taijiquan Association of Great Britain

Dudley Summer Camps
Longfei News Letters - Volume 1, Issue 3

Meeting at Dudley Campus, Wolverampton University

The highlight for us is the meeting at Dudley Campus, Wolverampton University. This year we included a second weekend event enabling us to cover a range of activities, catering for the novice through to the advanced practitioner.

Professor Li was joined by Master Wang Yanji, and the teaching complement was completed with Faye Yip (Hui Li).

The second weekend was a new feature and introduced students to a short form of the "Sun Style". Both weekends were a great success and we are encouraged to continue the two weekend format next year and into the future. I would like to thank all of you for supporting these events with a special thanks to the hard core of students that trained and shared both weekends with us.

Dudley 1999 - Dates for your Diary

A number of delegates have asked for early advice on the dates for next year's events. It is our intention to retain the same formula each year, with the three day event taking place on the last full weekend in July and the two day seminar the weekend following.

The 4th Summer Camp : 1999 - 23rd, 24th, 25th July
The Two Day Seminar  : 1999 - 31st July, 1st August

The main thrust of both weekends was Taijiquan, however a whole range of subjects was introduced. With the exception of the football match (more about this on the Match of the Day page), most of the warm-ups were drawn from other Internal Chinese Martial Arts "Xingyi Quan, Bagua Quan".

The Eight Treasures were practiced alongside the eight Chinese early morning broadcast exercise. The Eight Treasures (Ba Duan Jin) can be seen practiced with many slight variations. "The Eight Treasures" presented by Prof. Li are the result of Master Li Tian-Ji's research into the history and practice of "Ba Duan Jin" (translated literally as "Eight Pieces of Silk Brocade").

"Ba Duan Jin" is recorded as arising from the Daoist Tradition and Chinese folklore. They are a Dao-yin (Qigong) method of gentle stretching exercise that stretch and soften the ligaments and tendons, at the same time stretching and relaxing the muscles.

They are designed to stimulate the flow of Qi throughout the Meridian System and eradicate stagnancy in the internal organs. They are with other Dao-yin practices concerned with restoring original vitality or Inherited Qi (Yuan Qi).

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