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		Longfei Newsletter Volume 7 Issue 2

Letter from the Chairman

The 11th summer camp proved to be a great success, catering for 70 delegates it surpassed all the previous ten for attendance. My thanks to all of you for your support.

China Trip 2008

The foundations for our next trip to China are already laid and at the time of publication there are still a few vacancies open. For those of you who have already booked we will be travelling again over the Easter break 2008 (i.e. Good Friday and Easter Monday will form the middle weekend of the trip). There will not be as much travel involved as the 2006 trip. More time will be spent training in Beijing. We plan one journey to Yongnian County to visit the birthplace of "Yang LuChan" creator of the Yang style of taijiquan. The curriculum of Longfei is founded in the Yang style so we can look upon the visit as returning to the roots and the home of the Yang family tradition. From memory (I last did the trip in 1991) I think the journey is about a five-hour coach ride and we plan to be away from Beijing only for two nights. More information will be available to those of you who have reserved a place in the near future. Easter dates to be announced.

Walsall Summer Camp 2007

The camp will again take place on the last weekend in July 26-27-28-29, assembling between 1500-1800hrs on Wednesday 25 July. The content for 2007 will remain the same as 2006. This will enable delegates to substantiate their training of last year or swap to an alternative group. Newcomers will also have the opportunity to study the Standardised 56 Yang Jian and the Yang Dao, first introduced in 2006.

Walsall Programme 2007

0900-1215

56 forms Yang style Jian - Professor Li Deyin

88 forms Yang style - Master Wang Yanji

73 forms Sun style Comp - Simon Watson

1400-1630

36 forms Yang Dao - Professor Li Deyin

24 forms Taijiquan - Master Wang Yanji

Taiji Kungfu Fan - Mrs Li and Simon Watson

Delegates need to select their preferred choice when completing the booking form for the morning sessions.

Over the afternoon sessions delegates have freedom of choice on the discipline they wish to practice and are free to move around the disciplines at will.

A complete programme will be available on arrival.

Professor Li Deyin's Summer Tour

14 July: Lochinver School, Herts. Xingyi, 12 Animals

21-22 July: Glasgow. Contact Derek Daly for details

25-29 July: Walsall Summer Camp. Details on page 1

18-19 August: 1000-1630 Barnet, Herts. Chen style 56 forms competition routine

The two workshops will cover one half of the routine, the second half will be completed in 2008. This will be a great opportunity for newcomers to the Chen style and for those who have experience, the chance to improve their skills.

Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong Workshop 24-25 February 2007. Mark has spent many hours studying dao yin theory since we saw him last year. This enhanced information has been gathered from Professor Zhang Guande. The weekend will give delegates the opportunity to appreciate some of the finer points of the dao yin system. Workshops will include both internal and medical theory. and the principles of dao yin.

Sat 24 Feb: Concentration Exercise, Stretching Exercise

Main programme - General Health Exercise, New Stomach Exercise

Sun 25 Feb: Five-Minute Exercise, Stretching Exercise

Main programme - Taiji Gong 1, Yi Jin Jing

Master Wang

Master Wang Yanji will visit the UK on 26 May to 3 June 2007.

26-27 May: Glasgow with Derek Daly. Contact Derek for details, 0141 576 4417

Tuesday evening 29 May: Milton Keynes with Gill Hughes. Contact Gill, 01908 310 611

Wednesday evening 30 May: Littleheath, Herts with Simon Watson. 24 forms Taijiquan and 32 Taijijian (sword)

Thursday evening 31 May: Watford with Steve (Khoje). Contact Khoje, 020 8950 3561

Friday evening 1 June: Codicote with Simon Watson, Xingyi

Saturday 2 June: Codicote with Simon Watson, Bagua for beginners and improvers

Sunday 3 June: Codicote with Simon Watson, Bagua for improvers

Master Wang will visit the UK again on 2-4 November 2007. The Friday and weekend workshops will follow the same format as May/June above.

Longfei Seminars 2007 with Simon Watson

Saturday 24 March: 1000-1630, 24 Taijiquan, Lochinver School, Potters Bar, Herts

Saturday 28 April: 1000-1630, Four Energies (Peng, Lu, Ji, An), Pushing Hands, Fajing, PMH, Codicote, Herts

Saturday 9 June: 1000-1630, Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong. Taiji Fan (sections 1-3). Codicote

Saturday 15 Sept: 1000-1630, Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong. Taiji Fan (sections 4-6). Codicote

An evening with J Krishnamurti Friday 16 February (starting at 18:30 at Codicote Peace Memorial Hall). I have had a number of requests to do another evening with a video/DVD of one of the famous man's public talks. The intriguing title of the talk is: "Attention is the Flame in Which Sorrow Ends"

Richard Watson

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