Welcome new and returning members for 2nd semester!

Welcome!!!
So, we enter week 2 of the second semester and we have some new members signed up already! Welcome to you all!

Welcome once again our returning members - it is great to have you join us again!

For those of you yet to join the Club, please consider making a commitment to the Club for the remainder of the semester. Fees are here. We hope that all members will be signed up no later than Week 5 of the semester.

And on another note...
Welcome back also to Sifu John, who has just returned from his trek around Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia, last month. Sifu will be talking about his journey next week, so please come along and hear his stories! He met with some of the old masters and has much to show and tell!

Also...
Don't forget to enter our Logo competition!!!

Our first logo is submitted for our Logo Competition!

Sven-logo01,
originally uploaded by Monash Tai Chi Club.

Hi everyone,

We have received our first logo design - thanks to Sven - for the Logo Comp!

You can also view a slideshow of submitted logos (via Flickr) as they come in.

Thanks Sven and we look forward to seeing more designs! :o)

Enter our Club LOGO COMPETITION!!

OK, it's 2005, and it's time we brought Tai Chi to the people of today!!....Well, we can think big can't we?...!!

So, we would like a NEW TAI CHI LOGO to reflect the 21st century and that Tai Chi is alive and well!

Here are the competition instructions:

1. All Club members are eligible to submit a logo design
2. The logo design must be able to be used as black and white (or greyscale) for easy printing (but you can have a colour one too!)
3. You can submit as many designs as you like
4. Please submit logos in either JPG or GIF formats, or in hardcopy to an Office bearer
5. Club members will then vote via an online poll (on this blog) for their favourite logo
6. The most polled logo wins!

Here is a current logo...other logos can be seen in the training room on the cupboard door...



Here are some ideas that we think the logo should convey (to kickstart some of your design ideas):

A. tai chi promotes health and wellbeing
B. show tai chi as a way of life
C. tai chi has a long history, our style is Yang style
D. tai chi is for everyone, young and old
E. relax, be attentive and be confident
F. tai chi moves like weaving a silky cocoon
G. yin and yang, the foundations of tai chi
H. tai chi is life force, energy (ji, qi or chi)
I. the tai chi open hand

You have plenty of time to get your logo designs in...the competition will remain open up to end of Week 3 of semester 2, 2005. We'll put together a nice PRIZE for the winner too! :o)

Submit your logos in either of the following ways:

1. email your designs to monashtaichi[at]yahoo.com.au (spam free - replace [at] with @!) as .jpg or .gif
2. post your design as a comment on this blog site (you will need to have uploaded your design to a site you have that holds your images, etc, like free sites such as Photobucket or Flickr) or,
3. the old fashioned way, hand your design to Marg, Anthony, Alvin, Brendan or Sven at training to be scanned and uploaded to this blog for voting!

All designs will be made available on this blog for voting. Keep checking back to this site for updates and new designs as they come in...!

Any questions, please talk to of the other office bearers! Good luck and we look forward to seeing your designs (how exciting!!)

T'ai Chi Chu'an Books Worth Reading

The following titles can be found on Amazon.com, or many will be available through bookshops and perhaps local libraries! Have a look around!

Cheng Man-Ch'Ing (1985) Chen-Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Chu'an




Cheng Man-Ch'Ing, Robert W. Smith (1966) T'ai Chi: The "Supreme Ultimate" Exercise For Health, Sport And Self-defense



Cheng Man-Ch'Ing and Mark Hennessy (1995) Cheng Man-Ch'Ing: Master of Five Excellences Raniosacral Work




Cheng Man-Ch'Ing and Mark Hennessy (1997) Cheng Man-Ch'Ing: Essays on Man and Culture




Yang Chengfu and Louis Swaim (2005) The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan

If you see any of these in libraries, especially here at Uni, please let us know! You can leave the reference and Call number in the comments area at the end of this post!

Outdoor Training Demo a Success!

Demo 2005 (7),
originally uploaded by Monash Tai Chi Club.

Our outdoor training demonstrations were a great success! Thanks to members who were able to make the two days around lunchtime - your involvement is much appreciated, thank you!

We were able to capture some of the demo with photographs and short movies too. We will publish some of these to this site, via our Flickr site.

Via a slideshow of pictures here!

We hope to have another round demonstrations before semester 2 as part of our semester 2 membership drive!