“…Taiwanese scientists found that people who practised tai chi had a higher number of stem cells than those in other groups. It’s “the first step to providing scientific evidence” for tai chi’s health benefits, according to Dr Paul Sanberg at the University of South Florida… Doctors acknowledge that tai chi improves arterial compliance, i.e. expansion […]
From all of us at ausWushu, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May the new year bring you lots of joy and happiness, prosperity and health! Big thanks to all supporters and we are looking forward to another successful year ahead filled with events, new projects and good news.
In 2015, following enquiries from members of our state associations, the Wushu Council Australia lodged a freedom of information (FOI) request with the Australian Sports Commission (ASC). The purpose of the request was to release documents that could clarify how the status of the NSO (National Sporting Organisation) for the sport of wushu was transferred […]
21-22 October 2017 Our annual “Tai Chi, Wushu & Qigong in Today’s World” Conference took place on 21-22 October 2017 at Macquarie University. See the programme and some random photos below:
Li Chunling is a professional martial arts instructor and the Baguazhang (Cheng style) 5th generation. She started learning Baguazhang and weapons from Grandmaster Sun Zhi Jun in Beijing in 2004. In 2007, she was accepted as his inner-chamber disciple. In 2008 & 2009, she was sent to Singapore and Malaysia to teach Baguazhang. In 2011, […]
On 27 August 2017, the Wushu Tai Chi Qigong Australia held their 19th Annual Festival. As always, this independent and open to all competition was a great success. Many Wushu, Tai Chi and Qigong practitioners supported this event by turning up at Monash University, Melbourne. The results and more photos are expected on the WTQA’s […]
The Push Hands seminar with Master Ji Shou Xiang from China was held on 10 September in Melbourne. Norman Chong from Universal Tai Chi Academy said: “Participants were very excited about what they learned and experienced about Tai Chi Push Hands! Something they had never learned before. The Six theories of Push Hands are some […]
The Dutch Health Qigong Association is hosting the 7th World Health Qigong Exchange Tournament & 3rd World Scientific Health Qigong Symposium in the Netherlands from 8-15 September. The Wushu Herald is waiting for reports from our representatives in Hague and will post its results once they are available. This event takes place once a year in different countries. The […]
The Tai Chi Association of Australia (TCAA) was founded in 1999 with an aim to establish a strong national independent organisation for all Tai Chi practitioners in Australia. The top priorities, as stated by the first President of TCAA Dr Paul Lam, were sharing knowledge and skills and member benefits in a form of health […]
All Tai Chi, Qigong and Wushu instructors that are members of our state associations can enjoy our comprehensive yet affordable public liability and professional indemnity insurance. Please note that, unlike some other bodies, the Wushu Council Australia does not make this particular insurance a compulsory element of the membership of the State Associations. We believe […]
