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Martial Arts Festival 2018 加拿大武術節推手比赛Push Hands Competition

Name: Martial Arts Festival 2018 加拿大武術節 推手比赛Push Hands Competition
Start: 2019-01-06T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2019-01-06T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Improve Canada mall

January 6, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Free

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[badge value=”EN”] MartialArts Association Canada (MAC) we have been organizing the annual Martial Arts Festival at Improve, Canada’s first and largest home improvement centre. This year our Martial Arts Festival consist of 2 parts:

Part A, the opening ceremony and the excellent performances by the top class martial arts masters from the famous Wudang Mountains, and the young team of Wayland Wushu Academy, a top school in Canada, and other international martial arts.
Part B, the free style Taichi Push Hands competition.

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Part A took place already on 29 Sept 2018, while we are now working on Part B: Taichi Push Hands competition, so this page only provides detailed info about Part B.

What is Push Hands ? It is a practice method of Taichi, a dynamic and powerful interaction between 2 students. It is similar to the sport of wrestling.
What is Push Hands Competition world finale? It is the 2019 World Finale (DQS Push Hands Competition in China), a large event in Da Qing Shan (i.e. Daqingshan or DQS) Mountain, a mountain sport resort along the Yellow Sea seaside in Shandong Peninsula China in April 2019. The World Finale prize including cash will be awarded to top winners by organizer in China and sponsors in Rizhao city, nearby the well known tourism destination Qingdao(German name as Tsingtau), a coastal city in China where 2008 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting took place(Qingdao International Sailing Centre).
Do I qualify ? You do not need to have any Taichi background, no previous qualification required, because the Competition Rule is so simple, so the Push Hands Competition is for everyone. We will prepare you with free training, see the Workshop Schedule below.
I want to compete, what is the procedure ? A. you register; B. you attend the free training workshop to learn Push Hands and the rules; C. if you will be selected to be a Team Canada member, you will be offered uniform and flight to China to win the world title. Contestant Benefit details as below.

Workshop Schedule:

This workshop is for the beginners and to prepare the Push Hands Competition.

Time: 6 Jan 2019 Sunday, 9:00-10:00am(Form), 10:00-11:00am(Push Hands)
Location: Bayview Hill Community Centre, 114 Spadina Rd, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 2Y9
Fee: free of charge

Contestant Benefit:

Admission fee is free for general public audience. We welcome everyone to see the dynamic of Push Hands Competition, in depth workshop and seminars led by experts.

Every audience also has an opportunity to win the cash prize of $5000 provided by Improve mall to purchase products in any shops in the mall.

Registration fee $30 for contestant, who wants to win this Push Hands Competition(Canadian Competition):

Same as audience, all contestants also have a chance to win $5000 offered by Improve mall.
Contestant who wins this Canadian Competition, will qualify as Team Canada member to go for the 2019 World Finale (DQS Push Hands Competition in China), a large event in Da Qing Shan (i.e. Daqingshan or DQS) Mountain, a mountain sport resort along the Yellow Sea seaside in Shandong Peninsula China in April 2019. The World Finale prize including cash will be awarded to top winners by organizer in China and sponsors in Rizhao city, nearby the well known tourism destination Qingdao(German name as Tsingtau), a coastal city in China where 2008 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting took place(Qingdao International Sailing Centre).
In addition to the benefit listed above(2), the top 3 Canadian winner will be also awarded a 1 week free accommodation in DQS Mountain resort: free hotel and food during the World Finale, and also win free round trip flight to China from Canada.
In addition to the benefits listed above(2), the 2nd place Canadian winner will be also awarded a 2 weeks free accommodation in DQS Mountain resort: free hotel and food during the World Finale, and also win free round trip flight to China from Canada, plus a free training program led by famous Taichi instructor.
The top 1 winner of the final match will be awarded the title as Canada Champion. In addition to the benefits listed above(2), the top 1 winner will be also awarded a 3 weeks free accommodation in DQS Mountain resort: free hotel and food during the World Finale, also win free round trip flight to China from Canada, plus a free training program led by famous Taichi instructor.

Coach and Referee Team[badge value=”EN”] [badge value=”CN”]

[row] [column lg=”4″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Kelvin Ho 何家伟: [/column] [column lg=”8″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Vice President of MartialArts Association。 Kelvin Ho has been teaching the Practical Method system since 2011. He has received medals in various Taiji competitions in Greater Toronto Area.[/column] [/row]

[row] [column lg=”4″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Frank Ding [/column] [column lg=”8″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] President of Health Qigong Canada, well known Taichi instructor. [/column] [/row]

[row] [column lg=”4″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Jack Gao [/column] [column lg=”8″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Vice President of MartialArts Association, 副會長高木水，1984年开始师从于形意拳技击家张占魁老先生的徒孙马兴元老师习练形意拳和八卦掌。 [/column] [/row]

[row] [column lg=”4″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Jenny Yee [/column] [column lg=”8″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Taichi gold winner, instructor. [/column] [/row]

[row] [column lg=”4″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Mary Zhang[/column] [column lg=”8″ md=”12″ sm=”12″ xs=”12″ ] Vice President of CNTV. [/column] [/row]

About Joseph Chen Zhonghua (陈中华)[badge value=”EN”]

Joseph Chen Zhonghua (陈中华), courtesy name Dongliang (栋梁), born in 1961, Shandong Province, China, is a Chinese martial arts practitioner, teacher and author. Chen studied with two outstanding eighteenth generation Chen Style Taijiquan (陳式太極拳) experts, Hong Junsheng (洪均生; 1907 – 1996) and Feng Zhiqiang (冯志强, 1928-2012). He and his family emigrated to Canada in 1985. This has allowed him to actively promote Hong’s transmission of Chen t’ai chi ch’uan(also known as the Practical Method) through his students, seminars, books, instructional videos and websites around the world. In 2005, he was designated the International Standard Bearer of Hong’s Practical Method by the Hong family in a ceremony held in Jinan (济南), China. Since 2006, Chen has run a residential taijiquan training program on Daqingshan (“Big Green Mountain”; 大青山), Shandong Province (山东省), China. Martial arts enthusiast from all over the world can train according to traditional Chen taijiquan methods following the lineage from Chen Fake to Hong and Feng。

Martial Arts Festival 2018 Organizing Committee

2018 加拿大武術節組委會成員

Honorary Chairman 組委會榮譽主席﹕

Charles Jiang, MPP candidate
Joseph Chen Zhonghua (陈中华), well known Taichi master, the founder of Practical Method Taiji
Charity DiPaola, representative of Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

Chairmen 組委會主席﹕

Oleg Chekhter, President of MartialArts Association Canada 加拿大武艺会(MAC)會長
Sean Mu 牟森, President of Wudang Daoist Culture Development Centre 中国武当道家文化发展中心创始人總裁
Anna Misnik, President of Five International 飛舞國際總裁

Directors 組委會主要成員:

Alexandra Bel, Marketing Director of Improve Canada
Dara Jacobs, Director of Events of Improve Canada
Karl Yu(planning and sponsorship)
Youli Liu 劉有利(stage)
Tom Zhang 張進(stage)
Jack Gao(technical) 加拿大武艺会副會長
Kelvin Ho, Chief Instructor of Practical Method Taichi Toronto, 加拿大武艺会副會長
Wenqi Li, Chief Instructor, Wayland Li Martial Arts Centre 李文啟武術學院
Jack Yin, 健然易經, 華夏文化體驗館漢服
Sarmen Sinani(technical) 泛美運動會散打亞軍
Menghui Nie(organizer主办人)

Organizer主办单位： MartialArts Association Canada(MAC) 加拿大武艺会，中国武当道家文化发展中心，加拿大武当道家文化发展中心联合主办
Co-Organizers协办单位： Improve Canada, 山东日照市大青山国际太极拳培训中心, Practical Method Taichi Toronto
Strategic Planning策划单位： Grandsky Strategic Marketing Consulting 碧云天战略营销顾问公司
Media Sponsors西人媒体: CityTV, CP24, iMagazine
Chinese Media华人媒体: CNTV加拿大國家电视台, LiveCanada Streaming TV, 拟邀请约克论坛等。

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[toggle title=”Partners合作夥伴“]Sensei Bert Freeman of Toronto Academy of Karate, Fitness & Health; Du Yunfeng, 武林泰斗张桐嫡传弟子, 国家一级武术裁判杜雲峰; Five International Gallery; Beauties of Asia; Majestic Auction; 昆明硅谷文化傳播公司-红旗微信平臺(Red Flag WeChat Platform); You&Me Florists(真情花店); 加拿大维也纳合唱团.