Happy Chinese New Year and Australia Day 2012!!!

Monash Wushu and Taichi For Life will be taking part in wushu and taichi martial arts demonstrations at Crown and Glen Waverley CNY festivals this year. Performance times are as follows:

Crown Hawkers Bazaar

Friday, 27th January - 11:30am (Queensberry Stage), 8:00pm (Main Stage)

Saturday, 28th January - 12:30pm (Queensberry Stage), 3:00pm (Main Stage)

Sunday, 29th January - 1:00pm (Main Stage)

Glen Waverley Spring Festival

Sunday, 5th February - 1:00pm (Mont Clair St Stage)

Be sure to come down and watch!

Class will not be running on Australia Day (Thursday)

One unique aspect of wushu compared to other martial arts is that we use a large variety of weapons. Recently I asked the committee members for their favourite wushu weapon(s) and this is the short list we came up with.

-          Double Hook Sword - My favourite weapon (Lydia)

Two is better than one! The swords are shaped such that you can block and disarm an enemy who is also wielding a weapon. They can also be linked together and the user has a wider attack range by swinging the swords. Follow this link to see the famous scene of Michelle Yeoh using the double hook...