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Adison Martin will be continuing weekly Saturday Baguazhang classes in another 8-week session beginning on March 20, 2010 and finishing on May 8, 2010.

Through circular patterns and movements, Baguazhang emphasizes the use of freely-flowing Qi to energize your body's muscles and strengthen your internal body, improving health and vitality. It is a style that incorporates short, middle, and long range fighting through offensive and defensive techniques.

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The classes will continue to be held on Saturdays.

Baguazhang runs from 11:00am - 12:30pm.

• Sunday, March 28, 2010
  1:00pm

Please register by March 21st, 2010 for pre-registration price!

The next YMAA Boston Test will be on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 1:00pm.

Shaolin and Taijiquan testing will be held concurrently in separate rooms. If you are testing, please pre-register at least 1 week before the testing date ($10). The testing fee is $15 if you register 1 week or later before the test. There's no fee to watch, so everyone's invited!

Ken Craggs will be continuing Xingyiquan classes in another 8-week session beginning on March 6, 2010 and finishing on April 24, 2010.

Xingyiquan is an internal art, and like Taijiquan, it improves Qi circulation in the body and maintains health. It trains you to build abundant levels of internal Qi to strengthen both the physical and mental bodies.

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The classes will continue to be held on Saturdays.

Xingyiquan runs from 12:30pm - 2:00pm.

20 February 2010

YMAA Boston was recently invited to perform at Brown University's Chinese New Year's banquet. The 15-minute performance included kicks, weapons, and matching sequences. The team performed White Crane, Long Fist, Praying Mantis, and some martial applications. There were 10 students total in the demo team.

The demo team consisted of Jonathan Chang (a disciple of the YMAA Retreat Center), Sully Donahue and Michelle Lin (of YMAA Andover), Robert Was and Marek Czuprynski (of YMAA Poland), and Sean Tran, Paulina Phu, Simon Pang, Alec Chan, and Nicholas Yang (of YMAA Boston).

Thank you to Jachym Jerie (of YMAA Retreat Center), Gabrielle Javierbieda (of YMAA Boston), and Caroline Chen (of YMAA Andover) for videotaping and taking photos.

Great job everyone!

YMAA Boston will now be offering the Chin Na special class free of charge for all active YMAA students. Active YMAA students are those who are already paying regular tuition (i.e. $95/month for either Shaolin or Taijiquan, or $140/month for both). Discounted rates still apply if you qualify.

Non-YMAA students can still take the Chin Na class for $20/class or $70/month. Non-YMAA students are highly encouraged to register as a full-time Shaolin/Taijiquan student for just $25 more per month ($95/month, additional one-time $45 registration fee still applies). The Chin Na class currently meets weekly on Saturdays, from 9:00am - 11:00am. We may change the time to 11:00am - 12:30pm to accommodate Pushing Hands students.

9 February 2010

Tom Dudkiewicz, after suffering from injuries inflicted from an unfortunate car accident last summer break, will be unable to return to the YMAA Retreat Center as a disciple in the 10-year training program.

It is an unfortunate and unexpected turn of events, and we are sorry that he will not continue the training with us. We hope that Tom's experience at the Retreat Center has helped him advance to a better position, understanding, and awareness of his martial arts training, and his life.

4 February 2010

The disciples were invited to demonstrate at their local high school in Miranda, CA. We hope to set up a club at the South Fork High School and create friendly relations with the community.

Jonathan Chang and Patrick Manriquez have made significant progress in their training, especially in speed, power, and accuracy. Zach Cohen, Javier Rodriguez, and Jacyhm Jerie, who are all a part of the second generation of disciples, have demonstrated much improvement since beginning the program only 6 months ago.

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2 February 2010

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is featured on the cover of the March 2010 issue of Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine, on newsstands Feb 2nd.

This Chinese New Year issue has an emphasis on preserving traditional Kung Fu and an article by disciple Jon Chang about increasing your speed in your training. The magazine has been a great supporter of the YMAA Retreat Center, featuring several articles about the Retreat Center's mission and training articles written by the Retreat Center disciples.

A big thanks to Gene Ching, Gigi Oh, and everyone at Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine. You guys are great! ^_^