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It’s been a very long time coming but Pei Lei Wushu Association has finally released its revamped website!

Along with a substantial visual upgrade, we’ve improved the mobile phone experience, provided much improved photo galleries and hopefully made the site all round easier to navigate.

But we’re not quite done yet! Over the coming months we hope to be able to add more video content and general articles on Tai Chi and Wushu to benefit our students and friends from around the world!

As something of a “grand opening gift”, we have also published a collection of rarely seen photos of school founder Master Alice Bei Dong and her teacher, 4th-generation Yang style Tai Chi Grandmaster Fu Zhong Wen.

Click here to view this special gallery.

The Tai Chi Association of Australia (TCAA) is once again holding its Open Tai Chi Competition. This year’s competition will be held on Saturday June 4th, 2016 at the Sydney University Sports & Aquatic Centre.

Registration details are available via the TCAA website – http://www.taichiaustralia.com/competition.html.

The Pei-Lei Wushu Centre held an 2015 end-of-year function on Sunday 13/12/2015 at Marrickville Wilkins Public School. The event was attended by nearly 100 students and guests. Students from all classes come together to show-case their achievements with a series of wushu and tai chi performances as a meaningful event for wushu cultural promotion.

The performance program consisted of group and individual demonstrations on wushu basic movements, traditional wushu fists and weapons, Chin Woo tao-lu, bagua-palm, Yang and Chen tai chi forms. Master Alice Dong put on a spectacular double-hooks wushu weapon and
bagua-palm performances in front of the guests and was rewarded with a huge round of applause.

Everyone stayed back after the event to network and to sample the finger foods and snacks brought in by the students. Group photos were then taken to end the party, and everyone is looking forward to meeting again next year.

In addition, the NSW Chin Woo Athletics Association and Pei-Lei Wushu Centre will be participating in the following 2016 Australian Day event, and the Chinese New Year Lunar Lanterns Community Programs organised by the Sydney City Council:

(1) Tuesday Jan 26, 2016 Australian Day Tai Chi Event: Pei-Lei Wushu and Eastwood Tai Chi Group will hold a free Tai Chi Event on that day at 8:30 morning in the Eastwood Mall

(2) Thursday evening 11/02/2016: Wushu Demonstration in front of the big Dragon Head Lantern

(3) Saturday afternoon 13/02/2016: Tai Chi Workshop at Martin Place

(4) Sunday evening 14/02/2016: Tai Chi Demonstration in front of the Tai chi Rabbit Lantern

Please spread the news and come to support these wushu cultural promotion activities.

All enquiries to Alice Dong 0414281098

The Pei-Lei Wushu Association will be closed for the festive seasons after the Sunday lesson on 13/12/2015. All classes will resume in early February.

The school will be holding an end-of–year event on tai chi and wushu demonstration on the afternoon of 13/12/2015. Please invite your family members and friends to support this function.

This will be an opportunity for all students to foster and share their learning experiences. It is also a good platform for students to show-case their achievements from the weekly training lessons, and to promote tai chi and wushu for health.

‘Bring a plate’ is a great way to share the party workload. We suggest each class ring a few plates of savoury dishes/nibbles and light refreshments to share for afternoon tea.

Date: Sunday 13 December 2015

Venue: Wilkins Public School, Park Road, Marrickville

Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm

Entry Cost: $ 5/ person

Sifu Alice Dong

(Mobile 0414 281 098)

www.peileiwushu.com

 

On Sunday May 3rd 2014, Pei Lei Wushu Association and NSW Chin Woo Association members competed in the KWA National Championship at Ryde Community Sports Centre in Sydney. Congratulations to everyone, especially all the first-time competitors for their excellent showing in the competition. Full results from Pei Lei & Chin Woo competitors below:

GROUP EVENT

Pei Lei Wushu Association – Silver

NSW Chin Woo Association – Bronze

KUNG FU

Northern Style (Male – Child)

Izaac Teng – Gold

Bevis Huang – Silver

Danial Tang – Bronze

Northern Style (Female – Child)

Sonia Hui – Gold

Northern Style (Male – Junior)

Vasillis Argyridakis – Gold

Northern Style (Female – Junior)

Renata Konya – Gold

Nicole Xian – Silver

Northern Style (Male – Youth)

Zhengjun Qin – Gold

Hui Qin – Silver

Other Style (Male – Adult)

Mars Yu – Bronze

Short Weapon (Female – Child)

Renata Konya – Gold

Short Weapon (Male – Adult)

Mars Yu – Gold

Long Weapon (Male – Junior)

Tim Wu – Gold

WUSHU

Changquan (Male – Junior)

Christopher Ban – Silver

William Luu – Silver 

Tim Wu – Bronze

Chanquan (Male – Youth)

Terence Wu – Gold

Nanquan (Female – Adult)

Yi Ru Pua – Gold

Nandao (Female – Adult)

Yi Ru Pua – Gold

Gunshu (Male – Junior)

Christopher Ban – Silver

Jianshu (Female – Youth)

Tanya Wu – Gold

TAI CHI

Traditional Yang Style (Male – Adult)

Mitchell Brown – Gold

Traditional Yang Style (Female – Adult)

Krista Brennan – Gold

Traditional Yang Style (Female – Senior)

Anne Lee – Bronze

Traditional Chen Style (Male – Senior)

Adam Chen – Gold

New Yang Style Competition Routine (Female – Senior)

Hsiu-Lin Liu – Silver

New Chen Style Competition Routine (Male – Senior)

Desmong Chung – Gold

Traditional Yang Sword (Male – Adult)

Mitchell Brown – Gold

Traditional Yang Sword (Female – Adult)

Krista Brennan – Gold

Traditional Yang Sword (Female – Senior)

Jenny Tong – Silver

Traditional Other Weapon (Male – Senior)

Desmond Chung – Gold

The KWA National Championships will be hosted in Sydney this year on Sunday May 3, 2015 at Ryde Community Centre.

The National Championship will showcase the following in a one day event – Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Wushu, Controlled Contact Sparring and Sanda Full Contact Sparring.

The Chinese Wushu Duan-Wei System is the official system implemented by the Chinese Wushu Association to overall evaluate and recognise the levels of Wushu practitioners. The first Oceania Wushu Duan-Wei Grading Course and Exam organised by Kung Fu Wushu Australia and Chinese Wushu Association was successfully held in Australia. This has signified a milestone achievement for the development of Chinese wushu in Australia.

The Chinese Wushu Association has paid highly attention to this Duan-Wei Grading Course and Exam by sending an official delegation led by Mr Kang Ge Wu of Wushu 9th Duan and head-in-charge of the Chinese Wushu Duan-Wei System, companying with the following five wushu experts to conduct the training course and judging of the exam:

Ms Zhang Yu-Ping, Wushu 8th Duan; Mr Zhao You-Bin, a famous Yang Taiji Master and Wushu 8th Duan; Mr Sa Jun-Jie, son of the late famous Xing-Yi and Ba-Gua Master Sa Guo Zheng, and Mr Kang Tao, a disciple of the famous Chen Taiji Master Chen Zheng-Lei.

A total of 31 wushu practitioners from various regions of Australia participated in the grading course and exam.

Master Alice Dong, who is the President of the Pei-Lei Chinese Wushu Centre and also the fifth lineage holder of traditional Yang Taiji, has achieved the Wushu 8th Duan.

Alice said that she was very grateful to accept this honour, as it is a big recognition and acknowledgement for her progressive contribution to the development of Chinese wushu culture. She has confidence to continue her effort to prosper Chinese wushu culture in Australia. She was excited to have met the famous Yang Master Zhao You-Bin. Master Zhao came to Sydney for the Yang Taiji teaching and net-working activity after the duan-wei grading course and exam. Students of the Pei-Lei Wushu Centre had an opportunity to meet and to discuss with Master Zhao on taiji topics while having dinner together.

All wushu lovers around the world would have the same aims in making friendship, promoting unification, learning from each other and inheriting the traditional Chinese wushu culture. No matter where we are, we always belong to a big taiji family.

The Pei-Lei Chinese Wushu Centre has been established in Australia for 20 years. The Centre has trained students with excellent achievements in many National and International Championships with many medal awards from gold to bronze. The Center has also made an excellent contribution to the continuing development of Chinese Wushu by successfully training up wushu judges and coaches.

We hope everyone has had a great Christmas and New Year break. Classes will be resuming 27th January 2015 per the new Timetable. There have been a number of changes to the timetable this year, so please check it out before we resume.

1) New beginner Tai Chi class on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 am to 11:00 am starting from 11th February 2015, held at St Philip’s Anglican Church in Eastwood.

2) New beginner Tai Chi Sword on Saturday mornings at 9:00 am to 10:00 am from 31/01/2015,  held at Carlingford Don Moore Community Centre.

3) Chen Tai Chi Practical on Tuesday nights at 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm from 27th January 2015,  held at Carlingford Don Moore Community Centre.

 

This year marks the 20 years since the establishment of the Pei-Pei Wushu Association. To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we will be showcasing Tai Chi and Wushu performances as part of our Open Day, an end-of-year event for the school. We look forward to welcoming all our students (past and present), family and friends of students, and community members to join in the celebration, along with invited Chin Woo Masters.

The day would provide a fantastic opportunity to catch up with students and friends from other classes, and see how they have improved over the year in their learning and training. It’s also going to be a wonderful opportunity to showcase the Pei-Lei Wushu Center to the community.

Venue:
Wilkins Public School
Park Road, Marrickville

Time and Date:
2:00 pm Sunday 30/11/2014

Entry Cost:
$5/person

Enquiries:
0414 281 098 (Alice)