a member of the Canadian Taijiquan Federation  e-mail: stevehiggins@rogers.com

Where and When

SCHEDULE

In addition to our regular classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays (see below), we frequently have special events and guest instructors:

• To view our schedule in detail, Click Here.
• To view Steve Higgin's most recent Newsletter , Click Here.

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS:

• Sensing Hand Formal Review, Monday February 15th, from 7pm to 9pm at the Calvin Presbyterian Church. The focus during this workshop will be on three two-person four-hands drills. Cost: $10.00.
• Cold Mountain's Chinese New Year Event, Saturday February 20th, 2010, starting at 1:30pm at the Calvin Presbyterian Church - Workshops on Animal Eseence: 1:30-3:30pm, Lion dance and demonstrations: 3:30pm, potluck: 5:30pm - view our Chinese New Year flyer here!
• Spirit Bear Workshop, Saturday March 27th, 1pm tp 4:30pm at the Calvin Presbyterian Church - find out more!

REGULAR CLASS TIMES

Mondays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm:

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Qigong
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Yang large-frame Taiji for Beginners

Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm:

6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Qigong
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	Yang Family Large-frame 16-movement short Form and Yang Family 108-movement Taijiquan
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.	Taiji weapons (Fan, Sabre, Sword, Spear)

Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm:

6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.	Cold Mountain Long Fist and Cannon Fist
7:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	Spirit Bear practice, with focus on martial awareness
8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.	Shen Family Taijiquan Qigong
8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.	Yang Family Middle-Frame Taijiquan (Shen Family transmission)

Note that some students join Tuesday or Thursday classes for the first half only (6:30pm to 8pm), or for the second half only (8pm to 9:30pm), or both, depending on their schedule and focus of practice.

Fridays, 9:30pm to 10:30pm:

9:30am. – 10:30 am.	Health session: Balance Training and Vertigo Issues
10:30am - 11:30am	Beginner Fan - SPECIAL, with Lisbeth

Saturdays:
There are Saturday morning classes, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.. These classes occasionally change, so as to accommodate church activities and requirements for the gym. They have more and more evolved into a combination of Chen-style practice with Sifu Gao Haibin, and open practice. In addition to the Chen Family’s first routine, we are now beginning Chen-style sword form.
Sundays:
In addition there is a weekly Qigong session on Sunday afternoons from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. The focus of these sessions will be on various Qigong sequences, including the Guo-lin Qigong.

LOCATION

Mondays and Fridays at: The Cedars Community Centre, 543 Beechwood Dr., Waterloo.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at: Calvin Presbyterian Church, 248 Westmount Rd., E., Kitchener, ON. (since 1996)

Dues

General membership:

• Single: $60.00 monthly, $150.00 for three months.
• Family: $90.00 monthly, $220.00 for three months.* (*Family rate applies to any number of additional family members.)
• Occasional drop-in, $20.00

Note that regular membership provides the opportunity for 11 hours of class practice per week! You can join any of the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (Balance only), and Saturday regular classes. Special classes such as Beginners' Fan and Sensing Hands have an additional fee to cover for rent.

Private lessons, $70.00 per session.

Document preparation (eg. Insurance), $50.00.