Taijiquan or Baguazhang school in sydney?????

[Harlequin]

Hi there looking for a good Taijiquan and/or preferably a baguazhang school in the sydney are. Preferably the South eastern area. Any help would be appreciated.

[boy_analog]

There's a prominent yin/yang bagua school in Chinatown, Goulburn St I think.

I haven't visited them, but I'm told they're good. Mind you, yin/yang bagua is a bit different from the standard bagua, I'm told.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Harlequin, hopefully one of the following schools will be suitable for you. I haven't checked them out myself yet.

Academy of Chi Advancement
3/39 Goulburn St. Haymarket NSW 2001Australia
Ph: 61-2-9281 8520 Fax: 61-2- 9580 2455
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~shoude/index.htm


Australian Academy of Tai Chi (Gary Khor)
http://www.livingchi.com.au/


Chinese Secret Wudang and Zhongnang School of Internal Martial Arts
http://www.ccimaa.com.au/index.html


Grand World Tai Chi,
Lidcombe, NSW
Phone:02 964 5799
Contact: Liping Yuan


Sydney Tai Chi and Qigong Centre
http://www.tai-chi-centre.com/


Tai Chi Association of Australia
PO Box 601 GYMEA NSW 2227
Ph: 61 2 9534 7788 Fax: 61 2 9534 4311
http://www.taichiaustralia.com/
Email: info@taichiaustralia.com


Sydney Self Defence Centre
http://www.sydney-selfdefence.com.au/enter/index.html

(This is meant to be Yiquan but the following statement sounds 'misguided'. Apart from the highly dubious claim to be the only successful internal martial art in battle, Yiquan was actually developed in the 1920s by Wang Xuangzhai).

"At around 900 years old Yi Quan is one of the oldest of the 'internal' martial arts, and the only internal art proven effective on the battlefield."

Max

Yooby Yoody

[dedalus]

You could track down one of Erle Montaigue's instructors and learn both. Good martial bagua is rare anywhere, but especially in Australia.

[Harlequin]

Thanks for all the info guys, i'll definatly follow up on some of those links. As you have said finding a good baguazhang school is hard. I have read alot about it and am facinated by it. I think it would complement my wing chun well. I may have find a good taijiquan school first and carry on from there.

[Fish of Fury]

do not learn from the australian academy of tai chi...it's complete crap.don't think they do bagua anyway.

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[Shaolin Master]

Which Taiji and Baguazhang are you after?