Novembet 19th 2007:

Upcoming events are:

December 2nd: Art vernissage by Hicham titled "Within transmission"
Based on Propethic devils, devilish beasts, and beast-like prophets

December 7th: Documentary film night (more info at http://www.insightfulevents.ca/events.htm)
This is a documentary based on cancer prevention via awarness of carcenogenics. There
will be a whole night of things going on, with a band, a dj, as well as food and drinks.

December 8th: Fencing Seminar hosted by the McGill Fencing team
Try your hand at european fencing courtesy of the McGill Team. You can learn the basis
of the sport, as well as some of the history behind how it reached where it is today.

October 29th 2007:

There will be a Chen Na Seminar on November 9th, from 2:00 - 5:00 PM.

The emphasis will be on explaining the concepts behind Chen Na (Joint locks), and
we will demonstrate some of the locks used in the Tian Shen Pai system by
Master Willy Lin. The cost of the seminar will be a suggested donation of 10$. The
idea is that you donate what you are able, and the money will go towards bringing
Master Lin up from New York to teach a seminar.

You are free to donate whatever you are
able, but you are more than welcome to attend regardless, as the main intention
of the McGill Gong Fu Club is to simply raise awareness as to all the different styles
available in martial arts training.

We are also working on organizing a film night for November 16th, with the intention
of showing hard to find Asian films.
Updates will be posted here.

There is now a course being offered on Thursdays from 7:30 - 9:30 pm which
will focus on building up the foundations for Martial Arts training, with emphasis
on flexibility and stamina.

October 12th 2007:

The Xing Long Gong Fu club is now a martial arts space that hosts; the Seven
Starts Tai Ji Club which teaches Wu Style Tai Ji Quan and The McGill Gong Fu club. We
work towards offering people instruction in health maintenance with a focus on mind body
connections, as well as methods of self defense which use this integration. Through the
Mcgill Gong Fu club we hope to be able to introduce McGill students to different schools
throughout Montreal so that people can find the style that is right for them.

We also host monthly Art Vernissages and film nights, in order to help support the Arts, and
utilize the space we have available to give exposure to student artists, as well as raise
awareness for worthwhile causes.

Shortly coming up we will be hosting a Tai Ji Chuan Seminar

On October 20th, 2:00 - 5:00
Chen Style Tai Ji, presented by Master Yang Hai

On October 21st, 2:00 - 5:00
Wu Style Tai Ji, presented by the Seven Stars Tai Ji Club

October 6th 2007:

Xing Yi Quan and Ba Gua Zhang courses are no longer being taught at the Xing Long Gong
Fu Club. Please contact Ethan Murchie for more information on those classes.

May 2nd 2007:

Travis Joern will be out of town for the duration of the summer. Ethan Murchie will be teaching
personally, but the classes will be cancelled for a couple weeks in July when he goes down
to the instructor's conference in Tuscon Arizona.

February 12th 2007:

Classes have been in full swing over the last week. The schedule has been reformatted
and now all the courses offer more intensive training.

January 6th 2007:

Due to reconstruction of the gym, all classes will be suspended until further notice.

December 9th 2007:

The training will be conducted as normal up until the 20th. All official classes will
be canceled for two weeks from December 20th up until January 6th. There will
still be some training taking place, so keep in touch with the instructors if you'd like
to do some training during the holiday season. If you are new and would like to see
the school and what we offer, simply contact us through the information under the Contact
link, and we can arrange a meeting.

Happy holidays!

November 23rd 2006:

Harmony Wagner, a senior instructor of NATSTA, will be visiting Montreal this
coming weekend. She will be leading the class on monday, november 27th.
So please stop by if you want to meet one of NATSTA's most talented female
instructors.

November 16th 2006:

We will be hosting a public demonstration of our martial arts and Chinese
Medicine at McGill next Wednesday, from 10:00 am – 4:00pm. The event will
be held in the SSMU building on the McGill campus, on McTavish street north
of Sherbrooke, within the Lev. Buckman room.

During the Holidays, will be no classes from December 23rd until January 6th.
However, the gym will still be open during some of that time, keep in touch with
the instructors to find out when.

Starting December 1st, the Qi Gong classes in the mornings (mon-fri) will go
from 8:00 – 9:00, instead of from 7 – 8, due to the increased difficulty of waking
up early during the winter season.

October 5th 2006

There will be no classes on Monday, October 9th, as it is Thanksgiving holiday.

We are in the works of preparing a charity event on November 22nd, to raise
money for China Care, an organization dedicated to raising money for
orphanages in China, to help with medical fees. It will be held on the Mcgill
campus. We will soon post further information on the event.

September 16th, 2006:

We've recently celebrated our 3rd anniversary of being open here in montreal.
Things have certainly flowered since we first openned our doors, with
the addition of several new instructors we've seen many students come and go,
either moving on with new knowledge they will carry with them through life, or
staying and becoming more involved with the vast depth of training we have here
at our school.

We have several activities coming up, from arranging a seminar here in Montreal
with Master Willy Lin to organising a trip to Thailand in December. We will also
be adding more material to the website so that everyone can get a better sense
of what it is we are doing here.

August 20th, 2006:

Everyone is now back home from various trips. Ethan Murchie has returned
from the instructors conference with a new sense of how to structure the
system as it is being taught in Montreal, while Travis Joern has returned
from China with an entire collection of new drills and excercises to help
everybody's gong fu improve. He also learned corrections on several of
the forms that will be taught to the Ba Gua students.

We are currently in the middle of revamping the school from the short lull
during the summer heat, and getting ready to start a new season of instruction.
Key Changes will be:

~ An extra half hour added to Ba Gua Classes for the advanced students to review
weapons forms and two man drills.

~ Morning Qi Gong classes taught by Travis Joern from 7:00 - 8:00

~ Ethan Murchie will start up another round of his 12 week medicine course every
saturday from 3:00 - 6:00 starting in eary september, along with a 12 week
cource on the Meridian Qi Gong, an excellent Qi Gong form based on following
the pathways of the 12 meridians to bring the energy to each correlating organ

So as you can see, things are brewing up right now. Keep posted for futher changes

July 18th, 2006:

Travis Joern will be leaving for China to research further into the connections
between Gao Yi Sheng style Ba Gua and Shuai Chiao. He will be gone from
July 10th until August 19th.

Ethan Murchie will be running the classes according to the regular schedule, up
until the last 2 weeks of July, where he will be going down to Arizona to help
facilitate the North American Tang Shou Tao Assiciation's annual instructor's
conference. Albert Joern will be in charge of classes during his absence.

Only changes to the Class schedule will be that the school will be closed
July 19th, 20th and 21st. Also, once Ethan leaves for the conference, the
Shuai Chiao courses will be on a two week hiatus.

Check postings for further updates.

July 5th, 2006:

The Website is currently under reconstruction. Expect many additions and Changes.

We'll be entering more information on the styles we teach, as well as details
on the styles of weapons we train with, which includes:

~ Staff
~ Straight Sword
~ Ba Gua Broad Sword
~ Muslim 9 Ring Broadsword
~ Spear
~ Double Headed Spear
~ Cane
~ Rooster Knife
~ Duck Knife

We will also be adding more detail to the lineages of the styles we study, as well
as the biographies as our teachers.

June 23rd, 2006:

The new website is now up and running. There will now be
more frequent updates to the content of the website. Classes
at the School are busier then ever, often with school open
and available for training even when classes aren't officially
running.

Also, The Seven Stars Tai Ji Chuan has been holding their
classes at our school now for the last two months and
everything is running smoothly. They offer excellent instruction
in Wudang style Tai Ji.

March 23rd, 2006:

Shuai Chiao and San Miguel classes are now being
offered at the school San Miguel stickfighting will be held
on tuesday and thursday afternoons, and Shuai Chiao is
held on wednesdays from 6:00 - 7:00 and fridays from
4:00-5:00. Due to the nature of Shuai Chiao practice, a
prerequisite will be a certain degree of capability in
performing break falls, which can be learned during the
Xing Yi courses.

February 13th, 2006:

We will be having a weekend open seminar for Gua Yi
Sheng style Ba Gua Quan. Led by Ethan Murchie, we will
be spending the weekend of March 18th introducing the
fascinating style of Gao Ba Gua.

It is open for anyone who would like to come
will go from:

Saturday, March 18th from 9 - 12 am and 1 - 5 pm
Sunday, March 19th from 1 - 5 pm

September 15th, 2005:

The North American Tang Shou Tao Association invites
you to attend:

Gao-Style Bagua Zhang Seminars
Open to the Public

These seminars will introduce various materials from the
Cheng-School Gao-Style Bagua Zhang system, as
taught by the three highest-ranking members of the Liu
Fengcai lineage. The three most senior practitioners of
Gao-Style Bagua in Mainland China, Liu Shuhang, Ge
Guoliang and Li Xueyi.

Sunday, Oct 2, 2005 in Oakland, Ca
Sunday, Oct 9, 2005 in Reisterstown, MD

September 6th, 2005:

School has moved from our old location above the
Gymnasia on St. Paul to our own space just down the
street, 218 St. Paul west. We are on the third floor. Our
new space is even larger with multiple rooms to give a
whole new dynamic to our school. We see good tidings
for our new location.

August 21st, 2004:

The Montreal Tang Shou Tao website is now up and
ready for business!

Forum is up and active, feel free to use it at any
time for any questions, comments or discussions