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Class and seminar schedules with Andrea Falk. Quebec is a group of ongoing students when Andrea is home. Guelph, Basingstoke, and Vancouver are regular twice a year weekend seminars. Winnipeg is regular twice a year all week evening seminars. Victoria is small group classes about twice a year.
There is an interview of Andrea Falk, done in 2010.
Here are the classes in chronological order. For details on seminars and on regular classes with the local coaches, go to each region below.
Quebec City Training Group
Andrea trains on her own when in Quebec, just contacting ongoing students.
UK Training Groups
Neil Bates, Basingstoke instructor
Andrea visits regularly in England to ring bells and visit with friends in Basingstoke. She is available for get-togethers in April and November. See the facebook group for Basingstoke.
Hosted by Northern Gate Internal Arts, Basingstoke, Neil Bates
Location: Farmyard at Becket Court. Go out the Worting road until you go under the rail bridge, continue through at Roman Way at the small roundabout (T intersection), then turn left into the parking lot (the OLD farm market, not the present farm market further along on the right).
Neil runs regular classes during the year on Saturdays, 9:30 to 11:00, in his back courtyard at Becket Court, on the Worting Road. Check with Neil before going.
Next seminar time: November 2019.
Local coach: Neil Bates. Neil has a solid background in Yiquan and Xingyi. He was introduced to Ma Gui bagua in 2005, and it interested him enough to start bringing me to Basingstoke twice a year regularly since 2008. When I am there for a seminar I stay for a couple of weeks and teach him daily, so he has advanced quickly. He is a highly skilled history teacher, and this ability carries over to his bagua teaching. His group trains outside rain or shine.
Southern Ontario Training Group
Hosted by East Mountain TCM clinic and Stone Lantern Internal Arts, run by James Saper. Seminars in January and June.
Next seminar session January 2020. Ask James for times and locations.
Location: Usually at Stone Lantern Internal Arts studio (42 Quebec street, Guelph) on Saturday. 10 am to 4 pm.
Time: Saturday: Bagua: Cultivating Deep Skill. Andrea Falk has over 30 years experience in Bagua. This seminar is suitable for both beginners & returning students. Location: 42 Quebec Street, Guelph
James Saper, Stone Lantern coach
Sunday Xingyi: Aligning Form and Intent
Assertive, economical & direct, Xingyi is the most linear of the internal styles. It is built on the theory of five phases & is practical in its training approach. “Rise like a sweeping wind, strike like raining arrows” with the translator of, “Di Gouyong on Xingyiquan” one of the best Chinese to English translations published in Chinese martial arts. Location: 340 Edinburgh Rd. North, Guelph.
Seminar and class contact: Email James, Hosted by Stone Lantern Internal Arts, James Saper.
Prairie Training Groups
Seminars twice a year in Winnipeg, in January and June.
Winnipeg
Hosted by ChingWu Athletic Association, 213 Pacific Ave, Winnipeg. These sessions are evening sessions of two hours each: two Ma Gui bagua classes, one xingyi class and one weapons class.
Seminar contact: email ChingWu.
Next session in Winnipeg January 2020. Bagua Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6:00-8:00. Wednesday 6:00 - 8:00 bagua spear. Monday 6:00 to 8:00 xingyi (we will do the five element broadsword routine).
For details of regular bagua practice times, go to the ChingWu website. Regular training is at Ching Wu Athletic Association Saturdays 1:30pm to 2:30pm. David Cliff and Kelly Whelan-Enns run those classes.
Ma Gui Bagua seminar at Chingwu in Winnipeg, June 2019.
In Medicine Hat hosted by Medicine Hat Baguazhang Training Group.
I will ask you to come to Winnipeg if you want to train with me. Classes in Winnipeg are 6:00 to 8:00 pm every evening, so there is lots of time for private sessions during the days.
Nathen Marschel 2016
Nathen Marschel
Nathen Marschel has taken up the reins of the bagua teaching. Nathen has been training since Robert started me going to Medicine Hat in 2008, and has always acted as 'the memory' of the group. Nathen was the youngest person I ever taught properly, starting at 14, though now he is an adult. In addition to teaching baguazhang, he is one of my special people who hopefully will learn all my internal styles, even my secret lineage that I don’t teach.
West Coast training group
Victoria or Sidney. Twice a year.
Time: Andrea is available for private and small group classes when she is in town.
Contact: email Andrea
Andrea is teaching circle walking and bagua basics in Vancouver. Next session June 22-23 2019 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Location: Glen Park. Hosted by Vancouver Taijiquan. Email Michael to find out more.
