everydaytaichi lucy students host
Yomeiji Taikyokuken Shikoku Chuo Club
from Shikoku, Japan
June 30, 2014
Kilauea District Park
Honolulu, Hawaii
Yomeiji Taikyokuken Shikoku Chuo Club
from Shikoku, Japan
June 30, 2014
Kilauea District Park
Honolulu, Hawaii
Click on the arrow to view the video on Japan Tai Chi Event, June 30,2014.
everydaytaichi lucy students shared our aloha spirit by hosting a tai chi group from Shikoku, Japan on June 30, 2014 at Kilauea District Park.
everydaytaichi lucy had been contacted via email after a local contact person saw our website, everydaytaichi.org.
Together, lucy and Ayumi had been planning this cultural exchange of tai chi for 6 months. everydaytaichi lucy together with everydaytaichi students planned a tai chi program, an elaborate luncheon, as well as a well orchestrated souvenir and gift table for our Japanese tai chi friends.
It was a very busy morning with lucy having the task of teaching Luk Tung Kuen at 8AM at Kahala Mall, first, to about 75 LTK students which included about 10 everydaytaichi students who also participate in Luk Tung Kuen. We quickly moved on to our Japan tai chi event at 930AM.
everydaytaichi lucy had been contacted via email after a local contact person saw our website, everydaytaichi.org.
Together, lucy and Ayumi had been planning this cultural exchange of tai chi for 6 months. everydaytaichi lucy together with everydaytaichi students planned a tai chi program, an elaborate luncheon, as well as a well orchestrated souvenir and gift table for our Japanese tai chi friends.
It was a very busy morning with lucy having the task of teaching Luk Tung Kuen at 8AM at Kahala Mall, first, to about 75 LTK students which included about 10 everydaytaichi students who also participate in Luk Tung Kuen. We quickly moved on to our Japan tai chi event at 930AM.
It seemed as if our everydaytaichi students knew how to focus and generate their positive energy as they worked together and supported each other in organizing a great cultural exchange with our Japan friends.
There were not only an outpouring of volunteers who greeted our foreign guests with beautiful floral leis, great smiles of aloha, special souvenirs including local snacks and items such as pins of our island as well as Hawaii state quarters, but a huge array of local baked goods, sushi, dim sum and fresh pineapple and mango. This was just perfect for our visitors first trip to Hawaii.
There were not only an outpouring of volunteers who greeted our foreign guests with beautiful floral leis, great smiles of aloha, special souvenirs including local snacks and items such as pins of our island as well as Hawaii state quarters, but a huge array of local baked goods, sushi, dim sum and fresh pineapple and mango. This was just perfect for our visitors first trip to Hawaii.
We were all "tickled" by their perfection to do their " shaka " and how clearly they spoke as they each introduced themselves... " My name is...ALOHA~"
Our international cultural exchange began with a big welcome, then on to our warm up exercises as well as a joint participation of the Yang 24 tai chi set.
everydaytaichi lucy students then went on to do the Yang 10 form.
We were all impressed with the Shikoku tai chi group performances that emphasized grace and beauty with priority on health. Their circle tai chi dance was so beautiful and elegant.
It was fun to interact with our 20 guests as we had a few who could speak Japanese, but many who tried to communicate through doing tai chi movements.
Everyone agreed that this Japan cultural exchange of tai chi proved to be a once in a life time event that we all hope to recapture by perhaps traveling to their home in Shikoku, Japan, sometime soon!
Until we meet again, we will always remember and cherish Keiko Sensei's calligraphy symbolizing peace and harmony that will continue between Hawaii and Japan, especially by playing tai chi together!!
Until we meet again, we will always remember and cherish Keiko Sensei's calligraphy symbolizing peace and harmony that will continue between Hawaii and Japan, especially by playing tai chi together!!
Click on the arrow to begin the Shikoku tai chi performance.
Click here to learn more about the history of how the Shikoku Yomeiji tai chi group all got started.
A special note of thanks from Keiko Sensei:
親愛なるlucille先生へ
暑中お見舞い申し上げます。
こちらは、暑い夏をむかえております。
その後、お元気でお過ごしのことと存じます。
太極拳を通じて、皆さんと出会うことができました事を、大変うれしく思っています。
心のこもったおもてなし、優しい心遣い、幸せなひと時…
私たちの心に、いつまでも残ることでしょう。
感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。
ありがとうございました。
Thank you.
よっぽどの縁があっての、ルーシー先生と私です。
初めてお会いした時から、尊敬と親しみを感じました。
先生と皆様と出会えました事を、これからも大切にしながら、
太極拳を生きがいに、がんばっていきたいと思っております。
優しくしてくださって皆さんのことは、いつまでも忘れません。
楽しい思い出をありがとうございました。
どうかこれからもお元気で、皆様のご多幸をお祈り申し上げます。
またいつか、お会いできますこと、皆さんと一緒に太極拳が出来ますことを、
楽しみにしております。
さようなら。
See you again.
愛媛県四国中央市川之江町1007-34
楊名時太極拳四国中央クラブ
代表 宮下 桂子
KEIKO MIYASHITA
親愛なるlucille先生へ
暑中お見舞い申し上げます。
こちらは、暑い夏をむかえております。
その後、お元気でお過ごしのことと存じます。
太極拳を通じて、皆さんと出会うことができました事を、大変うれしく思っています。
心のこもったおもてなし、優しい心遣い、幸せなひと時…
私たちの心に、いつまでも残ることでしょう。
感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。
ありがとうございました。
Thank you.
よっぽどの縁があっての、ルーシー先生と私です。
初めてお会いした時から、尊敬と親しみを感じました。
先生と皆様と出会えました事を、これからも大切にしながら、
太極拳を生きがいに、がんばっていきたいと思っております。
優しくしてくださって皆さんのことは、いつまでも忘れません。
楽しい思い出をありがとうございました。
どうかこれからもお元気で、皆様のご多幸をお祈り申し上げます。
またいつか、お会いできますこと、皆さんと一緒に太極拳が出来ますことを、
楽しみにしております。
さようなら。
See you again.
愛媛県四国中央市川之江町1007-34
楊名時太極拳四国中央クラブ
代表 宮下 桂子
KEIKO MIYASHITA
Dear Lucille-sensei,
Mid-summer greetings.
It is very hot in Japan.
I hope you’re doing well.
It was very nice to meet all of you through Tai Chi Exchange.
Your warm hospitality, kindness, and those happy moments will remain in our hearts forever.
I appreciate for everything you did for us.
Thank you.
I felt a connection with you when we first met.
The memories of you and your students will be cherished as we practice Tai Chi as a life work.
I will never forget your kindness.
Thanks again for the great experience.
Please take care and I wish you the best.
I’m looking forward to seeing you and doing Tai Chi together again.
See you again, Sayonara.
Keiko Miyashita
Yomeiji Taikyokuken Shikoku Chuo Club
1007-34 Kawanoecho, Shikoku Chuo-City,
Ehime Prefecture, 799-0101, JAPAN
Mid-summer greetings.
It is very hot in Japan.
I hope you’re doing well.
It was very nice to meet all of you through Tai Chi Exchange.
Your warm hospitality, kindness, and those happy moments will remain in our hearts forever.
I appreciate for everything you did for us.
Thank you.
I felt a connection with you when we first met.
The memories of you and your students will be cherished as we practice Tai Chi as a life work.
I will never forget your kindness.
Thanks again for the great experience.
Please take care and I wish you the best.
I’m looking forward to seeing you and doing Tai Chi together again.
See you again, Sayonara.
Keiko Miyashita
Yomeiji Taikyokuken Shikoku Chuo Club
1007-34 Kawanoecho, Shikoku Chuo-City,
Ehime Prefecture, 799-0101, JAPAN
Dear Lucy-sensei,
How are you?
I enjoyed looking at your website, it brings back memories.
Thank you.
I received the Hawaiian CD today,
I will listen to it with my students as we think about the good times we had in Hawaii.
Keiko Miyashita
親愛なるルーシー先生
その後、お変わりありませんか?
先生のホームページ、拝見させていただいました。
懐かしい思い出、楽しんでみました。
今日、ハワイアンのCDが届きました。
ありがとうございます。thank you.
ハワイの事を思い出しながら、太極拳のメンバーと聞きたいと
思っています。
愛媛県四国中央市川之江町1007-34
楊名時太極拳四国中央クラブ
代表 宮下 桂子
KEIKO MIYASHITA