Welcome to the 2016/7 year of the TCAA. The current Management Committee was elected at the AGM on the 5th June for the period 2016/7. The elected office bearers and representatives are now listed on the TCAA Website: http://www.taichiaustralia.com/. I have the honour to be the current president.
As always, we should review the reason for the TCAA to exist:- It provides a platform to share information and events of common interest to members.
The TCAA is not a governing body, nor is it very wealthy as the subscription fee is quite small. Office bearers and helpers work on an honorary (unpaid) basis, totally out of pure passion for the sport; therefore please support them when they seem to be in difficulty answering your interesting questions.
Nevertheless, through our shared effort, we have achieved the following as on-going capability:
- Help teacher-members gain National Coaching Accreditation through the KWA (Kungfu Wushu Australia, renamed from Australian Kungfu Wushu Federation).
- Help teacher-members find the insurance scheme suitable to their needs.
- Share learning/teaching ideas.
- Connect with national authorities, to keep members informed of laws and regulations that may affect our sport, especially what the laws consider are “weapons” and how they should therefore be managed.
- Hold the annual “Tai Chi only” TCAA Championships that supports Tai Chi players at the beginning levels as well as advanced and international levels.
Please remember that these capabilities depend on volunteers to develop and maintain, and therefore may not endure unless there is sufficient interest to provide the “energy” to sustain.
Thank you for being a part of this great Sport.
Ken Goh
President, TCAA