Wushu
Professor Lily Sun Han Xiang started practising taichi and wushu over thirty-eight years ago and graduated from the Wuhan University of Physical Education in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in education in sports (specialising in taichi and wushu). She was then offered a full-time teaching position at Wuhan University, and was employed by the Chinese Wushu Academy to take charge of national taichi and wushu championships. She has published many theses in China.
She holds a seventh degree black belt in wushu and has been a certified national wushu judge since 1992, including being one of only two female international wushu judges in san shou (Chinese kickboxing). She has represented China as a national judge on numerous occasions, as well as representing Australia as an international judge in san shou at the 2005 8th world wushu competition in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is an accredited coach under the Australian Kung Fu (wushu) Federation National Coaching Accreditation Scheme, an accredited member of the Wushu and Tai Chi Practitioners Association and the Martial Art Alliance.
Her participation in national wushu competitions has rewarded her with multiple gold medals in sword (jian shu), long fist (chang quan) and spear (qiang shu). Several of her students have also won gold medals at similar championships. Lily is the only recognised Associate Professor in Chinese Martial Arts in Australia. She has been teaching at the Melbourne University Taichi and Wushu club since 2009.
Tai Chi and Traditional Qigong
Ben Morgan trained in some kind of martial art for most of his adult life. After a two year stint with shorin ryu karate at the age of 14, he briefly took on wing chun before settling down at the Melbourne University Tai Chi and Wushu Club under the cruel tutelage of ziranmen disciple Sam Gold, and later Master Deming Liu. Ben has trained in tai ji quan and traditional wushu for more than ten years, spicing things up with a little boxing and Cheng style baguazhang from time to time, plus some rare but fondly remembered jiujutsu and krav maga. He hopes to instil in students a passion for all martial arts, and an appreciation for how much there is to be gained by training with a broad range of styles and methods, under a variety of teachers.