http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/committee-for-2008-2009 Congratulations to the newly elected committee members! At this year's AGM we had a large shift of people coming in and others moving out of the committee. The new committee is as follows: President - Mikey Vice-President - Fish Secretary - Bec Treasurer - Sop Marketing Officer - Billy 1st Year Representative - Tallon We hope you like you're new committee. Well you should, you voted for them! Also mega-big thanks to this past year's committee members who did a tremendous job, as well as Scotty and Tony who played a big part in making sure we didn't run around like headless chickens. Enjoy yourselves and see you all for the BBQ on Thursday (6pm, outside the Monash Sport Kiosk)! --- Fish is our friend... not our food! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/committee-for-2008-2009 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:03:26 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/committee-positions Edit: The position of "Performance Officer" has been replaced with "First Year Representative" this year. For those of you panicking about the inevitable shifting of the universe that comes with every Monash Wushu Club Annual General Meeting, here is a review of the positions available. The AGM is on the 25th of August 2008 (Monday). We will also fit in some training that day (hooray). President: The President guides the vision and direction of the club. They make the most of the committee to pursue our best interests and development. This includes ensuring finances, morale, sustainability, competitiveness etc. are at a high standard. They must understand the workings of the club, and use their knowledge to ensure things get done. Further, they should have a keen interest in wushu (you should all have a keen interest in wushu!) Vice-President: The Vice-President is the primary contact between Monash Wushu and the rest of Monash University, particularly Monash Sport. This includes responsibility for booking performance times and stall space during O-week, handling changes to training (e.g. if we are moved from the Games Hall) etc. As the name suggests, the VP also assists the President with "getting stuff done". Treasurer: Responsible for all the club’s finances. This job has straighforward tasks that can be learnt and followed easily but require the responsibility to carry out well and correctly each time. (Importantly, this crosses over easily into career skills and personal finance skills you may need in the future). The treasurer records and interacts with Monash Sport, our bank, performance clients and receives membership fees. Marketing Officer: We couldn’t perform if no one knew who we were! The marketing officer keeps tabs of who we regularly perform for (e.g. Chinese New Year in the city) and approaches people we might perform for (e.g. schools, other unis, council festivals, etc.). Our performance pack, which contains information and a demonstration CD of our club, is available for distribution to potential clients. The marketing officer also keeps our fliers up to date for events like O-week and large performances for handing out to interested members of the public. First Year Representative: Newbies who would like to get in on all the behind the scenes action apply here! The committee thinks and works together and the first year rep. is no exception :D If there are issues or ideas for beginners training or how other beginners are getting along the FYR is your (wo)man on the inside. Secretary: No easy task! The secretary must be unbelievably attractive and intellectually outstanding. How else would they be able to handle the heavy load of writing down the important points of committee meetings? Or keep a current database of MWC members? Or get uniforms for members through Master Tang? The secretary is also simultaneously awarded “Most Amazing Person” upon becoming secretary. The committee works together (like a family! who look nothing alike) toward the success of the Monash Wushu Club. We share a lot of tasks and come up with lots of ideas, making the whole process fun and interesting rather than intimidating. Don’t be afraid to nominate yourself or others! <33 Soapcretary http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/committee-positions Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:05:23 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/the-position-of-treasurer Hey all. For anyone thinking of taking up a committee place (more specifically treasurer) but think you need an accounting background...think again! Of course it would help, but because the club's operations are so simple it's pretty straight forward. Anyway I have detailed instructions on exactly what the treasurer has to do....and i'll be there to assist when I can THINK ABOUT IT Seriously looks good on the CV.....Yeah, you heard me... -Hen......(ry) http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/the-position-of-treasurer Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:55:37 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/semester-2-bbq--melbourne-university-cross-training Hi all! The Semester 2 BBQ details are as follows: When: 6pm Thursday 28th August Where: Monash Sport BBQ (right outside the Cafeteria & the Games Hall) Cost: NONE! Also note that the Melbourne University Wushu and Taichi Club will be over for the evening. They will be joining us for the BBQ and for the training session. Cheers, Michael http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/semester-2-bbq--melbourne-university-cross-training Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:03:31 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/premiere-a-success Hey guys! Once again, I would like to thank everyone who came to the premiere Friday night. It really meant a lot to myself and the cast to see so many people interested in this fun project we put so much time and effort into. I was literally in tears at the sound of cheering at the end credits, so thank you guys so much for all the support. DVDs will be available soon, but unfortunately we will need to charge a small fee per DVD (to cover the cost of DVDs and cases). I will be taking orders next training session. Again, thank you to everyone! I hope you had as much fun watching the movie as we did making it! (apart from Scott's little car bonnet accident) Cheers! -Jimmy http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/premiere-a-success Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:55:51 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/hells-seven-premiere Greetings all!!! Its here! Thats right, the screening of Hell's Seven is now set! FINALLY! Moonstep Films in association with Footscray City Films and The Monash http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/hells-seven-premiere Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:01:48 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/queens-birthday-what-queens-birthday All - training is as per normal next Monday on the Queen's Birthday public holiday. Monash Sport is open as per normal hours...and that means so are we! Work hard, train hard, play hard! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/queens-birthday-what-queens-birthday Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:33:40 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/no-more-beginners-training In case some people aren't aware - beginners classes have finished for the first semester, so just rock on up to main training. Beginners training may recommence in second semester but please check back here to find out if it will or not. Good luck with all your exams! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/no-more-beginners-training Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:39:25 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/kicking-butt-and-taking-names That's right! All of the above and more to be enjoyed at the slightly inaugural Wushu movie and pizza night to be held after the exams! In case the idea of bi-weekly weapons, 5-stance and fit young men/women running about doesn't motivate you to power through your study (Fish uses the suspicious "heads down bums up" method, see below) then surely climactic wushu fantasy movies and food with zero nutritional value will give you something to look forward to over the bleak sea of examinations that awaits! Date: Last exams are 23rd (Monday) and 25th (Wednesday) June, and a third option is the 27th (Friday) around 5-6pm. Vote for your favourite! Big brother is watching. Location: Clayton South (address to be revealed later, so that people don't start lining up outside their house in anticipation) BYO: We'll look after a whole bunch of pizza (please RSVP to this thread so we can cater!), but to truly make this a junk food spectacular it'd be great if people could bring snacks/soft drinks/traditional antipasto etc. Please use this thread to let us know what you'll bring so we don't end up with a 20-bag mountain of nachos flavoured doritos (AWESOME). Also, taking requests for any blockbuster/obscure martial arts movies people would like to see. Yours study-ly-ly, Soapcretary. (Jet Li um...invites you?) http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/kicking-butt-and-taking-names Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:35:54 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/exam-stress-come-to-wushu Hi all you worriers! About this time of year we all head into exam mode, head down bum up, and cram our little brains full of junk we will never need again... Yay for us! What is great about Wushu is that as well as being a great reliever of stress, it's also a very useful motivational tool! "I'm going to finish this study so I can go to Wushu tonight, YEAH! KICK ASS!" So basically what I'm saying is if you're serious about your exams, you should seriously think about coming to Wushu during the exam period for a breather and also to recharge your batteries. Good luck for all your respective exams everyone! Fish http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/exam-stress-come-to-wushu Sun, 25 May 2008 06:56:56 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/buddhas-day---sunday-the-18th There will be a Wushu performance on at 3pm at Federation Square in the city this Sunday the 18th of May. The Buddha's Day festival runs all day so you can go and check out the other activities before and after the Wushu performance if you wish. Performers from our club include: Scotty, AT, Tyler and Mikey So come along and support these four guys as they pull out their big moves infront of a large crowd! A group of you might like to organise to meet up and have some food afterwards as well! Hope to see you there! Fish http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/buddhas-day---sunday-the-18th Thu, 15 May 2008 08:32:32 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/new-monash-wushu-uniform2 April Fool's! for those who didn't realise... ;) Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that we have decided on http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/new-monash-wushu-uniform2 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:14:20 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/easter-monday-training-cancelled All - Easter Monday (24th March) training is cancelled for both beginners and main class as Monash Sport closes at 6. Training resumes as per normal on Thursday at 8pm. -Scott http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/easter-monday-training-cancelled Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:46:04 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/welcome-bbq2 Hey everyone, good to see everyone training hard! To welcome all the new people to the club, Monash Wushu are hosting a BBQ on Thursday the 20th of March, 6pm outside the Sports & Rec centre (next to the cafeteria). Come along, bring a friend, and learn about the amazing martial art style 'Iron Stomach' - the ability to eat lots of food and then train hard without feeling too sick. See you there! -Scott http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/welcome-bbq2 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:03:16 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/beginners-training-starts-3rd-of-march As you can see in the title of this post, the beginner's classes down at the hockey pavilion will be starting up from the 3rd of March onwards. Classes are every Monday from 7:30-8:30pm in the hour before main class starts. Come and try out our beginner's course for free, no obligations, simply a great way to learn some martial arts and make friends at the same time. Cheers and look forward to seeing everyone on Monday the 3rd! Fish http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/beginners-training-starts-3rd-of-march Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:14:26 -0600 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/orientation-week-o-week Hello again friends, It's that time of year again where we pull out our best for O-week. This year the days we are hosting a stall is Wednesday the 20th, Thursday the 21st and Tuesday the 26th of Feb. We will be there from 10am til 4pm on each day. So come along and support the crew that supports you! (corny catch phrase) And for those who are browsing this site as complete for the first time. Come and talk to us, ask heaps of questions and find out all you need to find out. See everyone there tomorrow! And remember... Fish is our friend... not our food! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/orientation-week-o-week Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:11:13 -0600 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/next-3-trainings-at-tcfl All - due to floor maintenance in the Games Hall from Thursday 24th January through to Saturday 2nd February. This means we will be missing the next 3 training sessions at Monash (Thursday, Monday, and Thursday). These trainings will be held at TCFL (www.taichiforlife.com for details) at the same times. Apologies for such short notice - we only found out yesterday as well. Training will recommence at Monash on Monday 4th February. -Scott http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/next-3-trainings-at-tcfl Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:08:41 -0600 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/training-2008 All, training for 2008 will resume on Monday, the 7th of Jan. Hope everyone has been having a great rest (and a good party), coz we'll be taking it up a notch in 2008! It's GO TIME! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/training-2008 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:48:35 -0600 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/xmas-club-night Hey peeps, Good news and bad news. The bad news is first, we are cancelling the Xmas party during the day on Saturday. I repeat - Saturday BBQ is CANCELLED. The good news is we can still party like it's 1999 on Saturday night. Many Wushu people as well as other friends will be clubbing our hearts out at Ondergronds, corner of Russell and Flinders, from 9.30 til late. It'll be about $20 entry but it will be well worth it. The night is in aid of the Make a Wish Foundation, and it will be a great party night to remember 2007. So come along and we'll treat it like our Wushu Xmas Party. Any questions about the night, just call me. 0411 391 347 Fish is our friend... not our food! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/xmas-club-night Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:05:14 -0600 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/training-times Yo yo, Apologies for not putting this post up earlier. For those who have been to training in the last week or two, you may have heard that the training times have gone back to normal. Mondays 8:30 - 10:30 THURSDAYS 8:00 - 10:00 So don't come to Monash at 7:30 expecting to train because we won't start until 8 on Thursdays. Again, sorry for not telling you guys formally on the website earlier, my bad. But remember, Fish is our friend... not our food! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/training-times Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:13:56 -0600 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/permanent-relocation---venue-change-from-december-1 Some not so good news has come to light in the recent month or so. After over a decade of training in the cushy, carpeted Aerobics Hall, we now have to change venue. Due to the expansion of Monash Sport's Aerobics program, we are being permanently relocated to the Games Hall as of Dec 1. The Games Hall is the big basketball court just up the hall from the aerobics hall on the left. We are also changing our training times on Thursdays from 8-10pm back to the original time of 7:30-9:30pm. Mondays remain at 8:30-10:30pm. The last training session in the current venue, the aerobics hall, will be next Thursday the 29th of Nov. Any questions, come and ask one of the committee members, See you at training Fish http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/permanent-relocation---venue-change-from-december-1 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:08:57 -0600 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/no-more-beginners-classes Until further notice. =) Given that exams are coming up very soon, beginners classes will no longer be held. Whether they recommence after exams or not - we'll decide that in main training. Good luck to everyone for their exams. Remember - training is proven to increase your exam marks exponentially, so keep it up! And yes - we are back at Monash for our training next week (22nd of October). http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/no-more-beginners-classes Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:59:32 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/monash-wushu-temporary-relocation Due to refurbishments to the Aerobics Hall between the 8th to the 21st of October, Monash Wushu training will be relocated to Taichi For Life (TCFL). TCFL is located 330 Springvale Road, Nunawading. It's near the corner of Springvale & Canterbury Road. There is parking in the service lane on Canterbury Road. Here is a map: http://www.taichiforlife.com/location/ Training times remain essentially the same. Beginners are welcome to rock up to TCFL at 8pm for a half hour session, before main training kicks off at 8:30 to 10:30. Thursday night training remains the same at 8 - 10. Those of you who needed carpooling should email michael-at-monashwushu.com or talk to a committee member at training this Thursday night (4th Oct), which is still at Monash. For those of you who are able to make it to TCFL, this will be a good opportunity for you to pick up some equipment (shoes, cudgels, etc) as the stockroom is also at TCFL. See ya there! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/monash-wushu-temporary-relocation Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:46:10 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/recent-performances Gang, Well done to all those involved in the three performances over this past week at Caulfield, Clayton and Box Hill. Many eye-brows were raised and many jaws dropped at our spectacular show! We also left a permanent scar at Caulfield (thanks Billy!). Special thanks go to Mikey and Scott for organising them. Hope I haven't forgotten anyone... Lets keep up the good work and raise more money so we can ALL go to Beijing Olympics for free! Ha ha ha, and remember, Fish is our friend... not our food! http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/recent-performances Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:05:09 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/new-committee Hi all! Congratulations to our new Committee! Our AGM is done, the nominations were made, the votes were counted, and we now have a awesome new Committee! President: Brett Vice President: Michael Secretary: Sophia Treasurer: Henry Marketing: Andrew Performance: James Again, many thanks go out to the previous Committee members. We had a big year filled exciting tatsks. Now we have a new Committee with many tasks to do! All the best to them all, and lets have a wonderful year! Cheers! Michael http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/new-committee Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:00:40 -0500 http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/agm Hey everyone, Just a quick reminder that the AGM is happening on Monday 17 Sept. Hopefully by now you've had a chance to think about whether you'd be interested in running for the committee.. if not, it's still not too late! come and speak to any of the existing committee members during class... would be great to get some fresh blood on board! see u guys then, hel http://monashwushu.com/home/forum/news/agm Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:10:25 -0500