May & June 2026 Newsletter

Newsletter for May and June 2026

Friendship Month

Each student can receive up to two Buddy Passes that lets two different friends come train for a whole week for free at Rising Dragon! Get your buddy passes from the Sigungs. Must be used by the end of May.

Tournament Congratulations!

What a great job our dozen students did at the April 25 state tournament. Check out our Rising Dragon Facebook page to see about 50 pictures of it!

No Classes

There are no classes at Rising Dragon for Memorial Weekend Saturday May 23 & Monday May 25, 2025!

Teacher Seminar

All Sigungs, Sifus, Sihings and Blue-Green Belts who are interested in the Sifu “Teaching Path” are required to make at least 2 of the 3 Instructor Seminars each year (Spring / Fall / Winter). Sigung Steve will presenting mini-workshops on the topic of Instruction and Design. This seminar will include both dialogue and hands on training this year. Teachers and soon-to-be teachers should purchase an Instructor Manual from Rising Dragon school and read the first 1/3 of the manual (Design & Delivery) in preparation for the seminar (Thursday June 11 from 5-9 p.m. There will be a Pai Lum training lesson from 5-5:30 and then snacks will be available as we start the seminar. Open to all adults Blue-Green and higher who are interested.

Teacher Cookout!

Saturday June 13 at Sigung Steve & Mel’s Backyard BBQ. All teachers and adult SiHings/Sidis participating in the ‘Teacher Path’ welcome. Everyone is encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert – Sigungs will provide World, State, Neighborhood, Backyard Championship Wings and Burgers. Drinks of all kinds will also be provided. Also be challenged in Frisbee golf. Eating and games start at 4 and onward!

T-Shirts New Color

We have in the pro-shop brand new T-shirts available in lavender with yellow Ink!

Testing Block 3

Friday June 26 at 5 p.m. Awards Ceremony 6:00 p.m. Higher rank testing will start earlier usually around 3 p.m.

The Dragon Breath (Grandmaster Pai’s Dragon Code Series continues)

The Fourth and Final Stanza of the Dragon code reads: “But as a dragon I must go forth / To seek the Tao and the Void / Understanding myself / And finding peace within.” This final stanza of the poem begins by reminding us of our identity –We are dragons. In a world full of people lost as to who they are, it is a good remember our identity. We belong to a school (Rising Dragon) and a path (Pai Lum) and a people who are like-minded (fellow practitioners). And with our identity comes a duty—to keep going forward (always learning) and seeking the way to go and they way not to go in life — the Tao and the Void. Along the way we may learn from others as well as in the field of life, and from wisdom and truth from the teachings, such as the Book, the Bible. This seeking brings us direction to pursue balance of growing in body, mind and soul. In this way we gain better understanding of who we are and what makes us unique and can pursue the Path even deeper. All this leads to a destiny: to find peace within. And if we find harmony in our soul with our Creator and with ourselves, this peace also leads to peace in the world and our relationships. What a beautiful poem full of deep meanings from Grandmaster Pai. If you have memorized the poem as we require all beginners to do – then continue to meditate and re2ect on it. Perhaps you will nd it brings you a wonderful identity, duty, direction and destiny!

Upcoming Events

• Friendship Month: All students may take 2 Buddy Passes that allow any 2 friends to train at Rising Dragon for 1 free week
• No Classes Sat. May 23 & Mon. May 25 for Memorial Weekend
• Instructors Seminar Thursday June 11 5-9 pm at Rising Dragon
• Sigungs’ Backyard BBQ Sat. June 13 (tentative) 4 p.m.
• Testing Block 3 Friday June 26 at 5 p.m. Awards at 6p.m.

 

Block 3 Focus

• Week 1  (Apr 27- May 2): Basics
• Week 2 (May 4-9): Forms
• Week 3 (May 11-16): Fist Sets
• Week 4 (May 18-23): Sparring
• Week 5 (May 25-30): Weapons
• Week 1 (June 1 – 6): Forms & Fist Sets
• Week 2 (June 8 -13): Sparring
• Week 3 (June 15-20): Weapons & Info
• Week 4 (June 23 – 27): Bead Tests / Review

 

-Sigungs Steve and Melodie – Pai Xeung Lum/ Feng Huang