Latin Dance Aerobics is the hottest new way to exercise and get fit while having fun burning away the calories. Everybody is welcome.

Learn basic meditation.

Website: http://www.naruwantaiko.org/
Come join Naruwan Taiko Class. No experience necessary; all ages and leverls are welcome!

Tuesdays & Fridays 10:00am - 12:00pm

Reduce your English accent.

Saturdays 10:00am - 12:00pm

Traditional 37-posture Tai Chi for self-defense and health.

8 sessions $40 pay to TACC
( AUSKF Membership: $75/yr
Shinai: $30/ea )

Kendo teaches human etiquette, politeness, mutual respect and trust. It cultivates self-discipline, endurance, and unyielding guts to follow through. It develops humble but calm mind, with healthy strong body .

You are earnestly welcome to join TACC Kendo Formosa regardless of the difference in age, sex and nationality. Boys and girls are especially welcome.

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Saturdays 10:00am - 12:00pm

Mr. Karl Pilato is going to teach a drawing class for beginners at Taiwanese American Community Center. Various approaches to drawing including gesture drawing, contour drawing, and emphasis on tone, shape, volume, and texture will be covered. Please bring a 14 x 17 newsprint pad and conté crayon, charcoal, or soft graphite pencil to the first class. One full course consists of 10 classes. The fee for each class is $5. Those who have donated more than $250 annually will be charged $3 per class.

Karl Pilato received his MFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has taught painting and drawing at both institutions.
His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across the country including a recent solo exhibition at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, CA and a group exhibition at Kathryn Markel Fine Art in New York City. His work is in the collection of the Portland Art Museum, the Joffrey Ballet, and in corporate and private collections.
After six years in Brooklyn, NY he now lives in La Jolla where his wife, Yvonne Wu, is a doctoral student at UCSD in music composition.

Saturdays 10:00am - 12:00pm (First class:12/1/12))

In a fun and relaxed environment we will paint from still-lifes while exploring color, composition, paint-handling, and self-expression. We will look at examples from art history and experiment with various approaches to painting. All levels are welcome. The list of materials to buy will be discussed in detail in the first class. One full course consists of 10 classes. The fee for each class is $5. Those who have donated more than $240 annually will be charged $3 per class.

Karl Pilato received his MFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has taught painting and drawing at both institutions.
His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across the country including a recent solo exhibition at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, CA and a group exhibition at Kathryn Markel Fine Art in New York City. His work is in the collection of the Portland Art Museum, the Joffrey Ballet, and in corporate and private collections.
After six years in Brooklyn, NY he now lives in La Jolla where his wife, Yvonne Wu, is a doctoral student at UCSD in music composition.

TBA

$30 for TAP members; $60 if non-TAP members. The fee will be collected by the Taiwan Center on the first day of class.

This is an intensive Chinese conversation class designed to prepare you to travel to a Mandarin speaking country, like Taiwan, during your summer vacation. The lessons will include the following topics:
- Asking directions, finding places for sight seeing
- Meeting friends and relatives, introducing yourself-where, who, what, when
- Going to restaurants
- Going shopping
- And anything else you want to learn - the teacher will design the lesson and teach to meet your needs.
- May integrate some Taiwanese vocabulary and phrase into lessons if people desire this.
Ms. Cheng was a language major in college. Ms. Cheng worked for an English teaching company, Studio Class.com, for 26 years. Ms. Cheng has taught Mandarin to both children and adults for last two years. Currently, Ms. Cheng is learning Japanese. So, she understands the difficulties and the fun of learning another language. Ms. Cheng will help you overcome language learnging barriers, and do her best to make the learning experience be fun and practical.