In January 2021 I was honoured that my efforts in Tai Chi and Martial Arts had been recognised having recently been certified as a Tai Chi instructor by the Tai Chi and Qigong Union for Great Britain. Having practiced Martial Arts since 1987 and my journey with Tai Chi beginning in 2003 I would like […]
Master Cheng’s New Method of Taichi Ch’uan Self-Cultivation
I have just finished reading this great guide to Master Cheng Man Ching’s Tai Chi. The title is a bit of a mouth full but he has published several books on Tai Chi so you need to know you are purchasing the correct one. The book was written by Chang Man Ching himself. It has […]
Simply ….Wing Chun Kung Fu
Simply Wing Chun Kung Fu by Sifu Shaun Rawcliffe. Available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle for around £10. Click on the above link to go straight to Amazon. I bought this book about three years ago in Waterstones. Waterstones don’t have many Kung Fu books on their shelves so you think to yourself “this […]
Tai Chi Chuan – My Lineage
Continuing on from my previous blog on my first experience of learning Tai Chi in 2003: Within the last couple of years I have been refreshing my knowledge and practice. The internet is a great aid in research. I attended Sid’s classes for several years and asked myself where his Tai Chi originated from? For […]
Wing Chun Kung Fu
In 2017, after focusing on competitive cycling for a few years, I decided it was time for change. I’d read about Wing Chun Kung Fu back in the 1990s in Combat magazine. There were articles continually mostly focussing around Ip Man, Bruce Lee and his legacy. So I decided to take up a new martial […]
My beginning with Tai Chi Chuan
I had an interest in Tai Chi for many years, read a few books on Chi, Tao Te Ching and a few others I can’t remember. Often as with many people, time is a major consideration, we have busy lives so I didn’t get fully involved for some time. The martial art of Tai Chi […]