I’ve been studying Taiji and internal arts since 1984 and teaching since 1989.
Like many young people I was captivated by the Kung Fu phenomena that swept the world in the 70’s and once I graduated from University in 1981 I set about finding a school and looked at all sorts of styles – Karate, Wing Chun, Hung Gar and others. In 1983 the BBC aired the TV series ‘Way of the Warrior’ and this episode (Way of the Warrior – Tai Chi, the Soft Way) made my mind up, I wanted to find a Tai Chi school.
The school I found was that of Master Chu King Hung (ITCCA), In those days he was based in Drummond Street in central London. Classes were very structured with standing Qigong followed by form work, martial applications and pushing hands. Later we began to learn the straight sword.
In 1986/7 a friend of mine (Julian Abel) from Master Chu’s school arranged a weekend seminar with some guy called Bruce Frantzis and I decided to go along. I was very impressed, not only by what Bruce was teaching, but also by his style of teaching. Bruce carried on coming over to the UK and teaching seminars and eventually a practice group formed with Julian teaching us the Wu long form.
With Bruce’s permission I started teaching in London and later on in Swindon. I even managed to get a short spot in the local television news! Along the way I also helped found the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain.
In January 2013 I moved to Falmouth, Maine where I taught small group classes. While in the US I was invited to join a small group that Bill Ryan was running to learn Bruce’s Qigong Tuina system. We’ve been at that for 7 years now and it’s a continual source of fascination.
As of September 2024 I live in Germany.
Still in love with these wonderful arts, practicing and teaching.
I study with Bruce as often as I can and regularly take lessons from Bill Ryan (who has probably been with Bruce the longest out of the senior instructors).
Contact me
by phone:+49 151 626 69654
for more information about classes or Tuina sessions.
