The instructor
What I really like about the class is its friendly atmosphere with
excellent teaching and a clear syllabus that means everyone makes progress.
It’s challenging but accessible. Everything is explained to the level you
want and obviously Sifu Waller really demonstrates what is possible in the
art.
(Tim)
Sifu Waller
Sifu Waller
has been teaching tai chi chuan since 1995.
He has been training martial arts since 1975, kung fu since
1985, tai chi chuan and baguazhang since 1990.
Sifu Waller has over 30,000 hours of practice behind him.
Qualified to teach
Sifu Waller is registered with
The Tai Chi Union for Great Britain as an advanced instructor.
He also holds a post-graduate professional teaching qualification.
Teaching experience:
Bradford Yang Style Tai Chi Association (1995 - 1999)
Dynamic Balancing Boxing (1999 -2004)
Newcastle Tai Chi (2004 - present day)
Scholar
Tai chi is based upon a complex theoretical foundation, explained in the taoist
classics and the tai chi classics.
A tai chi instructor is usually also a scholar.
Sifu Waller holds an honours degree in Literature and a post-graduate
certificate in English.
His website:
Internal Kung Fu.
Martial arts
Sifu Waller started
martial arts training in the mid 1970's, both in class and daily at home.
During the 1980's and 1990's Sifu Waller attended
up to five different lessons a week, sometimes travelling over 40 miles for
tuition.
He also attended a considerable number of
workshops around the UK.
Sifu Waller enjoyed practicing many different kinds of martial arts.
Peter Southwood
Sifu Waller's main kung fu teacher was called Peter Southwood.
He taught in Peter's class (Bradford Yang Style Tai Chi Association) and trained with him
privately every week between 1990 - 2004.
In 2004 Sifu Waller moved to the North East but still saw Peter as
often as possible.
Over the years Sifu Waller went to workshops with Peter and was a regular
guest at Peter's house.
They explored the art at length.
Much of our syllabus is derived from Peter's teachings.
Peter died in 2010. He was a valued
instructor and will be missed by his many students.
Peter's instructors
Peter followed the Yang Shou Chung line:
His instructors included Chu King Hung, Peter Newton, Lam Kam Chuen, Yang Jwing-Ming, Bruce Frantzis and Mike Sigman.
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