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In 2000, seeking to improve my own technique, I discovered a series of videos by Dr Paul Lam. My attention was drawn to his program developed in conjunction with the Arthritis Council of Australia, to help people of all ages and levels of disability to enjoy the benefits of T’ai Chi. This program was specially designed to offer better safety and more effective healing. It can also be tailored to the requirements of those people who are older and may not wish to learn the more difficult T’ai Chi forms or their martial art aspects.
I was fortunate to be able to attend Dr Lam’s first UK training workshop in 2001, and with his tuition over the years am an authorised instructor for his T'ai Chi for Arthritis & Back Pain, T'ai Chi for Diabetes, Tai Chi for Osteoporosis & Falls Prevention and T’ai Chi for Energy programs and now enjoy passing on the benefits to others.
I have attended many T’ai Chi for Health workshops run by Dr Lam, and also some of his Master Class workshops in the US studying Sword, Fan forms, and Sun Style 73 (where my primary teacher was Master Kam Lau Fung, who has won an amazing 6 international gold medals for Chen style). In recent years I have assisted Dr Paul at his UK workshops and had articles published in his international news letters.
I am also a member of the UK Deyin Taijiquan Institute, run and founded by Masters Faye (Li) and Tary Yip supported by Faye's father, Professor Li Deyin (an elite T’ai Chi Master in China). I have attended several of their workshops including one by Professor Li on Yang sabre form. Through her family, Faye has official lineage to teach Traditional Sun Style and under her tuition I have been assessed and certified as a professional Sun Style Taiji Instructor.
I am a registered member of the Martial Arts & Fitness Coach UK (MAFUK) and fully insured as an instructor with CRB clearance. All my starter classes are conducted using Dr Lam’s modified Sun form and associated Qi Gong exercises to introduce the benefits that can be offered to all ages by T’ai Chi. Students can progress by adding more demanding Sun movements or, if they wish, by progressing to traditional Sun or Yang styles including sword and fan forms.
Although practicing T’ai Chi daily, I do not teach offensive or defensive Martial
Arts.
Disclaimer: Neither I nor my team is medically qualified persons and any views and advice expressed by us to students are based on personal experiences and research.
I am by profession an electrical/electronics engineer and have been a technical author and trainer for over 30 years. I have travelled the world training engineers, and it was during my many visits to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan that I was introduced to the benefits of T’ai Chi.
I am coeliac with arthritic spinal deterioration, and had been practicing Yang style for several years, finding it beneficial to alleviate my own symptoms, however I had noticed that in the classes in which I had participated, although set at a general level and not aimed at Martial Arts, there was a high drop out rate in the first few weeks. This was due to a large proportion of people who were drawn to T’ai Chi with great expectations, but soon discovered that even a simple basic form appeared too severe for them.
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