Teaching
I began teaching within and under the auspices of the British Tai Chi Chuan Association. I have Senior Instructor membership of The Tai Chi Union of Great Britain and I am a qualified educator [7407.1 Level 4 Teaching Certificate]. I have a wealth of experience teaching groups in a range of settings (from schools to corporations) and abilities (from those with disabilities to trained athletes).
I currently teach weekly in Cambridge and online and in London eight weekends a year. I am involved with groups that further the art of T’ai-Chi Ch’uan through skill sharing, such as 'The Movable Feast' and 'The Free Association'. I have worked with the elderly at the Chinese Community Centre in Soho, London as well as with children at Primrose Hill School.
I currently teach weekly in Cambridge and online and in London eight weekends a year. I am involved with groups that further the art of T’ai-Chi Ch’uan through skill sharing, such as 'The Movable Feast' and 'The Free Association'. I have worked with the elderly at the Chinese Community Centre in Soho, London as well as with children at Primrose Hill School.
I was selected for the 2015, 2016 and 2018 to teach at a well-established Tai Chi event in France, Rencontres Jasnières. It takes place on the last complete weekend in July and consists of two sessions of classes wel;-regarded instructors in the morning. In the afternoon there is a chance to push hands with around two hundred players from all over the world for 3 hours (my primary interest in the event). It takes place at a large well-provisioned campsite with swimming lake between Le Mans & Tours.
Valuing what Rencontres Jasnières offers and lamenting the lack of something similar in the UK, I also established and ran an annual pushing hands August bank holiday weekend event for several years called Pushing Hands UK - a space for people to meet, study and practise T'ai Chi partner work.
I have been a guest instructor for schools in London, Ipswich, Brighton, Bristol, Devon, Wales, Los Angeles as well as hiring halls and conducting group classes in the private arena since the 1980's. I have also taught many individuals one to one. I had continuous experience with Adult Education Services from 1982 to 2006 and I taught at The Oasis Sports Centre in Shaftesbury Avenue in London for 27 years until 2017.
