Taijiquan training

1971   My first teacher – Taiji father was Teo Ah Keng who taught me the 37 steps of
Cheng Man Ching, student of  Yang Cheng Fu.
Huang Xingxiang was his student.  I learned from Huang’s students in Singapore from 1971 & since. 

This mugshot was taken when I was in Singapore in 1988.

My sister Lenore took this photo of me in the Forbidden City, Beijing 2000. My wife Matilda & son Leon are standing in the background. The hat I'm wearing belonged to dad. Lenore brought it from NZ & gave it to me. She said that dad always wanted to visit China. I wore the hat all the time we were in China & gave it back to Lenore at the end of the trip to take home to NZ.

Teo Ah Keng was a senior student of Grandmaster Sia Mok Tie & Huang’s friend.

1988 Chua Joo Ban 1988  inherited Mr Sia’s sword was my first sword teacher.

1988 Kalaripyattu – South Indian martial art, Eddie Edwards, Singapore  

1989/91 Li Rong Hu exShanghai – I followed Li thru various forms including pole, spear, sword in my backyard. 

1989 Michael & Matthew Corrie learned WuShu with Li Rong Hu from 1989+ & Choy Li Fut from Choy at CQU  & started taiji with me. They  went went to Qingdao, Shandong, China to teach English 1998-2000 & learned Mei Hwa Tang Lang Taiji with Bi Shirfu & Taijiquan jian with another teacher in the park. On their return they taught Dave & me 32, 42 & Wudang sword, Chen 18, Taiji Fan & Da Mo Jian.

I trained with Richard Greene @ the Taiji Farm,  
William Chen NYC 1992
Yang Jwing Ming at Jou Tsung Hwa’s Tai Chi Farm in 1992.

2002 – Baguazhang   Dr John Painter – Arlington Tx  I met John in 1992.

2005 Tui Shou – Pan Laoshi – Qingdao, Bi Shirfu’s kungfu sister.

2006 Wu Taiji – Shi Mei Lin, ex Shanghai – Wellington week intensive  

2008+ Hao 96, Rob Fennell locally

& his teacher Peter Wu, exBeijing in Melbourne- Hao 32 intensive.