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Meet our Instructors

All our instructors have reached a high level of skill in martial arts after many years of training and have also been assessed on their teaching skills. 

Principal Instructors

Colin Hamilton

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Principal Instructor
 
TCUGB Senior Grade and Honorary Vice President.  BCCMA Registered.
 
Teaches full syllabus of Chinese Internal Martial Arts.  Qualified Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer.
 
BSc Hons Physiology, Post Grad Cert Ed. 



g Hamilton

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Principal Instructor
 
TCUGB Senior Grade and Honorary President.  BCCMA Registered.
 
Teaches Full Syllabus of Chinese Internal Martial Arts.  Also teaches a wide range of customised courses.  Lecturer in Health and Social Care, Philosophy and Meditation. TDLB qualified NVQ trainer, assessor and verifier. 
 
BSc Hons Biochemistry, Human Givens Diploma (Dist), Post Grad Cert Ed, Advanced Diploma in Teaching, Learning and Assessment.   Member of the European Therapy Studies Institute.  Ongoing student of Philosophy, Psychology, Cosmology and Quantum Physics. 




Advanced Instructors Currently Teaching

Mark Fahy

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
Teaches inLeeds and Methley
 

Barbara Doyle

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
 Teaches in Leeds




John Donegan

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
 Teaches in Leeds and Bradford

John is also a qualified Acupuncturist. Website www.jdacupuncture.co.uk







Kathryn Pybus

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BCCMA registered. TCUGB Grade A.

​Teaches in Wakefield.






Dave Cullen
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BCCMA Registered. TCUGB Grade A
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Teaches in York






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Rob Kiss
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BCCMA registered. TCUGB Grade A

Teaches in York




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Kieron Niven
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BCCMA registered. TCUGB Grade A


​Teaches in York


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Colin Hunter

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.

Normally teaches in Leeds






David Holmes
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​BCCMA Registered. TCUGB Grade A.

Normally teaches in Leeds

Angela Losty
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​BCCMA registered. TCUGB Grade A

​Normally teaches in Leeds



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Instructors who have not yet resumed teaching since their classes closed due to lockdown:

Dr. Ben Morris

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TCUGB Grade A             BCCMA registered
 
Normally teaches in Leeds

Multiple Gold medallist Tai Chi fighter.  British and European Push Hands Champion. 

Ben is also a Black Belt Instructor in Judo and a qualified Bagua instructor.  If you want to do some serious training with Ben, contact him on: mailto:taichi.ben.leeds@gmail.com

Denis Penman

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
 Normally teaches in Leeds




Mike Abosch

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TCUGB Grade S             BCCMA registered
 
Normally teaches in Leeds

Multiple Gold medallist Tai Chi fighter.  British and European Push Hands Champion. 

Dr. Michael Stone

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TCUGB Grade S.  BCCMA Registered.  Although not currently teaching classes, Michael has for many years continued to train with the guys and help them to prepare for competitions.
 
As well as teaching a full syllabus of Tai Chi Chuan, Michael is the Marketing Director for 4th Coming Events, a company which offers an extensive range of professional entertainment and corporate development packages suitable for all events, from the smallest party to the largest corporate event, with a team of highly experienced entertainers and coaches who can help increase awareness of your products and services, as well as providing innovative approaches to staff training and stress management.
 
   Tel: 0113 368 38 48        Mob: 0976 823 15 14           Web: www.4thcomingevents.co.uk    

Nikki Ingram

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
 Normally teaches in Leeds







Dr. Stephanie Dennison

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
 Normally teaches in Leeds








Phil Holliday

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Membership details to follow.

Based in Scarborough.

Phil is also a brilliant musician and you can listen to one of his songs on YouTube, and watch the accompanying  video..


You can also listen to Phil's other songs on www.myspace.com/chuangsdream


Amanda Halliday

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
 Normally teaches in Leeds 





"Who is this young lady with the devastating uppercut?"



Richard Morley

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TCUGB Grade S.  BCCMA Registered.  
 
Teaches in Wakefield and surrounding area.  "Tai Chi Expert" as seen on BBC!!!
 
Gold medallist in Push Hands.

Ben Bisco

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​BCCMA Registered. TCUGB Grade A.

​Normally teaches in Leeds.






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Martin Day

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BCCMA registered. TCUGB Grade A


Normally teaches in Leeds

Jane Middleton
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  BCCMA registered. TCUGB Grade A


  Normally teaches in Leeds

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Christina Bunney

TCUGB Grade A.  Normally teaches in Wakefield .


Christine Roberts

TCUGB Grade A   Teaches in North Yorkshire


Instructors of Tai Chi for Health and Relaxation only

Yolande Sowerby
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TCUGB Grade B

Normally teaches in Leeds

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Yolande was warded a Certificate of Achievement by the Lord Mayor of Leeds for her contribution to the prevention of arthritis and the promotion of mobility through the teaching of Tai Chi. She was subsequently selected from 75,000 volunteers working for Age UK to receive the UK Joint Top Award for Community Volunteer 2014! As well as teaching Tai Chi for Age UK, Yolande has also been fund-raising for the charity, 
With typical humility, Yolande told us that she loves teaching Tai Chi and passing on what she has learned to others. "The joy, love and peace I see on the faces of the students when we finish every class is worth every effort and time I put into it."
 



Gloria Simons
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Normally teaches in Leeds





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Instructors of Ba Gua Zhang

Mike Kerry

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Mike was the first person to achieve our Advanced Level Instructor's Certificate in Ba Gua Zhang. 

He is also a long-established teacher of Aikido who holds regular Aikido classes. 










Dr. Ben Morris

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TCUGB Grade A             BCCMA registered
 
The second person to achieve the coveted Instructor's Certificate in Ba Gua Zhang. 
Teaches in Leeds. 

Multiple Gold medallist Tai Chi fighter.  British and European Push Hands Champion. 
Ben is also a Black Belt Instructor in Judo and a qualified Tai Chi instructor.


If you want to train with Ben, email: benmorris.leeds@o2.co.uk   




Memory Lane

Qualified Instructors no longer teaching:

Iain Feaviour

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BCCMA registered. TCUGB Grade A.

Not currently teaching





Peter Hicks

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TCUGB Grade A.  BCCMA Registered.  
 
 
Not currently teaching




Steve Scholey

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.

Steve is also a professional business coach and his contact details are:       

Phone: 01924 370 250      Mobile: 07768 905 974       Fax: 07092 219 287     http://about.me/stevescholey      

See what he has to say on You Tube about his service True North Solutions

Rebekah McGibbon

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered.
 
 Not currently teaching






Elaine Dickinson

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered. 


Not currently teaching

David and Marie Ross

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered. 


Not currently teaching 


Lynne Lewis

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TCUGB Grade A.  BCCMA Registered.  
 
Lynne  is an Accountant and Office Manager and also assists her partner in running his business in landscape design and construction; their own Zen garden has been featured on TV - see web page www.casaverde.co.uk
 

John Anson

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TCUGB Grade A.     BCCMA registered. 


Not currently teaching 


Rosezillah Fox

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TCUGB Grade A

Sadly, Rose passed away on Thursday 30th July 2009 at the age of 79 years.  An astonishing lady and a great friend, she will be deeply missed by all of us at Yiheyuan.
 
As well as teaching dance and Tai Chi for many years, Rose taught us, by her own quiet example,  how to live our lives with kindness and compassion, with courage and dignity.  She taught us to honour ourselves and to honour others and now we honour her with our tribute.
 
 

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