Instructor Listing - All instructors are assessed and approved by Chen Style Tai Chi Centre

All instructors under this listing are approved by Chen Style Tai Chi Centre for the technique skills and the certificate is issued by Master Liming Yue. The instructors on the listing below are all independent instructors and they do not belong to the Tai Chi Centre (unless specified). The level of technique is required to be reviewed every years by Master Liming Yue at free of charge by turning up serminars or regular classes held by the Centre, otherwise the level of skills assigned may be not accurate. The Centre will also not take any responsibility for their teaching and behaviours apart from proving their Tai Chi skills and teaching standard.

The standard we used for the instructor levels is according to the Wushu Duan Wei system implemented by the Chinese Wushu (Martial Arts) Association in China. Some of instructors listed below have also achieved the Duan Wei grading from China Wushu Association as indicated.

To be a qualified instructor and listed on this directory, please contact the Centre at: liming.yue@taichicentre.com or visit the instructor training program page at: www.taichicentre.com/instructor_training.php

Some pictures of Instructor Seminar:

We regularly host instructor seminars every year throughout of Europe and the following group pictures are only some of them.

Tai Chi Instructor course in the Centre 10th September 2006	Tai Chi Instructor course in the Centre 24th June 2007	Tai Chi Instructor course in the Centre 16th September 2007
First Instructors meeting in Oporto, Portugal, July 2008	Instructor course in Oporto, Portugal on 26th October 2008	Instructor course in the Cenre on 13th June 2009
Tai Chi Instructor course in the Centre 12th September 2010	Tai Chi Instructor course in the Centre 4th October 2009	Tai Chi & Qigong Instructor course in the Centre 19th June 2011

Foundation Level Instructors:

Instructors within this level can teach Tai Chi Foundation exercises includes: Warm Up, Side Step, Single and Double hands Silk Reeling Energy exercises, Breathing exercises (excludes Qigong exercises), Tai Chi Stance and simple Tai Chi movments.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Gillian	Timperon	Dorset	16th September 2007	out of date
Gill	Healey	Wigan	29th January 2012
David	Corbett	Tipperary - Ireland	10th September 2011	include Qigong
Caroline	Corley	Lymm, Cheshire	20th June 2011	include Qigong

Level One Instructors:

Instructors within this level can teach all Foundation Level exercises, Tai Chi Eleven Form or 18 form and First part of any long form such as , Laojia, 83 Form.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
David	Hassall	Devon	10th September 2006
George	Harris	Manchester	10th September 2006
Jane	Placca	Manchester	10th September 2006
Brendan	Moran	Manchester	10th September 2006	due to review
Peter	Scott	Arandal	10th September 2006	due to review
Keith	Walrond	Telford	10th September 2006	due to review
Chris	Gray	Chorley	16th September 2007	due to review
Paul	Lomas	Glossop	16th September 2007	due to review
Paulo	Fernandes	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007
Rute	Pinto	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007
Anibal J A	Rodrigues	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007	due to review
Tania	Correia	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007	due to review
Pierraolo	Ghirotto	Leeds University	15th June 2008	due to review
Colin	Knightley	Halifax	15th June 2008
Fernando	Dinis	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008
Maria Joao	Pereira	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008
Vitor	Costa	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008	due to review
Marcia	Faria	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008	out of date
Carla	Oliveira	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008
Monica	Carvalho	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008
Andrew	Brooks	Salford	13th June 2009, received 1st Duan on 9th August 2009 by China Wushu Association in China.
Teresa	Pereira	Manchester	13th June 2009, received 1st Duan on 9th August 2009 by China Wushu Association in China.
Paul	Maxfield	Devon	13th June 2009
Sylvia	White	Telford	13th June 2009	due to review
John	Dobson	Wigan	13th June 2009
Nick	Taylor	Spain	4th October 2009	due to review
Nick	Waites	Aukland	12th December 2010
Jerome	Albert	Bristol	20th June 2011	include Qigong
Paul	Bellamy	Gloucestershire	29th January 2012	include Qigong
Paul	Cutland	Halesowen, West Midlands	29th January 2012	include Qigong (to be reviewed)

Level Two:

Instructors within this level can teach all Level One exercises and Tai Chi 18 Form, or First 15 movements of 83 Form or First 15 movements of Laojia 74 Form with Basic Push Hands.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Peter	Bedford	Worcester	24th April 2006
Christine	Tregartha	Accrington	18 August 2007 by China Wushu Association
Laura	Healy	Gloosap	18 August 2007 by China Wushu Association	due to review
Matthew	Seal	Devon	24 June 2007	due to review
Robert	Marks	Nottingham	24 June 2007	due to review
Gary	Conroy	Levenshulme	24 June 2007	due to review
Angela	Santos	Espinho, Portugal	15th July 2007
Darlene	Oliveira	Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal	Received 4th Duan on 23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Leigh	Till	Brighton	16th September 2007	due to review
Phil	Robinson	Preston	16th September 2007	due to review
Yuhong	Zhang	Sale	16th September 2007
Bernard	Phillips	Middleland	15th June 2008	due to review
Robert	Kanski	Southport	6th September 2008
Sue	Hindle	Preston	6th September 2008	include Qigong
Jose	Ferreira	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008	due to review
Andre	Pinho	Oporto, Portugal	Instructor course on 26th October 2008, received 2nd Duan on 23rd November 2008 in Oporto, Portugal.	due to review
Pedro	Moura	Oporto, Portugal	Instructor course on 26th October 2008, received 2nd Duan on 23rd November 2008 in Oporto, Portugal.
Domingos	Antunes	Oporto, Portugal	Instructor course on 26th October 2008, received 2nd Duan on 23rd November 2008 in Oporto, Portugal.
Howard	Friend	Levenshulme	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association	due to review
Vitor	Santos	Oporto, Portugal	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association	due to review
Sean	Kelly	Devon	2nd Duan received on 23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association, Instructor course on 13th June 2009
Paul	Lightfoot	Telford	Instructor course on 13th June 2009 and received 2nd Duan in August 2009 in China
Stuart	Agars	Yorkshire	4th Duan received on 23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association , Instructor course on 13th June 2009
Peter	Bower	Accrington	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association, Instructor course on 13th June 2009
Julia	Argue	Telford	2nd Duan Wei on 23rd November 2009 by China Wushu Association. 2nd level on 4th October 2009;	due to review
Sevastianos	Maillis (Simu Yun)	Athens, Greece	7th June 2010
Dale	Phillips	Cannock	12th June 2010
Karl	Smith	Altrincham	12th September 2010
Robin	Wooldridge	Birmingham	12th September 2010
Frankie	Kelly	Leinster, Ireland	18th July 2010	include Qigong
Marie	Normoyle	Munster, Ireland	18th July 2010	include Qigong
Tony	Mcmahon	Cavan	18th July 2010	include Qigong
Helen	Beare	Devon	4th October 2009; 12th September 2010	include Qigong
Robert	Byrnes	Devon	12th September 2010
Douglas	Craddock	Sale	12th September 2010
Kevin	Copeland	Co. Clare, Ireland	27th March 2011	include Qigong
Alda	Gomez	Dublin, Ireland	20th June 2011; www.houseofmovement.com	include Qigong
Richard	Bennett	Malwern	20th June 2011	include Qigong
Mohammed	Arshad	Bradford	20th June 2011	include Qigong
William	Farmer	Exeter	20th June 2011	include Qigong
Paul	Shillito	Crewe	20th June 2011	include Qigong
Nicola	Jones	West Sussex	2nd October 2011; www.earthbalance-taichi.com	include Qigong
Natalie	Faria - Vare	Gloucestershire	29th January 2012	include Qigong

Third Level:

Instructors within this level can teach all Level Two exercises and First 30 movements of 83 Form or Laojia 74 form, Push Hands and Sword (or Sabre).

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Mark	Guggiari	Cheshire	10th September 2006
William	Wilkinson	Blackburn	10th September 2006
Desmond	Morris	Ireland	15th June 2008
Howard	Ward-Dutton	Runcorn	3rd Duan received on 23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association	due to review
Philip	Lomas	Gloosap	18 August 2007 by China Wushu Association
Garry	Seghers	Cannock	4th Duan on 9th August 2009 in China
Chiara	Gilaldino	Biella, Italy	4th Duan received on 9th August 2009 in China.
Janet	Murray	Grindleton	3rd Duan received on 23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association ; 24th October 2010	include Qigong
Christine	Thomas	Accrington	Instructor course on 13th June 2009, received 3rd Duan on 9th August 2009 in China.
Arend	Wymenga	Kiltimagh, Ireland	20th September 2009 in Ireland
Margaret	Macdonald	Wirral	12th June 2010
Jason	Hacking	Accrington	12th September 2010
Norberto	Peralta	Stewarton, East Ayrshire	16th January 2011
Elizabeth	Carroll	Stewarton, East Ayrshire	12th September 2010	Include Qigong
Julie	Mckinlay	Fenwick, East Ayrshire	12th September 2010	Include Qigong
Cherryl	Collins	Hampshire	24th October 2010	Include Qigong
Helena	Kean	Accrington	27th November 2010
Stephen	Brown	Hartlepool	20th June 2011	Include Qigong
Hannah	Horsfall	London	20th June 2011 www.fullcircleqi.co.uk/	include Qigong
Michaela	Sinclair	South Ayrshire, Scotland	12th September 2011	include Qigong
Bill	Dancock	Stourport On Severn	2nd October 2011	include Qigong with support of Yang Style
Pamela	Hedge	Billingham	18th September 2011	include Qigong

Forth Level:

Instructors within this level can teach all Third Level exercises and 83 Form or Laojia 74 Form, Push Hands, Sabre, Sword, Long Pole with Martial Arts applications.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Steven	Burton	Accrington	Received 4th Duan Wei on 15th August 2005 by China Wushu Association
Pluto	Vlachopoulos	Athens, Greece	Received 4th Duan on 18th August 2007 by China Wushu Association
Sergio	Terramoto	Oporto, Portugal	Received 5th Duan on 7th March 2010 by China Wushu Association	Include Qigong
Neil	Grimley	Telford	Received 4th Duan on 23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Richard	Northwood	Cheshire	10th September 2008
John	Collins	Ireland	Received 4th Duan Wei on 7th March 2010 by China Wushu Association	Include Qigong
Andrew	Plant	Accrington	6th September 2008; 12th September 2010
Anthony	Rushton	Worcester	19th June 2011	Include Qigong
Marco	Fasanotti	Italy	4th Duan received on 9th August 2009 in China.	Include Qigong
Alan	Smewing	Staffford & Wolverhampton	Instructor course on 29th January 2012, received 3rd Duan on 9th August 2009 in China.

Fifth Level:

Instructors within this level can teach all Level Forth exercises with better level of skills.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Dan	Chisholm	East Grinstead	Received 5th Duan Wei on 15th August 2005 by China Wushu Association
Aamir	Rafi	Tai Chi Centre	Received 5th Duan on 23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association	include Qigong
Pepe	Arlandis	Denia, Spain	Received 5th Duan on 30th November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Nick	Taylor	Devon	Received 5th Duan on 9th August 2009 in China.	include Qigong
Qiang	Di	Manchester	Received 5th Duan on 9th August 2009 by China Wushu Association
Pete	Hornby	Stafford	Received 6th Duan on 7th March 2010 by China Wushu Association.	include Qigong

Sixth Level:

Instructors within this level can teach all Level fifth exercises with excellent form movements at the level of national championships holder in China major competitions and good understanding about the Tai Chi principles.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Juan	Chen	China	28th August 2006
Sam	Sun	Dublin - Ireland	18th August 2009

Seventh Level:

Instructors within this level can teach all Level Sixth exercises with beter form movements and understanding about the Tai Chi principles.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Liming	Yue	Tai Chi Centre UK	Received 7th Duan on 24th October 2004 by China Wushu Association in Zhengzhou city, China.
Dongwu	Zhang	Chenjiagou Tai Chi Centre, Zhengzhou, China	Received 7th Duan on 15th June 2007 by China Wushu Association
Shihong	Chen	Austra	Received 7th Duan on 12th November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Liu Jun	Jian	Paris, France	Received 7th Duan on 18th August 2009 by China Wushu Association

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