adheres to the COHW Seven Point Code of Conduct and therefore has satisfied the criteria of and is endorsed by The Chivalric Order of the Honourable Warrior thus enabling an honourable and safe environment for students, participants and spectators. Great Britain
7th degree black belt
Professional Combat Instructor since 1978
Hall of Fame “Legend” 2013 - Great Britain
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e Wushu Research Institute G.B was one of the very first Chinese martial arts and health exercise associations to be formed in Britain and was and is a pioneer of Wushu and Tai Chi in Great Britain to this day. We are authorised and supported by the foremost Wushu and Tai Chi authorities in P.R.China. Brian J McKinney
My main (there are others to whom I am grateful) living Chinese Masters are:-
Master Xu Hao – Peoples Republic of China –Highly graded Wushu Professor from Chengdu University. In 1987 Professor Hao accepted me as a “Men Nei Di Zi” (Closed Door Personal Student)
Master Han Jin Song - Peoples Republic of China - Highly graded Wushu Professor from Beijing University. In 1987 Professor Han accepted me as a “Men Nei Di Zi” (Closed Door Personal Student)
Grandmaster Men Hui Feng - Peoples Republic of China. Professor Men Hui Feng is one of the most accomplished and famous Wushu Masters in the world. He is a university professor of Wushu to the University of Beijing and is named by the Chinese government as one of the top 10 practitioners in the world. Professor Men formulated the arrest and restraint, unarmed combat system for the Chinese army and security forces. He is famous for creating the Sun Style Chinese National Competition Form, the 48 step combined taijiquan and the 42 step International Competition taijiquan form and taijijian (taiji sword) forms. In 2000 he created and launched D**g Yue Style Taiji.) In 2008 Professor Men accepted me as a “Men Nei Di Zi” (Closed Door Personal Student) and appointed me as President of the British branch of D**g Yue Taijiquan Association. I first met Professor Men in 1987 in Beijing where I was studying Taijiquan and Wushu. Grandmaster Gan Gui Xiang - Peoples Republic of China – My Chen Style Taijiquan Master
Professor Gan Gui Xiang is the wife of Grandmaster Men Hui Feng and is famous for creating one of the most popular forms of taijiquan, the Chen Style competition form. She was named by China as one of the current generation of Chen style taijiquan grandmasters (there were 6 masters named). She also had significant contribution to the composition of the recent D**g Yue Style Taijiquan created by Men Hui Feng.) In 2008 Professor Gan accepted me as a “Men Nei Di Zi” (Closed Door Personal Student). I first met Professor Gan in 1987 in Beijing where I was studying Taijiquan and Wushu
I have had several other Chinese Masters who sadly are now deceased but to whom I owe a debt of gratitude. They include, but not limited to, Grandmaster Jifu Huang of British Jing Wu Association, Professor Zhang Zheng Huang of Chinese Wushu Association Beijing. He was one of the group that demonstrated Wushu for the first time outside China at the 1936 Olympic games at the request of Adolf Hi**er. They are still in my heart and my teachings. I pass on this lineage through my Wushu/ Kung Fu classes. This is a practical fighting system with many routines. It incorporates external (Wei Jia) and internal (Nei Jia) schools. Included are the styles of Northern and Southern Shaolin, Changquan, Nanquan, Zhaquan, Taijiquan, Baqua Quan, Hsing-I Quan, Weapons etc. Also Sanda (which is full contact sparring with throws). Sporting aspect...My students have won competitions at national level in wushu, tai chi and weapons in the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts National Tournaments. My students have also won first places in International Tournaments. My Physical/Spirit Health teaching has both Eastern and Western origins ... I studied with, and received meditation initiation from, a famous Tibetan Master. I also studied various systems with western masters. The systems I use incorporate Tai Chi, Qigong, Ling Qi, Yoga, Meditation, Celtic/Drui Work... etc. I teach several styles of Tai Chi and Qigong. I pioneered the practise of Qigong and Tai Chi in Britain for the well, the not so well, the young and the elderly. I was the first person in Britain to officially teach Tai Chi therapy in Hospitals. I was invited by a senior hospital consultant in pain relief to formulate a gentle exercise system for sufferers of chronic pain. I taught this at Walton Hospital Pain Relief Centre in Liverpool for many years. This system I blueprinted for use in pain management centres around Britain, I acted as advisor to these other centres for many years I was also commissioned by an international pharmaceutical company to write an exercise booklet for chronic pain sufferers. This booklet had a first print run of 500,000, and went on to a second run. I appeared on British Television several times to demonstrate Tai Chi, Qigong etc. I also talked live for over an hour on BBC Radio about my exercise system. Around the same time I appeared on live Sky TV with my late friend Danny Connor demonstrating Tai Chi. This was broadcast live around the world. Over the years I have taught my Tai Chi/Qigong system in drug rehabilitation units, heart rehabilitation units, head injury units, psychiatric units, special needs units, elderly homes, schools, ballet schools, martial arts schools, in large corporations etc. HONORARY PRESIDENTS of CHINESE WUSHU RESEARCH INSTITUTE (G.B.) Professor Zhang Wenguang R.I.P. - Chinese Wushu Research Institute – P.R.China
Professor Men Hui Feng - Chinese Wushu Research Institute – P.R.China
Professor Gan Gui Xiang - Chinese Wushu Research Institute – P.R.China
Master Xu Hao – International Wushu Master and Author – Italy
Master Han Jin Song– International Wushu Master – Australia
Professor Xia Bei Hua– Long Fei Taijiquan G.B. Master Zhang Zheng– International Wushu Master – Germany
Professor Li Deyin– Chinese Wushu Research Institute – P.R.China
Master Qiu Hui Feng - Chinese Wushu Research Institute – P.R.China
Professor Wu Bin - Chinese Wushu Research Institute – P.R.China
Master Alan Pittman – International Martial Art Master and Author, USA
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