Instructor Listing - All instructors are ssessed 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

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 form movments.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Alison	Griffin	Wigan	20th June 2005	Out of date
Gill	Healey	Wigan	20th June 2005	Out of date
Julie	Barton	Wigan	20th June 2005	Out of date
Katharine	Kennedy	Wigan	20th June 2005	Out of date
Linda	Bond	Wigan	20th June 2005	Out of date
Nicola	O'Brien	Wigan	20th June 2005	Out of date
Gillian	Timperon	Dorset	16th September 2007	due to review

Level One Instructors:

Instructors within this level can teach all Foundation Level exercises and Tai Chi Eleven Form.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
David	Hassall	Devon	10th September 2006
Norberto	Peralta	Scotland	10th September 2006
Eric	van-der-Steen	Manchester	10th September 2006	due to review
Charlene	Denton	Cambridge	10th September 2006	due to review
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
Keith	Walrond	Telford	10th September 2006	due to review
Pete	Baldwin	Norfork	10th September 2006	due to review
Sandra	Oxenham	Dorset	24th June 2007	due to review
Chris	Gray	Chorley	16th September 2007
Paul	Lomas	Glossop	16th September 2007
Paulo	Fernandes	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007
Rute	Pinto	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007
Anibal J A	Rodrigues	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007
Tania	Correia	Oporto, Portugal	11th November 2007
Pierraolo	Ghirotto	Leeds University	15th June 2008
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
Marcia	Faria	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008	condition
Carla	Oliveira	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008
Monica	Carvalho	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008

Level Two:

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

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Peter	Bedford	Worcester	24th April 2006	due to review
Christine	Tregartha	Accrington	18 August 2007 by China Wushu Association
Laura	Healy	Gloosap	18 August 2007 by China Wushu Association
Matthew	Seal	Devon	24 June 2007
Robert	Marks	Nottingham	24 June 2007	due to review
Gary	Conroy	Levenshulme	24 June 2007
Angela	Santos	Espinho, Portugal	15th July 2007
Leigh	Till	Brighton	16th September 2007
Phil	Robinson	Preston	16th September 2007
Yuhong	Zhang	Sale	16th September 2007
Bernard	Phillips	Middleland	15th June 2008
Robert	Kanski	Southport	6th September 2008
Christine	Thomas	Accrington	15th June 2008
Sue	Hindle	Preston	6th September 2008
Jose	Ferreira	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008
Andre	Pinho	Oporto, Portugal	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Pedro	Moura	Oporto, Portugal	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Domingos	Antunes	Oporto, Portugal	26th October 2008
Howard	Friend	Levenshulme	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Vitor	Santos	Oporto, Portugal	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association

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
Anthony	Rushton	Worcester	10th September 2006
Mark	Guggiari	Cheshire	10th September 2006
William	Wilkinson	Blackburn	10th September 2006
Desmond	Morris	Ireland	15th June 2008
Andrew	Plant	Accrington	6th September 2008
Marco	Fasanotti	Italy	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Howard	Ward-Dutton	Runcorn	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Philip	Lomas	Gloosap	18 August 2007 by China Wushu Association
John	Collins	Ireland	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Garry	Seghers	Cannock	18th August 2007 by China Wushu Association
Chiara	Gilaldino	Biella, Italy	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Janet	Murray	Grindleton	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association

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	15th August 2005 by China Wushu Association
Maria	Jose	Denia, Spain	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Nick	Taylor	Devon	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Pluto	Vlachopoulos	Athens, Greece	18th August 2007 by China Wushu Association
William Pete	Hornby	Stafford	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Sergio	Terramoto	Oporto, Portugal	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Neil	Grimley	Telford	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Richard	Northwood	Cheshire	10th September 2008
Darlene	Oliveira	Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Qiang	Di	Manchester	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association

Fifth Level:

Instructors within this level can teach all Level Forth exercises with beter form movements.

First name	Surname	Area	Date of Assessment	Remark
Dan	Chisholm	East Grinstead	15th August 2005 by China Wushu Association
Aamir	Rafi	Tai Chi Centre	23rd November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Pepe	Arlandis	Denia, Spain	30th November 2008 by China Wushu Association
Mikelo	Signes	Denia, Spain	30th November 2008 by China Wushu Association

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
Liu Jun	Jian	Paris, France	24th August 2006 by China Wushu Association
Juan	Chen	Japan	28th August 2006

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	24th October 2004 by China Wushu Association
Dongwu	Zhang	Tai Chi Centre China	15th June 2007 by China Wushu Association
Shihong	Chen	Austra	12th November 2008 by China Wushu Association

Eighth 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
Zhenglei	Chen	China	17th April 2004 by China Wushu Association
Xiaowang	Chen	Australia	15th June 2007 by China Wushu Association