About

My Journey

My journey in this field through Chinese martial and healing arts began in the mid 1990s when I was introduced to a book on qi gong. This was following an undiagnosed illness that I picked up whilst back packing through India and Nepal. I managed to heal myself through fasting, diet and qigong.

When I started my studies at the London School of Oriental and African Studies in 1996, I also began training in Wing Chun, a traditional Chinese Southern martial arts style made famous by the late Bruce Lee. During this time I was first made aware of Tai Chi though the father of one of my best school friends.

By the early 2000s I had been introduced to the practice, first in Turks & Caicos (via an employee of the old Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant!), then again whilst visiting Cuba in 1999. In 2001 I began training at the Shaolin Temple UK, where I simultaneously began practicing Tai Chi (taijiquan). I was hooked, to say the least.

The philosophy, the Way (dao), if you like at the root of the traditional martial arts, health and fitness maintenance practices and the healing arts of Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and massage is the same. I had long had an interest in the healing practices and acupuncture felt like a natural extension of my martial arts training.

Fast forward to 2004 when I stated my 4 year studies in acupuncture at the International College of Oriental Medicine, UK. In 2007 I went to China to shadow at the Tianjin First Teaching Hospital as well as spend a month at Chen Village, Henan Province, the birthplace of Tai Chi (taijiquan).

In 2014, I returned to the Turks & Caicos Islands to set up practice as the first fully qualified acupuncturist in the country.

I have been teaching Tai Chi and Kung Fu since 2010.

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If you would like to book a treatment or class, or find out more about what these practices can do for you, get in touch.