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Sifu Waller

Sifu Waller

Mrs Rachel Waller

Mrs Rachel Waller

Experience

Sifu Waller has 40 years martial arts experience, 25 years tai chi and bagua practice (10 years full-time), 20 years Master/disciple relationship with Peter Southwood and 30,000 hours of training behind him.

He has been teaching since 1995.
He has 3 lineage disciples.

Sifu Waller obtained a post-graduate professional teaching qualification from The University of Leeds.

He is also registered with The Tai Chi Union for Great Britain.

Class websites

  • Newcastle Tai Chi
  • Neijiaquan: The Inner School
  • Newcastle Tai Chi blog 2
  • YouTube
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Yang Lu-chan

Yang Lu-chan
Yang Lu-chan made tai chi chuan famous by teaching his art to the Manchu Emperor's elite palace guards

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      • In memory of a valued teacher
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      • Sifu
      • Ready for walking
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Rachel's blogs

  • Sifu and Kitten are Married
    Kitten's jian -
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    4 weeks ago
  • Photographs of Kitten
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    5 months ago
  • Durham
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    11 months ago

My Blog List

  • Striking Thoughts
    10 miles of pristine river - I just finished four solid days of fishing and hiking. We had rain hit the last day and a half but past that the trip was most excellent. We divided our ti...
    53 minutes ago
  • The Soul of Japan
    Akiu Onsen - Akiu Onsen Singing it from the natural hot spring. Let the"u" flow through your puckered lips with an "eu" sound. Remember to stretch those vow...
    53 minutes ago
  • The Rambling Taoists
    Selections from Xunzi V - *Scott Bradley* All quotes are from Xunzi: Basic Writings; Burton Watson (Columbia Univ. Press, 2003). *A DISCUSSION OF RITES* (Section 19) "He who eat...
    2 hours ago
  • Cloud Hands
    Sol Invictus - "The sun is always a powerful, invincible image, whether it is the weak illumination of the pre winter solstice, or the savage primal energy of midsummer...
    3 hours ago
  • Ikigai | Blogging the Martial Way
    Is It Possible to Cross-Train Hard and Soft Styles? - This is a great question about the relationship between hard and soft styles: “Recently I started training in Old Yang Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan in order to ad...
    17 hours ago
  • Chiron
    Down the Rabbit Hole - Had a fifteen minute conversation with Edwin. Which always leaves me 1) wishing I had taken notes and 2) fairly certain that I didn't understand most of i...
    18 hours ago
  • taichi heartwork
    - O Spirit of Gravity, do not treat me too lightly!
    1 day ago
  • William Berry, MS, CAP
    Review: Gift From The Sea - I recently finished Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s “Gift From The Sea.” Although it is only a little more than 120 pages (and small pages at that) it took me mont...
    1 day ago
  • Cook Ding's Kitchen ... empty your cup.
    Translation of The Science of Nei Jia Quan - *We have another guest post by Jonathan Bluestein, who is the author of two of the all time favorite posts at Cook Ding's Kitchen: The Versatile Whip of P...
    2 days ago
  • Internal Kung Fu
    - Taoism examines the nature of things; exploring what characteristics make a thing unique. What makes a tree a tree, rather than a dog? When practicing tai ...
    2 days ago
  • Mindful Martial Arts
    Flowing with Friends - Back from the International Taoist Tai Centre for 4 weeks and then returning to my “home away from home” for another Health Recovery Week. No makeup, no ha...
    3 days ago
  • Mokuren Dojo - Aikido and Judo
    Police searching for armed robber - Wow! I just heard about this. Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:03 pm (http://www.enterprise-journal.com/) *McComb police are searching for a man suspecte...
    3 days ago
  • barrietaichi.com
    Gilda's Club presentation - Kelly and I presented to the patrons of Gilda’s Club last night here in Barrie. We initiated the participants by demonstrating the 16 forms and the 1s...
    1 week ago
  • Classical Tai Chi Blog
    Correct Stepping in Cloud Hands - Correct Stepping in Cloud Hands and "Yin-Yang Pairs" (video link) "*The way leads from the sacrum upward in a backward-flowing way to the summit of the C...
    2 weeks ago
  • the way of wujimon
    さくら号 - 3月16日、都電荒川線「さくら号」が運行を始めました。
    3 weeks ago
  • Taijiquan & Neigong Blog (Tai Chi Chuan & Nei Kung)
    Hypnosis & Martial Arts – Part Two – Self Delusion - One of the most nefarious side effects of incorrect martial arts practice is the potential to fall into unexamined groupthink. This effect can be disastr...
    3 weeks ago
  • Jianghu :: 2.1
    Mothballed - I’m currently on medical leave from work, which has given me some time to think. I haven’t been posting here in some respects because I just haven’t had an...
    1 month ago
  • The Dragon's Orb
    Elbow Techniques - My poor blog. Neglected. I did however shoot a little film of the hiji waza set of our primary grouping of techniques. I start with a weak line balance...
    2 months ago
  • Clear's Tai Chi
    Chi Healing – Fa Kung Intensive Workshops April 26, 27 & 28 ‘13 - Fa Kung Universal Energy Emission and Transmission is one of the older and more secret schools of Chi Kung. In this weekend you will learn Absorbing, Build...
    3 months ago
  • Ting Jing Tai Chi Blog
    The Year of the Snake - And moving with care and attention The second new moon after the winter solstice on February 10th marks the start of the Chinese New Year or Spring Festiva...
    3 months ago
  • The Palace Guard
    Some thoughts after a blogging break... - Sooner or later everyone needs tai chi, they just don't realise it. The spiritual seeker is searching desperately for enlightenment, but the instructions a...
    3 months ago
  • Repulsive Monkey
    Life Modelling 2 - More about the Spirited Bodies group life modelling project, as mentioned previously on Repulsive Monnkey. To SB's Christmas event in Mortlake, London. A...
    5 months ago
  • Dojo Rat
    The New Dojo Rat Site is Up! - Good news! The new, improved, better smelling and better tasting Dojo Rat Blog is up and running- Go to: http://www.dojorat.com/ Thanks for hanging in th...
    5 months ago
  • MyTaiChiLife
    Walk By Faith; The Zen Taoist Evangelical Approach to Life - I walk by faith. I walk by faith. I have to tell myself this to remind myself because all too often we lose our faith in God/The Universe/the Tao. But the ...
    7 months ago
  • Masters of the IMA
    Shanghai Training Diary - Just came back from training for a week with Wang Senlin of Shanghai, who I have mentioned in this blog before. Like most Chinese kungfu teachers, Master W...
    1 year ago
  • A Girls Guide to Home Life
    Movie Life Magazine {April 1940} - I love movie magazines. There is something about them that I just love. Maybe it is the photos? The trivia? Interviews? I don't know what, but they sure a...
    1 year ago
  • Our Path in the Valley
    Moved to Cloud Hands Blog - This blog, Our Paths in the Valley, has been discontinued. Michael P. Garofalo continues to maintain his Cloud Hands Blog.
    1 year ago
  • Martial Development
    Unlocking the Warrior Spirit: Duckling Edition - It’s not the size of the duck in the fight, but the size of the fight in the duck that counts. Original text copyright Martial Development. All rights rese...
    2 years ago
  • John's Tai-Blog @ Camp Tai Chi
    Cleanliness… Next to Tai Chi-liness? - I get Google Alerts for things that relate to tai chi. I just saw a posting on STLToday.com that talks about different forms of meditation. It’s the one ...
    2 years ago
  • Dynamic Balancing Boxing
    Goodbye, Leeds -
    8 years ago
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