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Sifu Waller

Sifu Waller

Mrs Rachel Waller

Mrs Rachel Waller

Experience

Sifu Waller has been training martial arts since 1975, tai chi chuan and baguazhang since 1990.

He has been teaching since 1995.

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
  • Website promo video

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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Rachel's blogs

  • Sifu and Kitten are Married
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My Blog List

  • The Rambling Taoists
    Selections from Xunzi II - *Scott Bradley* All quotes are from Xunzi: Basic Writings; Burton Watson (Columbia Univ. Press, 2003). *IMPROVING YOURSELF* (Section 2) "When you find ...
    1 hour ago
  • Chiron
    Time and Distance - This could be CofV 12.4, but it is really it's own thing and critical to everything. Not just self-defense, but every last damn thing. One internet warri...
    4 hours ago
  • taichi heartwork
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    9 hours 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...
    10 hours 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 ...
    14 hours ago
  • Cloud Hands
    Gardening Till We Dropped - We walked in the morning and then gardened all day.
    18 hours 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...
    2 days ago
  • The Soul of Japan
    15th Annual Rose Gardening Show 2013 - * * * * * * *"FOR YOU: ANTHOPHILOUS, LOVER OF FLOWERS"* *By Reginald Dwayne Betts* For you: anthophilous, lover of flowers, green roses, chrysanthem...
    3 days ago
  • Striking Thoughts
    Mysterious Chi Power - Wim Demeere takes on the mysterious power of chi: Supposedly, you can learn to control your chi and then throw it across a distance at an attacker to incap...
    5 days ago
  • Mindful Martial Arts
    Taste the Flow - It is time to integrate AGAIN. One month dedicated to the body – with a bit of spirit intention and awareness and one month dedicated to the power of the m...
    1 week 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
  • Ikigai | Blogging the Martial Way
    Do Eastern Martial Artists Need Eastern Diets? - We have a great question today from Nicholas regarding wellness and diet: Most of us as martial artists practice arts that come from east Asian countries. ...
    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
  • William Berry, MS, CAP
    Your Purpose In Life - This is my latest post for Psychology Today. You can read it here.
    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。
    2 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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