We have been teaching the Wudang or practical system of tai chi since 1994. The school’s main instructor is Neil Rosiak, who began training in 1988. Neil learned from Dan Docherty, a famous tai chi teacher who had in turn learned from the famed master Cheng Tin Hung in the 1970’s. Before him the lineage goes back hundreds of years to the Taoists that developed the art. Neil and Dan both competed extensively in various martial arts contests. 

Our focus is very much on teaching the best quality tai chi possible so that students get the most enjoyment and benefit from the training. There is an incredibly long list of reasons why someone should do high quality tai chi, but simply put it will make you fitter, healthier and have genuine self defence capabilities.

Some students practice intensely on a daily basis and go to competitions etc, others practice once or twice a week which is enough to gain benefit. The emphasis is always on enjoying the process, the art and the learning environment.

Thirteen dynamics tai chi is different to most tai chi schools in that it preserves traditional self defence elements of the art, along with the more dynamic types of training that make things practical. The arts practices stretch from very soft, internally focussed or ‘yin’ elements through to more dynamic, challenging and overly ‘yang’ aspects – the idea being a perfectly balanced approach to training the individual both physically and cognitively.