INSTRUCTORS
All our instructors have at least ten years experience in martial arts and teach from direct lineages.
The following instructors teach at the Lancashire Martial and Health Arts school in Oldham (the full time HQ of Tao Jiao Kung Fu) and the Dragon Academy in Bury. they are both registered instructors under the British Combat Association.
chris lomas
Already with a background in Sport JuJitsu and Karate, Chris Lomas began training in Kung Fu at fifteen years old (a Family Southern Shaolin style/VIllage Hung). He also trained in (western) boxing and Thai Boxing, alongside multiple other arts including capeoira. He also studied a range of bodywork systems while studying for his BA (hons) in Theatre.
Bitten by the Kung Fu bug at nineteen he began travelling the world looking for the best possible tuition.
Eventually he found multiple lineage holder Laoshi James McNeil in the mountains of california, living with him for several years taking full time tuition in Xingyiquan, BaguaZhang, Taijiquan, Splashing Hands, XiaoJiaoTien, ZimenQuan ,weapons, Iron Hand, Iron Body and advanced Taoist Qigong/Neikung practices and Chinese Medicine.
He was also lucky enough to spend some time learning Xingyi, Bagua and Northern Shaolin under Sifu Philip Starr of Nebraska founder of Yiliquan..
Some years later he met YuJinLI, a taoist monk who trained in the Complete Perfection (QuanZhen) school of taoism and has spent many decades travelling and perfecting his understanding. Through his skillful tuition he learnt many unification (Yujia) skills and began to understand the basis of all his previous studies. Through these methods he was able to come to an understanding of the origins and interelationship between Chinese Martial Arts, Healing Arts and internal cultivation.
Chris has released a number of popular dvds on Iron Hand, Iron Body and Splashing Hands Kung Fu as well as writing articles for intenational martial arts magazines.
He has owned a school in manchester teaching traditional Martial Arts, Healing Arts and Internal cultivation for over a decade.
TOM FRAME
Tom Frame began his study of Wing Chun in 2001 under Keith Tailor, Completing the syllabus in 2004. He began studying at the Nine Little Heaven UK school in 2004 earning his instructor qualificatioins in XingYiQuan, Splashing Hands, ZimenQuan, BaguaZhang and Chen TaijiQuan alongside taoist cultivation methods, conditioning practices and healing arts.
He studied the Nine Little heaven system (XiaoJiaoTIen) with Sifu McNeil, becoming a disciple in a bashi ceremony in 2009. He has also practiced some sport JuJitsu and boxing to continue to hone his skills.
OTHER INSTRUCTORS
The following people are Qualified instructors under Tao Jiao Kung Fu. Some may be teaching, some may not. I have give contact details where they have requested it. In no particular order.
Katie O'Neil: XingYiQuan, Chen TaijiQuan.
Cahir Doherty: Splashing Hands.
Mark Denton: Splashing Hands, XingYiQuan.
Mark Chilton: Splashing Hands, XingYiQuan.
Gus Glyn: Splashing Hands.
Dave Bolton: XingYi, Splashing Hands, Chen TaijiQuan
Siyavash Mokhtarzadeh: Splashing Hands
Tom Begbie (PHd): Chen TaijiQuan, Splashing Hands, XingYiQuan
Christian Knight: Splashing Hands