James Drewe
James Drewe became involved in the Chinese Health Arts in 1975 when he began by studying Gongfu and Taijiquan. He rapidly became interested in the philosophy behind these forms of exercise and also in both meditation and the use of diet to promote health. Since then he has taken an interest in a variety of other health arts and qualified as an acupuncturist.
In 1980 he began learning the Yang family style of Taijiquan and Zhan Zhuang Qigong under Master Chu King Hung and has also studied Zhan Zhuang Qigong with Master Lam Kam Chuen.
He later broadened his Taiji training with Richard Watson, learning the core syllabus of both hand and sword Forms of the ‘modern’ Yang style. He has also studied many of these with both Prof. Li Deyin and Master Wang Yanji.
He has studied the Chen 56-Step Competition Form, the Wudang Taiji Sword Form, and the Chen Broadsword with Simon Watson, the Sun 97-Step Form, the Yang Broadsword, and the Fan Form with Prof. Li Deyin, and the Sun 73-Step Competition Form with both Simon Watson and Master Huang Ping.
He currently teaches a wide variety of Forms. These are taught alongside Pushing Hands, Da Lu, Applications of the Forms, & Fa-Jing techniques.
In Qigong, apart from Zhan Zhuang Qigong, he has studied a therapeutic Qigong called Daoyin Yangsheng Gong, which consists of sets of exercises for the body ‘systems’, e.g. exercises for the Cardiovascular, Digestive, Respiratory, & Skeletal systems, as well as exercises for the Liver, Kidneys, etc…. with Richard Watson, Mark Atkinson, Hu Xiao Fei, and Prof. Zhang Guangde.
He is Vice-Chairman of the Longfei Taijiquan Association, and runs classes in both London and Kent.
Details of courses and classes can be found on the website at www.taiji.co.uk, and he can be emailed at james@taiji.co.uk.
James Drewe became involved in the Chinese Health Arts in 1975 when he began by studying Gongfu and Taijiquan. He rapidly became interested in the philosophy behind these forms of exercise and also in both meditation and the use of diet to promote health. Since then he has taken an interest in a variety of other health arts and qualified as an acupuncturist.
In 1980 he began learning the Yang family style of Taijiquan and Zhan Zhuang Qigong under Master Chu King Hung and has also studied Zhan Zhuang Qigong with Master Lam Kam Chuen.
He later broadened his Taiji training with Richard Watson, learning the core syllabus of both hand and sword Forms of the ‘modern’ Yang style. He has also studied many of these with both Prof. Li Deyin and Master Wang Yanji.
He has studied the Chen 56-Step Competition Form, the Wudang Taiji Sword Form, and the Chen Broadsword with Simon Watson, the Sun 97-Step Form, the Yang Broadsword, and the Fan Form with Prof. Li Deyin, and the Sun 73-Step Competition Form with both Simon Watson and Master Huang Ping.
He currently teaches a wide variety of Forms. These are taught alongside Pushing Hands, Da Lu, Applications of the Forms, & Fa-Jing techniques.
In Qigong, apart from Zhan Zhuang Qigong, he has studied a therapeutic Qigong called Daoyin Yangsheng Gong, which consists of sets of exercises for the body ‘systems’, e.g. exercises for the Cardiovascular, Digestive, Respiratory, & Skeletal systems, as well as exercises for the Liver, Kidneys, etc…. with Richard Watson, Mark Atkinson, Hu Xiao Fei, and Prof. Zhang Guangde.
He is Vice-Chairman of the Longfei Taijiquan Association, and runs classes in both London and Kent.
Details of courses and classes can be found on the website at www.taiji.co.uk, and he can be emailed at james@taiji.co.uk.
