Sifu Waller quit his day job to study tai chi full-time for 10 years.
He practiced tai chi and bagua for countless hours, reading, reflecting, writing about tai chi and teaching classes throughout the week.

 Your instructor needs to see how you respond to a variety of challenges.
 Can you handle difficult students?
 Do you work well under pressure?
 Are you organised?
 Can you articulate well?
 Are you capable of conveying complex information in a differentiated fashion?

 The instructor needs a good measure of your character before committing to training you.
 If you are not suitable, then instructing is not for you.
  

Long-distance tai chi instructor courses are absurd.
How can anybody learn the necessary teaching qualities from long-distance learning?
It is simply ridiculous.

Only the most desperate and naive individual would seek to undertake such a course.
The qualification is not worth the paper it is written on.
Any insurance company that provides personal liability cover based on such a course is negligent.

New starters @ £7.50

We offer two beginners classes in Newcastle:

1. Monday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
   - Community Hall, St Andrew's Church, Station Road, Benton, NE12 8AW
    
2. Tuesday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
   - St Teresa's Church Hall, Heaton Road, Newcastle, NE6 5HN

Doors open at 6:45 PM

25% off joining fee until end of February

If you want to try the class, there is no need to e-mail in advance. Just come along.

We welcome adults of all ages. Prior experience is not expected.

New starters are treated as beginners.

We reward long-term membership:

5 years:

1. potentially become an indoor student

7th dan:

1. train to become an instructor in our school

10 years:

1. free annual membership
2. free workshops

20 years:

1. free evening class tuition

New starters @ £7.50

We offer two beginners classes in Newcastle:

1. Monday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
   - Community Hall, St Andrew's Church, Station Road, Benton, NE12 8AW
    
2. Tuesday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
   - St Teresa's Church Hall, Heaton Road, Newcastle, NE6 5HN

Doors open at 6:45 PM

A student must reach a certain standard within a structured syllabus and prove their skill.
They demonstrate the discipline and the knowledge necessary to become an instructor.
Martial arts schools around the world ask the student to be of 3rd dan black belt level.

Not all tai chi schools have grades and belts. But they should at least have standards.

New starters @ £7.50

We offer two beginners classes in Newcastle:

1. Monday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
   - Community Hall, St Andrew's Church, Station Road, Benton, NE12 8AW
    
2. Tuesday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
   - St Teresa's Church Hall, Heaton Road, Newcastle, NE6 5HN

Doors open at 6:45 PM

Do you have what it takes?

A student may decide that they can be an instructor.
This sounds reasonable.
However, can a student assess this for themselves?

It is like a person deciding that they want to climb a mountain.
Have they researched the criteria?
Do they meet with the necessary fitness standards?
Is their skill level adequate?
Can they be trusted to do what they are required to do?

You may think that you are good enough...
So what?
You are not an instructor.
You have not climbed the mountain.
From your perspective you cannot even see how high the mountain is or understand what is involved.

Only the most arrogant person decides for themselves that they are instructor calibre.