tai chi holme on spalding moor and bubwith
York
Howard was born in Hull in 1946 and began training under Chee Soo in 1973. He
has been an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan and Feng Shou Kung Fu since 1976 and is
the holder of 7th Tengchi Master Graded in both Tai Chi and Feng Shou (Kung Fu)
and 3rd Tengchi in Chi Shu. He lives with his wife, artist Gisela, in Holme
On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire. Howard’s early fascination for these arts soon
grew into a life-time vocation, realizing that they went beyond a purely
physical discipline, but was also a tool for self-development, spiritual growth,
and a way of helping himself and others to achieve holistic health and
well-being. Extremely proficient in the Feng Shou self defence arts, Howard
nevertheless felt a special love for the various forms, K’ai Men and Dao Yin. In
fact he is famous for being Chee Soo’s only instructor who practised the Tai Chi
form every morning, with the exception of Christmas Day, for 15 years! (And he
is still practising with an odd exception, on a daily basis! Chee Soo had
hundreds, perhaps thousands of students who entered his training halls through
the years, but in the end there were only four in the country who stayed long
enough to gain the highest Master Grade Chee Soo issued in his life time. One of
those students was Howard, respected by his peers as the foremost authority on
the Lee Family Tai Chi form. Howard’s and Chee Soo’s friendship was legendary
and it is a privilege for those who today train under Howard to be shown an art
so ancient, taught as he was taught, undiluted by fads and fashions, imbued with
love, enthusiasm, precision and quality. Chee Soo passed away in 1994. In order
to safeguard the continuation of the Arts and their philosophy, Howard founded
the East-West Taoist Association in 1999. Howard holds regular all-day courses
and grading days at Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire. For more information
about classes, courses or training aids check out the links above.
