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Sue Bridges County Coach Sunderland Division
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Susan has been practising T’ai Chi for some 18 years, and teaching for some 9 years. Susan began her training in Hull where she trained with Howard and on occasions other instructors in the area such Ted, Brian, Paul. I remember clearly the very first class I attended; I loved it …I didn’t understand any of it at all…but I remember leaving feeling great and wonderfully bewildered. I felt I had found something very special .No idea what it was but it felt good… Today I run three weekly clubs in the Sunderland area with a fourth opening up in December. Also, as county coach I give a monthly Saturday morning class for instructors and those who are keen to learn. Sometimes I run classes for adult education, the disabled and school children.
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Here in the North East we are lucky to have a good team of instructors, trainee instructors and students who all come together regularly, like a family. It is always a pleasure to train with like minded people and an honour to pass on what I have learnt over the years. The beauty to be found in witnessing peoples’ worries dissipate, to see them change and develop as they apply themselves to the art of T’ai Chi Chuan is amazing. I prefer to teach the full range of applications in my classes, such as sticky hands and two hands against one –which although these can be baffling to beginners, gradually, as their depth of experience increases things begin to come clearer ……at least that’s what I keep telling myself.!!!! |
The East-West Taoist Association is headed by Master Howard Gibbon Our free monthly newsletter - includes professional alternative health articles Howard and his numerous Instructors, feel privileged to teach the Lee Style of T’ai Chi Chuan, as taught by Master Chee Soo, Howard’s very own teacher for over 21 years. To fully embrace the depth to be found in practising T’ai Chi one has to allow themselves to be led, to have a truly open mind one must release the ego and be willing to follow the teachers instructions.
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