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Malaysian tai chi teacher
• 45 years old
• 30 years martial arts experience
• Teaches qigong, tai
chi and
self defence
• Fully insured
• Teaching tai chi since 2012
45 years old?
Rachel is a very healthy example of
what daily tai chi, a
good diet and a balanced lifestyle can
offer. She doesn't look
45, does she?
Taekwondo black belt
Rachel was born in Kuching, Borneo. She is from Chinese/Kayan
descent.
Brought up on a steady diet of Chinese martial
arts
movies,
Rachel has
been interested in martial arts training for most of her
life.
She began learning taekwondo with the Sarawak Taekwondo Association (ITF),
passed her first taekwondo black belt in
1994, and eventually became the president of the club.
Living in the UK
Rachel competed for a scholarship from Shell, and won. This enabled her to
study at the prestigious Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar school before gaining a place at
Durham University in 1997.
After passing her degree with Durham, Rachel became a permanent resident of the
UK.
I like that there's no macho, aggressive attitude in the class, and that
everyone is helpful and respectful of one another.
I also like the structure of the class, and the clear
syllabus that lets you
see how you're progressing.
(Joel)
Kung fu (Chinese boxing)
By her late twenties Rachel
had lost interest in taekwondo and was looking for a more
advanced fighting style. She'd heard good
things about Newcastle Tai Chi and attended the
induction course.
Rachel was so amazed by Sifu Waller's
high level of skill that she joined the class immediately.
It was quite a surprise to find bona fide kung fu skills of this standard in the UK.
Qualified tai chi teacher
The
Tai Chi
Union for Great Britain gave
Rachel an 'advanced' grade
instructor qualification
in 2014.
She is qualified to teach qigong,
tai chi and
self defence. Rachel withdrew from TCUGB in 2023.
She has been Disclosure and Barring Service checked so that she can
teach adults of all ages and has an up-to-date First Aid qualification.
The benefits of tai chi #1
Rachel's taekwondo practice put tremendous strain on her
joints. The training was
exertive,
strenuous and damaging. Her hips and
shoulders clicked and often felt
painful.
By contrast, the tai chi taught by Sifu Waller uses the body in a very
different way to taekwondo. Soon after
commencing tai chi, Rachel's joints stopped clicking and hurting.
The benefits of tai chi #2
In 2007 Rachel sprained her knee whilst
helping move office furniture at work. It got worse all day. The following
morning Rachel was unable to walk properly... She experienced serious
shooting pain.
The doctor told Rachel that it would take up to 6
weeks to heal up.
Rachel contacted Sifu Waller and he asked her to show him what she had been
doing at work.
He then
explained what she was doing incorrectly.
Sifu Waller physically illustrated Rachel's
habits so that she could see them, then showed her a better way to do each action and examples of functional
biomechanics.
A day later the painful knee was improving.
After that, Rachel experienced a fairly rapid
rehabilitation of her injured knee and a full recovery. It didn't take 6
weeks. It took 1 week.
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Page created 2 September
2007
Last updated
06 September 2023