Your chief instructor is Master Robert Russell-Brown. He began studying martial arts in 1957, beginning with Judo, then learning a soft-flowing style of Ju Jutsu from Master Jan de Jong, principal of the Ju Jutsu Kan, Perth where Robert taught for many years.
In the mid 1960s he studied the 'evasive' Indonesian fighting art of Pencak Silat, then pioneered the study of Japanese Karate (Shotokan) in Perth, Western Australia, receiving the rank of third dan (honorary). In conjunction with learning and teaching Tai Chi, Robert has studied Reiki (2nd level) and metaphysical healing. However, with an engineering background, he has used modern scientific and medical knowledge to gain a deep understanding of how this ancient Chinese art works.
Robert has been teaching Tai Chi since 1992 and is a member of the Tai Chi Association of Australia.