Hi Everyone

My name's Steve Rowe and I teach Karate and Tai Chi from a full time Centre in Chatham Kent. Some of you know me because I'm old and have been growing dust for a number of years.

I wish you luck with this forum, because so many MA and SD forums have turned into bear pits over the years. I hope I can contribute something worthwhile.

Hi Steve

Thanks for taking me up on the offer to join mate its great to see you on here
we already have some of the best in the business on here and we are glad you could make it.

I look forward to your contribution mate,

with your help and that of others I am sure we will go from strength to strength.

Craig

welcome Steve. im a big fan of your MAI articles. will be very interesting to see some of your posts on here.

Rick.

Thanks for the welcome - so you're my reader... always wondered who it was...

Nah steve, thats me mate
rick is still working out what the pictures are lol

welcome anyway mate, great to have you here

yer, i never admitted it before. feels like im in an AA meeting

You drive a car as well.... that's cool man...

yup, defo gonna be interesting with you around Steve...

Hi Steve, quite a combination of karate and tai chi like, sounds interesting. What style of Tai Chi do you teach? I'm currently learning Hunyuan Tai Chi at my local community centre. Have you heard of it?

hi steve
welcome mate
been reading your articles since i had hair.....and thats not last month!
bear pit free zone here!
any "warriors" with self serving agenda's will be made to watch re runs of loose women/top gear ....covering both sexes there!
i welcome your input
mick x

Hi Steve

Welcome mate - another top guy on the site - we are all flattered that you would join up and give us your support - many thanks

Mick just about said it all so will leave it there - although, there's nothign wrong with Top Gear, except for the little man with the DJ voice :-)

Cheers mate

AL

Hey Guys

I agree with the bear pit comment
but TOP GEAR is a top program. loose women I understand... erm.. well oh jeez thats open to abuse. ya get my meaning.

Craig

Craig wrote:Hey Guys

I agree with the bear pit comment
but TOP GEAR is a top program. loose women I understand... erm.. well oh jeez thats open to abuse. ya get my meaning.

Craig

i though loose women was gonna be on channel 5
imagine my disapointment when i saw reg holdsworths missus with shane ritchies ex!

LOL

I aint getting into loose women, oh christ ere we go again
as Jayne is around on here and dont fancy a slap, or being chained to the sink

not that im housewhipped you understand. honest.

Al, Mick, Help please?

Craig

markpcockburn wrote:Hi Steve, quite a combination of karate and tai chi like, sounds interesting. What style of Tai Chi do you teach? I'm currently learning Hunyuan Tai Chi at my local community centre. Have you heard of it?

I teach Yang style, I learned mainly from Jim Uglow in the UK and Ma Lee Yang (Yang Sau Chung's daughter) in Hong Kong. Never heard of Hunyuan, if you enjoy it - that's all that matters really.

Mick Tully wrote:hi steve
welcome mate
been reading your articles since i had hair.....and thats not last month!
bear pit free zone here!
any "warriors" with self serving agenda's will be made to watch re runs of loose women/top gear ....covering both sexes there!
i welcome your input
mick x

My 2 favourite programmes...... apart from 'Boston Legal' that is...

I'm busy learning the Beijing 24 forn at the moment in class. http://www.hunyuantaiji.co.uk/ this is the website for the guy that taught my teacher. His name is Master Ma, and he is amazingly powerful.

Do u use the self defence aspects of tai chi or the health?

Hi Mark

Both. The real health benefits only come from the self defence aspects. I teach a lot of police/security personnel and I'd say that 90% of what I teach to them is pure Tai Chi. From the SD knowledge they gain they almost always want to go on and learn the forms, push hands and weapons.

I'm also thinking of trying the guy from this website http://www.dynamicbalancingtaichi.co.uk/, he has a sylibus for beginners to advanced.

Teaches either the self defence and health or both.

Interesting website but vague on instructors background and lineage etc...

The SD gives the health, it's difficult to separate them.

Be interested to hear how you get on.

The guy from that website was taught by the Austrailian Tai Chi instructor, think his name is Earl Montaigue.

Okay, he's a very controversial figure, but plays guitar extremely well.