David has been training in the Martial Arts for twenty five years now; at the age of 13 he started Karate at Bernard Creatons Martial Arts School. This training was to last until he was 16 years old. Eventually branching away from Karate and keen to continue his study of the arts, David began to search for a new style that he felt would suit him. At the age of eighteen, he met the founder of Teh Ji Han Jeung Dao Kung Fu, Mr Chris Linstead. Impressed by the style and its philosophy's David decided to adopt this dynamic Chinese based Martial Art as his own. He was to spend the next 13 years of his life devoting countless hours per week training within the Teh Ji Han Jeung Dao system. In 2000, he was awarded his senior black sash, a grade given to only three other students within the styles development. Since then David's quest to carry on developing the system has lead him to research some of the worlds most effective fighting systems, one such system is Eskrima the native Martial Arts of the Philippines. David’s initial training was through Guru Krishna Godhania of the Filipino Institute of Martial Arts. David was awarded the rank of Katalung Guru from Krishna. David now represents Doce Pares in the UK under Grand Master Danny Guba, one of the worlds highest authority’s in Eskrima . He continues to work at a private level with Grandmaster Danny learning the complete syllabus including Single stick , Double stick, Espada y Daga , Baraw ( knife) , Bangkaw (pole) and Mano Mano ( empty hands). Parallel to this David has researched various Asian and Far Eastern combat arts over this period and has been both impressed and inspired by styles such as Wing Chun, Silat, Tai Chi and Western Boxing. His research has also taken him in the direction of internal Chinese Martial arts. He studies Yang style Tai-Chi Quan with the president of the Longfei Tai Ji Quan Association and Asian Games Medallist, Simon Watson. This includes the study of Forms, Pushing Hands, Nei Gong, Fa jing and both Buddhist and Taoist Qi Gong. As a fulltime professional Martial Arts teacher, David teaches both Martial Arts and Tai Chi classes at community level as well as corporate functions nationwide and feels that to further develop both the style and his school an open-minded attitude towards Martial Arts is required. It is his belief that this principle helps to expand both ones own skill and develops freethinking students. He believes to succeed in the Martial Arts does not take mysterious training rituals, rather hard work and lots of patience. David's research into combative arts has taken him to the Far East, including Taiwan and Beijing. Where he has trained under such accomplished masters as Professor Li De yin, China's top Tai Chi coach. Master Wang Yanji of Sweden and Qi Gong Master Professor Hu Xiao Fei (Beijing) as well as throughout Great Britain to train with various experienced instructors and to represent his system at national seminars
 |
| David and Professor Li Deyin |
E-Mail David here
UK Quanfa Academy Website
Follow David on Facebook
UK Quanfa YouTube Channel
