Curriculum Vitae

Simon Watson

Address and Telephone

3, Westland Drive, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 7UG, UK. 01707 654838

Occupation

Taijiquan and Qigong Instructor

Association

Longfei Taijiquan Association (GB)

Instructors/Coaches

R.V. Watson, Professor Li Deyin (China), Kim Han (British Team Coach), Wang Yanji, Chu King Hong

Title

Senior Instructor and technical assistant for Longfei (GB)

Started Training 1975

Qualifications

Coach Levels 1, 2 and 3 (NVQ), RSA awarded by the British Council of Chinese Martial Arts Coach

Health & Safety

First Aid (appointed persons)

Insurance

New Hampshire Insurance Company, Martial Arts Coach/Instructor, Instructor Indemnity

Work experience

Corporate contracts: Glaxo Welcome, Smith Cline, Beecham (Tweed Park), Xerox, David Lloyd, Holmes Place, The Third Space, Merryll Linch (Tweed Park) teaching for Longfei

Training experience

Member and appointed Captain for the British Wushu team. Studied at the Peoples University Beijing China with Prof. Li (head of Physical Education and Chinese National Taijiquan Coach). Studied Chen Style Taijiquan in China with Prof. Tsao

Training curriculum

Teaching Longfei Syllabus as taught in the Wushu Institutes and Universities in China. Longfei also offer Qi Gong and Dao Yin as part of their syllabus

Personal Membership

British Council for Chinese Martial Arts, Longfei Taijiquan Association (GB), Taichi Union for Great Britain, Hao Style Taijiquan Federation

Related Courses

Chen Xiao Wang (China), Dan Li Jun (UK), Dong Zhen Chen (Hawaii), George Xu (America), Wang Yanji (Sweden), Mark Atkinson (France), Vince Morris (UK), Du Xing Ming (China), Simon Ngm Kim Fu (Singapore), Mike Sigman (America), Teng Wei Yoo (Malasia), Gordon Faulkner (Scotland), Chu Gin Soon (America), Lui Qing Zhou (China), Hu Xiao Fei (China), Li Defang (China), Zhang Guangde (China)

Personal Achievements

Captained British Team for the Third World Wushu Championships, Baltimore USA 1995. Captained the British Team for the European Championships, Rome Italy 1996, British National Undefeated Taijiquan Champion 1991 - 1997, Gold Medallist in the Fourth European Wushu Championships 1992 -1993, United Kingdom Chinese Internal Arts Championship, Double Gold Medallist, Taijiquan, Taijijian, Gold Medallist Taijijian, British Commonwealth Championships 1993 (Malaysia), Bronze Medallist, British Open Championships (all styles), Gold Medallist (Taijijian) 1994, Gold Medallist (Taijijian) 1995, Silver Medallist (Taijiquan) 1994, Silver Medallist (Taijiquan) 1995, Silver Medallist in the 5^th European Wushu, Championships 1994-1995 (Germany), Silver Medallist in the 6^th European Wushu, Championships 1996-1997 (Italy), World Championship Ranking, 11^th Place China 1991, 6^th Place Malaysia 1993, 4^th Place USA 1995, BCCMA Director of Internal Martial Arts 1999 - 2005, BCCMA Push Hands Judge/Coach, BCCMA Qualified National Ta Lu Judge, Principle Instructor for the English Daoyin Association, National Taijiquan Talu Coach (Athens 1998), Coached British Open Double Gold Medallist (Oxford 2000), Featured on "Yhe Encyclopaedia of Martial Arts" CD ROM, Has lectured on the health benefits of Taijiquan for the, Physiotherapist at St Michaels Hospital, Enfield and the University of the Third Age. Written articles for Combat Magazine. Given many master classes and workshops on Taijiquan, some of which include the Taiji Caledonean (Scotland), The UK meet Martial Arts Seminar, and Longfei Annual Summer camps University of Wolverhampton. Head Coach to the British Wushu Team 2002 - 2004, Combat "Hall of Fame Awards" 2003, DVD "A New Branch from an old Root", 3 hour Tai Chi instruction and educational production 2006

Revised March 2007