Longfei 30th Annual Summer Camp. 25th – 28th July 2024

Your instructors for the weekend:

Simon Watson | Chairman of Longfei Taijiquan Association & President of the English Daoyin Yang Sheng Gong Association. 

Simon began training in Taijiquan in 1974 and is one of only three disciples of Professor Li Deyin (Taijiquan) and a 1st generation disciple of professor Zhang Guangde (Daoyin Yang Sheng Gong). He captained the British Wushu Team for ten years and has enjoyed a successful career in European and World championships. In 2019 he received his 7th Duan from Beijing Sports University for his 30 years commitment to Daoyin Yang Sheng Gong and in 2003 was entered into the “Combat hall of fame” in recognition of his dedication to the development of Martial arts around the world. 

Barry McGinlay | Founder of Tai Chi Life and is a professional Taijiquan teacher. 

Barry is Competition Director for Longfei Taijiquan Association and has won over 200 medals in national and international championships. He has won push hands World Championships and European Championships at four different weight categories, represented Great Britain in the World Kick Boxing Championships and won the British Open San Shou (full contact) gold medal. Barry has studied in China and his teachers include Li Deyin, Wang Yanji, Huo Dongli and Hu Xiao Fei. He has also studied Xing Yi Quan and Bagua Zhang. Barry is without doubt the country’s most versatile and successful Taijiquan athlete of all time, and you won’t find a more enthusiastic, giving, and gifted teacher.

Andrew Austin | Co-founder of the Zheng Dao Lo Martial Arts Academy. 

Andrew has successfully represented Great Britain in tournaments across the globe, winning many medals in both Taijiquan and Taijijian. He wrote A Beginners’ Guide to Tai Chi and was the first British athlete to compete in the ‘new optional forms’, where five ‘difficulties’ are included in each customized routine. Andrew took part in the 2014 First World Taijiquan Tournament in the ‘City of Taiji’ - Cheng Du. In 2009, he was introduced to the Ma Tsun Kuen method of Taijiquan, named after the founder of the style. Intrigued by the philosophy and concepts, Andrew travelled around the world to learn from the current head of the system, Fernando Chedel. Andrew is a consummate martial artist and excels in both Shaolin and Wudang styles.

Emma Lee | Longfei Taijiquan Association’s Competition Team Captain.
Emma has been practising for 20 years and has had an illustrious career in competition representing Team Longfei, winning over 50 gold medals in over 30 competitions and World, European and British Championship titles in pushing hands, and hand and weapon forms. Emma has travelled to China several times to train with Li Deyin, as well as to Japan to build relations with the Japanese Taijiquan Friendship Association. Emma has enjoyed enormous success in competition but more importantly displays not only a wonderful passion but a warm generosity and spirit when teaching.

Yoko Yaghmaie |  Professional Taijiquan teacher and Reflexology therapist. 

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Yoko moved to the UK in her early 20’s and has been practicing Taijiquan since 1999. Yoko is a multiple gold medallist. Among her achievements, in 2018 and 2019 she won a total of 24 medals - multiple gold medals at the London Competition for Traditional Taijiquan, at the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts and when she travelled to Taiwan with Team Longfei to compete in the 2018 World Taiji Championships she won seven medals, including two gold, four silvers and a bronze. Yoko studies Taijiquan and Daoyin with Simon and Richard Watson and has trained both in the UK and China with their teachers Li Deyin, Hu Xiao Fei and Yang Bai Long.