Master Brian McKinney

Master Brian McKinney F.F.S.M.A.

Brian’s martial art qualifications include:

• Instructors Diploma: Beijing Institute of Physical Education (P.R.China)
• Founder Fellowship Degree in Martial Arts M.U (F.F.S.M.A.)
• Tai Chi: Master Level – British Chin Woo Association

• Ling Qi: Master Level
• Wushu: 6th Degree Black Belt – British Chin Woo Association
• Karate: 5th Degree Black Belt – British Karate Association
• Kickboxing: 5th Degree Black Belt – British Kickboxing Association
• Bushindo: 5th Degree Black Belt – BushindoKai Martial Arts Institute (G.B.)
• Pankration: Master 5th Degree -World Renaissance Pankration Ac.- Greece
• Ju-Jitsu: 3rd Degree Black Belt –Oren Ambar Ju Jitsu Assoc.Israel
• Honorary Instructor: Xu Hao Wushu Association - Italy
• Instructor Level: British Amateur Weightlifting Association.

Brian started studying martial arts many years ago. He started with judo, then boxing and British wrestling. He has studied various Japanese, Chinese martial arts and other martial arts systems from many other countries. He has also studied and qualified in wushu and tai chi in The Peoples Republic of China. He is a full time professional instructor.

MEDITATION

From the early 1970’s, alongside martial arts studies, Brian also researched and taught various meditation systems. He soon attracted a growing group of students. Brian became a Buddhist, subsequently undertaking initiation into Tibetan Buddhism. Brian continued his studies of eastern and western philosophies, history, methods and ways of being. He is a practising Ling Qi Master

HEALTH

As Brian’s reputation to teach health exercises widened a greater number of people became aware of the benefits. In the late 1980's Senior Consultant Chris Wells at Walton Hospital Pain Relief Unit in Liverpool asked Brian to introduce Tai Chi to the patients. This was the first time Tai Chi was taught in a British Hospital. Brian was then asked to formulate a standard Tai Chi programme for pain sufferers. This programme became a blueprint for several other groups of chronic pain sufferers around Britain, for whom Brian became an advisor. Continuing his Tai Chi/Qi Gong work with the unwell, Brian worked extensively in various venues with sufferers of spina bifida, heart disease, strokes, brain damage, psychological disorders and drug addiction. Thus, establishing and pioneering Chinese health exercises as a form of treatment in Britain.