Master Brian McKinney

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

British Martial Arts Master

Martial Arts student since 1958

Meditation teacher since 1974

Full time professional Martial Art, Combat and Taiji instructor since 1978

International expert in Eastern/Western Martial Arts – ancient and modern

Initiated into Meditation with world famous Buddhist master

TITLES:

Director - Seven Stars Physical Arts Academy G.B

Director - The Tai Chi Company Ltd

President - Chinese Wushu Research Institute G.B.

President - Seven Stars Martial Arts Association International

Founder Fellow of Society of Martial Arts G.B.

President - British Unarmed Combat Association

President - Military Combat Association International

Master Instructor - White Crane Taijiquan G.B.

Master Instructor - White Tiger Wushu G.B.

Master Instructor - White Tiger Kickboxing G..B.

Master Instructor - White Tiger Xtreme Combat G.B

Master Instructor - Heaven & Earth Qigong G.B

Honorary Instructor – Xu Hao Wushu Association Italy

QUALIFICATIONS:

Founder Fellowship Degree - Society of Martial Arts F.F.S.M.A.

Diploma from Beijing Institute of Physical Education (Wushu Department)

7th Degree Black Belt - Combat Neijia Wuyi System

6th Degree Black Belt Wushu - British Jing Wu Association

5th Degree Black Belt Kickboxing - British Kickboxing Association

5th Degree Black Belt Karate - British Karate Association

5th Degree Black Belt Bushido - British Bushindo Kai Institute

5th Degree Black Belt Pankration - World Renaissance Pankration Association.

3rd Degree Black Belt - Israeli Combat Ju Jitsu

Master Level Taijiquan - British Jing Wu Association

Master Level - Meditation and Spirit Energy (Ling Qi)

Instructor level - British Amateur Weightlifting Association

ASSOCIATIONS FOUNDED:

Founder - Chien Combat Circle G.B. - 1976

Founder – Women’s Self Defence Circle G.B. - 1977

Founder - Tai Chi Circle G.B. - 1978

Founder - Wirral Tai Chi Association - 1978

Founder - Zhan You Karate Association G.B. - 1978

Founder - Shaolin Kickboxing Association G.B. - 1978

Founder - Military Combat Association G.B. - 1978

Founder - Military Combat Association International - 1978

Founder - Close Quarter Combat Association G.B. - 1979

Founder - Liverpool Tai Chi Association - 1979

Founder - Chester Tai Chi Association - 1979

Founder - Lancashire Tai Chi Association - 1979

Founder - Chinese Wushu Research Institute G.B. - 1987

Founder - Shaolin Warrior Martial Arts Association G.B. - 1988

Founder - Transformers Martial Arts Academy G.B. - 1990

Founder - Seven Stars Martial Arts Association International - 1994

Founder - The Tai Chi Company Ltd. - 1994

Founder - White Crane Taijiquan G.B - 2004

Founder - White Tiger Wushu G.B. - 2004

Founder - White Tiger Kickboxing G.B. -2004

Founder - White Tiger Xtreme Combat G.B. - 2004

Founder - Heaven & Earth Qigong G.B. - 2004

Founder - British Unarmed Combat Association - 2010

Sport

TITLES GAINED by MASTER MCKINNEYS STUDENTS 1990 - 2011

British Full-Contact Sanda sparring champions

British Semi-Contact Kung Fu sparring champions

British Kung Fu Forms champions

British Adult Tai Chi: Gold, Silver and Bronze

British Junior Tai Chi: Gold

British Tai Chi Sword: Gold, Silver and Bronze

British Karate Kumite (individual champions: junior, senior and women)

British Karate Kumite (team champions)

British Karate Kata champions (senior)

British Kick Boxing champions

British Junior Wushu champion

World Kickboxing champion

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.