Half way through the course I went to China to study, working in a Acupuncture ward in a busy Beijing hospital on a morning and lectures in Acupuncture and Herbal medicine every afternoon. I now work as a full time Acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist in Middlesbrough and Darlington.

I was awarded my 5th degree black sash in November 1999 and in the spring of 2000 I was invited by

Master Yau to become part of a group of 16 senior students known as the "Guardians" it is our job and privilege to take Lau Gar forward into the next century and to keep the high standards set by Master Yau. I was awared my 6th degree black sash in July 2006.

I started studying Chen Tai Chi after meeting Andrew Jackson at the Northern Collage of Acupuncture (where I now teach Acupuncture point location) and I was very lucky to be introduced to his teacher Sifu James McNeil (Little Nine Heaven Internal Kung Fu).