We're off to far places !!!!

So the journey to the East begins and four intrepid travellers set off from the East Midlands for the adventure of a lifetime.  So lets introduce the group:

Ken (Junior) Mead

Master Instructor and full time instructor in Taiji, Bagua, Xingyi, Shaolin and Qigong.  Ken (also known as Junior) is the most experienced of our travellers having lived in the Far East as a child and then also visted Nigel in Malaysia a number of times. Ken is also an experience film maker and will be making a series of films about the event.

Billy Christie

Is a student of Ken (Junior) and this is his first trip to the Far East.  Billy is 18 years old and has been training with Ken since he was 14 years old and became a British pushing hands champion in April.   He has made trips to France and around the UK for training but this is the furthest he is travelling.

Phil Smedley

Is a Senior Instructor in the East Midlands region, He teaches Taiji, Kickboxing and has trained in a number of different martial arts thorughout his life including jujitsu and wing chun.  Like Billy, this is the first time he has made a journey to the Far East and this is also his first plane journey.

Sam Casey (me)

I am also a student of Ken (Junior) and I travelled with him to the 20th Anniversary in Malaysia in 2008. I am looking forward to another adventure of a lifetime.