Jan is the founder and chief instructor of the Internal Alchemy Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong school. His interest in the Chinese Martial arts began at the age of seven training in Jee Pai Kung fu for eight years and Sama Karate for two years.

In 1998 he joined the Zhong Ding traditional martial arts association UK in order to study Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong to see if it would aid him in his recovery from an accident in which he fractured his skull, suffered partial paralysis down one side of his body, and lost his sense of smell and taste. Over time the symptoms from the accident disappeared and senses returned even though doctors had told him this was impossible. Jan believes that it was the practice of Tai Chi and Qigong which healed him and this is supported by the many similar experiences of healing in his students.

In 2001 Jan won a bronze medal in his first competition, the British championships, and has since won gold and silver medals in Tai Chi form, weapons and pushing hands.

In 2003/5 Jan travelled to Malaysia where he studied under Nigel Sutton, Tan Mew Hong and Zhau Wei Dong. He has studied Baguazhang in Beijing with Gao Ji Wu and travelled extensively through China visiting historical places such as the Shaolin temple, Chen family village and stayed at the birth place of Tai Chi Chuan, Wudang Mountain.

In 2009 Jan was presented with a 4th Duan instructors grade by Nigel Sutton Chief instructor of the Zhong Ding traditional Chinese martial arts association.

In 2016 Jan became an instructor in the Phoenix Qigong system developed by his teacher Master Joe Lok and is studying the Quan Zhen Long Men (Dragon Gate) Daoist tradition. In 2019 he was awarded an instructors certificate in the Immortals Tai Chi and has become a Natural Energy Academy(Hong Kong) Instructor.

In 2018 Jan fulfilled his dream of going to Taiwan to pay his respects to Professor Cheng Man-Ching. On the trip he also visited the Cheng Man-Ching Memorial Hall where he met one of the Professor`s disciples Grandmaster Hsu Yee Chung and was also invited to the house of Grandmaster Liao Zhen Xiang, another disciple of Professor Cheng, who at the age of 93 showed Jan his incredible pushing hands skill.

Jan qualified as a Usui Reiki Master/ Teacher in 2004 and underwent 3 years of training to achieve this. In 2011 he spent 6 months studying Shamanic healing with Leticia Parmer and Quinto Grigatti. He is also a qualified practitioner of The Access Bars® Therapy.

In 2025 Jan won an award for best associate producer for Cynthia Rothrock`s martial arts western movie Black Creek.
He has also been inducted into the UK martial arts hall of fame and also inducted into the prestigious Knights of Bushido in the Czech Republic.

Today, Jan continues to teach and share the internal arts with students of all ages and abilities, combining traditional martial knowledge with decades of practical experience, personal recovery, and deep understanding of Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong as tools for health, balance and self-development.

Jan is Senior Instructor registered with the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain (TCUGB) and a member of the British Health Qigong Association.