Darren is a qualified nurse.  He started Tai Chi at the age of 19 and has now been studying Tai Chi for over 30 years.  He is a founding member of Zhong Ding East Midlands.

His focus is Cheng Man Ching Tai Chi and has not branched from this into other arts as some of his other colleagues have. He believes this gives him everything he needs and there is more than a lifetime of research and study in this one art.

Darren has a number of students and his philosophy is to be as open with them as possible and not to keep any of the art hidden from them. He believes his students keep him motivated and remind him of how good the art is. Each student brings different aspects and thoughts from their own study and is priceless to bounce ideas off each other, to aid everyone’s progression in the art.

“As they discover aspects of the art for themselves on their journey, they are learning things you worked on some time ago and now “just do”. By doing this, they remind you how great the art is and inspire you to keep researching”

Darren feels studying Tai Chi can provide different things to each person. It can be deeply spiritual or purely physical. It is a complete system.