Sifu Ding Teah Chean

6th Generation Yang Style Tai Chi


Internationally recognized Tai Chi Chuan Master, Master Ding Teah Chean (John Ding) has vast experience and understanding of both internal and external Martial Arts. He trained at a young age under various Shaolin Kung Fu Masters before devoting himself entirely to the internal system of martial arts. He is one of the few people to have studied under all three formal disciples of the late Great Grandmaster Yang Sau Chang (Yang family). On the first of January 1998 , he was accepted as the first disciple of the late Grandmaster, Ip Tai Tak. He is the 6th Generation of the Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan lineage through Grandmaster Ip Tai Tak.

Master Ding has both extensive theoretical and practical knowledge of Traditional Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. He is one of the few teachers in the West, who can demonstrate the higher aspects of the art and internal energy (CHI). He is also the Editor and publisher of an international and leading Tai Chi magazine (Tai Chi and Alternative Health) in the United Kingdom since 1994.