One of our greatest strengths is the quality and experience of our teachers. We have one of the best kung fu teacher line ups in the world. Our principle teachers all speak absolutely fluent English and are used to teaching westerners as well as Asians.
Master Tan Soh Tin
Head of Nam Yang Pugilistic Association.
Master Tan is one of the world’s leading authorities on old style Shaolin kung fu and one of the very few old school Chinese kung fu masters to speak fluent English. He has been training in Shaolin kung fu for 59 years now! He was born in Singapore to Chinese parents during the second world war and has seen great changes during his lifetime.
Master Tan’s knowledge is like an encyclopaedia of kung fu. More than this, he has the depth of wisdom which is always expected of an old school kung fu master but in reality seldom found.
Master Tan usually stays at the MTC from December to January and during June.
For more information on master Tan please click here.
Iain Armstrong
1st disciple student of Master Tan, head of Nam Yang’s UK branch and two times world champion.
Iain is famous for his high quality kung fu teaching, his instructional films and magazine articles and for the extremely successful competition and demonstration teams which he coaches. He is a mine of information but retains a very practical, down to earth approach: when you study kung fu with Iain, you will be in no doubt that you are training a fighting art!
Iain learned his fighting skills on the streets of South London and has never forgotten those lessons. Over the years he has coached the British full contact team, judged the world championships, washed in broken glass and been hit with a tree felling axe in front of 10,000 people in Trafalgar Square, met the queen of England, organised a lion dance for 10 Downing Street and promoted professional fight competitions!
He writes a column for ‘Combat’ magazine, sits on the executive committee of the BCCMA (British Council for Chinese Martial Arts) and is organiser / chief referee for the Britain’s traditional kung fu championships and lion dance championships.
Iain is charged with running the MTC and is present for about 6 months each year. This year (2010) he is expecting to be present for January, Mid April to late June, September, October and December.
Click here for more information about Iain Armstrong.
Click here to view Iain in action on his internet TV channel: WOMA.TV.
Dougal Simmons
Senior Student of Master Tan and instructor at Nam Yang Pugilistic Association, Singapore.
One of the few westerners to be accepted as a kung fu instructor in a predominantly Chinese community such as that in Singapore. Dougal has an excellent memory for routines and a wealth of experience from his many years in Singapore.
Dougal makes periodic visits to the MTC.
Other teachers visit the MTC periodically.
We believe that our teachers are the best because they all have very many years of real, traditional kung fu training behind them, are all loyal and dedicated to our association and know how to handle themselves in a real fight, not just in training.