YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Instructors
(Updated: May 7th, 2021)
This is the legacy list of YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Masters, YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Instructors, YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Assistant Instructors and YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Interim Instructors. YMAA masters and instructors have an official affiliation with YMAA either as a director/instructor/student, have an active YMAA membership, are regularly involved in YMAA seminars/classes/activities, and are endorsed to teach under the YMAA name.
Find the most updated active instructor listings for each school location on the YMAA School website.
SHAOLIN GONG-FU
- YMAA Shaolin Assistant Instructors have passed all tests up to and including the 6th ranking level.
- YMAA Shaolin Instructors have 2 possible tracks:
- Passed all tests up to and including the 10th ranking level.
- Taught for no less than 5 years after receiving YMAA Shaolin Interim Instructor status. Permission required. Teaching and quality must be verified, and additional years may be required by grading officials.
- YMAA Shaolin Masters have 2 possible tracks:
- Passed all tests up to and including the 15th ranking level.
- Taught for no less than 10 years after receiving YMAA Shaolin Instructor status. Permission required. Teaching and quality must be verified, and additional years may be required by grading officials.
Name | Location | Title |
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1. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming | Grandmaster | |
2. Robert Wąs | Kraków, Poland | Master |
3. Pedro Rodrigues | Amadora, Portugal | Master |
4. Victor Casqueiro | Amadora, Portugal | Master |
5. Jeffery Bolt | Houston, TX, USA | Instructor |
6. George Dominguez | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
7. Nicholas C. Yang | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
8. Michael Vasicek | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
9. Corlius Birkill | Pretoria, South Africa | Instructor |
10. Maciej Ciesielski | Gdynia, Poland | Instructor |
11. Victor Marques | Paris, France | Instructor |
12. Jonathan Chang | Andover, MA, USA | Instructor |
13. Alex Kiesel | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
14. Bartomiej Grad | Krakow, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
15. Christopher Fazzio | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
16. Celso Barja | Amadora,Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
17. Hugo Dias | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
18. James O'Leary | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
19. James Yang | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
20. Joaquim Barros | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
21. José Santos | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
22. Miguel Palma | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
23. Rafal Szulkowski | Sopot/Gdansk, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
24. Ramel Rones | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
25. Simon Pang | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
26. Tai D. Ngo | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
27. Mariusz Targos | Wroclaw, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
28. Tony Chee | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
29. Zbigniew Panasewicz | Krakow, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
30. Aiden Lottering | Pretoria, South Africa | Assist. Instructor |
31. George Mentis | Pretoria, South Africa | Assist. Instructor |
32. Ben Warner | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
33. Marco Gonçalves | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
34. Paul Moran | Dublin, Ireland | Assist. Instructor |
35. Diogo Macedo Rodrigues | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
36. Pawel Cybulski | Gdynia, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
37. Piotr Markowski | Wrocław, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
38. Alec Chan | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
39. Frank Verhuelsdonk | Scharans, Switzerland | Assist. Instructor |
40. Javier Rodriguez | San Antonio, TX, USA | Assist. Instructor |
41. Michelle Lin | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
42. Enrico Tomei | Conversano, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
43. Quentin Lopes | Mashpee, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
44. Piper Chan | Ontario, Canada | Assist. Instructor |
45. Mariusz Phan | Wroclaw, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
TAIJIQUAN
- YMAA Taijiquan Assistant Instructors have passed all tests up to and including the 3rd ranking level.
- YMAA Taijiquan Instructors have 2 possible tracks:
- Passed all tests up to and including the 5th ranking level.
- Taught for no less than 5 years after receiving YMAA Taijiquan Interim Instructor status. Permission required. Teaching and quality must be verified, and additional years may be required by grading officials.
- YMAA Taijiquan Masters have 2 possible tracks:
- Passed all tests up to and including the 10th ranking level.
- Taught for no less than 10 years after receiving YMAA Taijiquan Instructor status. Permission required. Teaching and quality must be verified, and additional years may be required by grading officials.
Name | Location | Title |
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1. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming | Grandmaster | |
2. Pedro Rodrigues | Amadora, Portugal | Master |
3. Victor Casqueiro | Amadora, Portugal | Master |
4. Robert Was | Krakow, Poland | Master |
5. Roger Whidden | Marshfield, MA, USA | Master |
6. Ramel Rones | Boston, MA, USA | Master |
7. Jeffery Bolt | Houston, TX, USA | Instructor |
8. Jeffrey Pratt | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
9. Jeffrey Rosen | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
10. James O'Leary | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
11. Bartomiej Grad | Krakow, Poland | Instructor |
12. Mark Klein | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
13. Victor Marques | Paris, France | Instructor |
14. James Noble | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
15. Julian Cloete | Auckland, New Zealand | Instructor |
16. Bill Buckley | Portsmouth, NH, USA | Instructor |
17. Olivier Pardo | London, United Kingdom | Instructor |
18. Lewis Paleias | New York, NY, USA | Instructor |
19. Jonathan Chang | Andover, MA, USA | Instructor |
20. Daniel Chadud | Santiago, Chile | Instructor |
21. Alex Kiesel | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
22. Brian Muccio | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
23. Carol Shearer-Best | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
24. Charles Yotte | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
25. Chris Hartgrove | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
26. Corlius Birkill | Pretoria, South Africa | Assist. Instructor |
27. Gerard Ashe | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
28. Joaquim Barros | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
29. Joseph Best Jr. | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
30. Julien Petitfour | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
31. Maciej Ciesielski | Gdynia, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
32. Mariusz Targos | Wroclaw, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
33. Paola Migliore | Italy | Assist. Instructor |
34. Paul Blake III | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
35. Pedro Graca | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
36. Ricardo Guerreiro | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
37. Vincenzo Russo | Italy | Assist. Instructor |
38. Zbigniew Panasewicz | Krakow, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
39. Alessandra Fogliano | Napoli, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
40. Martin Evans | Chesire, United Kingdom | Assist. Instructor |
41. Erik Elsemans | Leuven, Belgium | Assist. Instructor |
42. Rafal Szulkowski | Sopot/Gdansk, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
43. Nicholas C. Yang | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
44. Scott Tarbell | Amesbury, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
45. Daniele D'Ajello Caracciolo | Napoli, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
46. Krzysztof Operacz | Warsaw, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
47. David Grantham | New Jersey, USA | Assist. Instructor |
48. Arkadiusz Gawroński | Białystok, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
49. Philip Dunwoody | Huntington, PA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
50. James Norman | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
51. Danilo Salive | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
52. Christian Gaunet | Vincennes, France | Assist. Instructor |
53. Frank Verhuelsdonk | Scharans, Switzerland | Assist. Instructor |
54. Javier Rodriguez | San Antonio, TX, USA | Assist. Instructor |
55. Michelle Lin | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
56. Enrico Tomei | Conversano, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
57. Quentin Lopes | Mashpee, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
58. Piper Chan | Ontario, Canada | Assist. Instructor |
59. Ana Wąs-Martins | Kraków, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
60. Dr. Robert J. Woodbine | Harlem, NY, USA | Assist. Instructor |
61. Nona Ikeda | Sebastopol, CA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
INTERIM INSTRUCTORS
- YMAA Interim Instructors are ranked according to the number of stripes they have earned in each style. Each stripe is equal to one rank.
- YMAA Interim Instructor status is conferred upon a student by the YMAA President (i.e. to open a Provisional School), or qualified senior instructors/masters at the local YMAA school (i.e. to assist in teaching).
- YMAA Interim Instructors have not yet earned Assistant Instructor qualification for the listed styles (6th rank in Shaolin, 3rd rank in Taijiquan). Please check the lists above to see whether instructors have already earned Instructor or Assistant Instructor qualifications.
- YMAA Interim Instructors are recognized by YMAA for teaching purposes for the styles listed below. If YMAA Interim Instructors have earned their Assistant Instructor or Instructor qualification, they will be listed above.
Name | Location | Style(s) |
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1. Erik Elsemans | Leuven, Belgium | Shaolin (4th Rank) |
2. Milan Vigil | Memphis, TN, USA | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
3. Richard Levesque | Quebec, Canada | Shaolin (2nd Rank), Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
4. David W. Grantham | New Jersey, USA | Shaolin (3rd Rank), Taijiquan |
5. Angela Laughingheart | Milwaukee, WI USA | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
6. Leslie Takao | Wolfeboro, NH, USA | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
7. Ricardo Carvalhosa | Almada, Portugal | Shaolin (4th Rank), Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
8. Miguel Larguinho | Almada, Portugal | Shaolin (3rd Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
9. Marek Czuprynski | Wrocław, Poland | Shaolin (5th Rank) |
10. Mariusz Klatka | Katowice, Poland | Shaolin (5th Rank) |
11. Michał Gumiński | Katowice, Poland | Shaolin (5th Rank) |
13. Giuseppe (Pino) Creanza | Bari, Italy | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
14. Shermin Rezaei-Dorji | Tehran, Iran | Taijiquan |
15. Alberto Rodriguez | Dijon, France | Shaolin (2nd Rank), Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
16. Damian Fox | Clonmel, Ireland | Shaolin (5th Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
17. Michael McCann | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
18. Kathy Yang | Boston, MA, USA | Shaolin (5th Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
19. Mariusz Kwaśniewski | Bełchatów, Poland | Shaolin (4th Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
20. Marek Sykała | Lublin, Poland | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
21. Olivier Pardo | London, United Kingdom | Shaolin (4th Rank) |
22. Rossana Paolillo | Salerno, Italy | Taijiquan |
23. Yan Bellaunay | Izernore, France | Taijiquan |
24. Eucaris Navarro | Isla Margarita, Venezuela | Taijiquan (1st rank) |
25. Carlos Mel | Mar de Plata, Argentina | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
26. Pierre Coppet | Vincennes, France | Shaolin (3rd Rank), Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
27. Jonathan Luff | Gorey, Ireland | Shaolin (2nd Rank) |
28. Piotr Karolewski | Warsaw, Poland | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
29. Daniel Espinoza | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
30. Damien Caron | Tauxigny, France | Shaolin, Taijiquan |
31. Ben Warner | Boston, MA, USA | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
32. Tye Tonkin | Boston, MA, USA | Shaolin, Taijiquan |
33. Javier Chadud | Santiago, Chile | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
34. Jakub Sroka | Kraków, Poland | Shaolin (3rd Rank) |
35. Jorge Sobrero | Córdoba, Argentina | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
36. Mauricio Gonzalez | Aysen, Chile | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
37. Gonzalo Gili | Santiago, Chile | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
38. Cecilia Tassara | Santiago, Chile | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
39. Leonardo Cid | Santiago, Chile | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
40. Eduardo Galatzan | Santiago, Chile | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
41. Laurent Magne | Le Cercle et le Carré—YMAA Paris Nord | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |