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Student Comments about the School:
 “The senior internal martial artist in the UK”
Professor Phillip Vos Fellman

“I was a tai chi student of Miss Li for 11 years but for the last 14 years had stopped practicing and felt that I had lost a most valuable part of my life. I found Maurice teaching for the Rose Li School and have been taking classes for a few months. It's like a master class, the form is coming to life for me again in greater depth than ever before. The level of attention to detail that Maurice brings to his teaching is really helpful and inspiring. Its very good to be practicing again.”
Sue Loder

“I felt strongly that things were not right, but I did not understand why. After searching many classes and as many teachers in London, and finishing up with one in particular I felt that no real progress had been made. I liked the people, but my Kung Fu felt like Tai Chi speeded up. I had a very strong presentiment that this could not be the way it was meant to be. I believe it is a problem facing many students. It was time to look again... It was only when I read about The Rose Li School, and had spent time with MP (although I was hooked after lesson 1) that I was certain my intuition had been correct. MP teaches principles from the very first class, giving one a means to apply constant self learning to the forms. I was at last on the right road and there was really no looking back. The Rose Li School and MP will put you on the path to learning true Nei Jia; you will feel that things are right, and you will know exactly why.”
Eugene McGing

“If I were to give my original reason for taking up Ba Kua, having had practiced Aikido and other martial arts for not an inconsiderable amount of time, I would mention after returning from Japan, having had the benefit of training at the Hombu Aikido Headquarters, that I no longer wanted to practice in England. There were several reasons for this, principally among them were the local significant limitations for someone who would like to practice assiduously outside the obvious constraints of class hours. Aikido also requires a partner, and a qualitative, responsive one at that, and to produce such a partner beyond a few hours whenever required wasn't an option. Add to this a very different style of practice, petty internal politics and a hobby attitude to the system, then the picture becomes clear as to why I considered looking for something else. Something else that retained the qualities, obvious spiral dynamic and relative internal emphasis of the sort of Aikido I had encountered in Japan.Whilst practicing in Japan, several of the Hombu students were also attending classes in Ba Kua, and were waxing lyrical about the clear similarities, most notably the spiralling vibe/parallels between the two Arts. So, from my observations only Ba Kua and maybe a lesser-known sword style - Kashima - could claim to inherently retain spiral motion as a central tenet in their ethos. So I probably determined then, that upon my return to England, I would, once settled, seek out a bone fide Ba Kua school. I finally took up Ba Kua several years later through word of mouth recommendation when I heard about the Rose Li School. I had been back from Japan for a while and the time was right. What I was to learn though took me by surprise and was to go way beyond any vaguely prescriptive notion of spiral motion that I had previously encountered.

The Japanese system has and will produce its 'avatars' but with the more open non-prescriptive approach I believe the chances of finally reaching the 'nadir' to be far more remote. Having some time under the tutelage of excellent teachers and having spent some time at the Hombu and even allowing for my 'missing things' I must conclude that it is patently clear that a gulf exists between the two approaches. Furthermore, it is without conceit that I say that my reasoning and understanding of what I'm doing through practicing in this Ba Kua lineage has increased dramatically. I would go so far as to say that had I remained in Japan it is entirely possible that I would have never come to understand such core truths. Once I understood the principles within Ba Kua it became clear that taking up Tai Chi and Hsing Yi wouldn't be counterproductive; quite the opposite - they would in fact complete each other.”
Simon McKellar

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