Special Guest Instructors

Worldwide recognised names have come to the NCCMA to provide the best traning in a variety of styles and training that compliment your Martial Arts.

The N.C.C.M.A is very proud to be associated with some of the most highly ranked people in their field of expertise. These Special Guest teachers have come to our centre in Harrogate to teach, Tai Chi, Kettlebells, Kung Fu and other Martial Arts.

Liming Yue
Master Liming Yue originally began the study of Shaolin martial arts as a child in China in 1972.

Eleven years later, amazed by the skills of a young student from the famous village of Chenjiagou he began his journey to understand the internal arts by studying orthodox Chen Style Tai Chi under the 11th Generation Chen Masters in the village. Master Liming Yue has been accepted as an indoor student of Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei in 1998 and achieved 7th Duan Wei Master officially awarded by China National Wushu Association in 2005. Having learnt from the most skillful and experienced Tai Chi masters in China and having extensively studied Internal Qigong with masters from the monastery on Nanyue Mountain.

Master Hui
Master Hui kit-wah has been practicing martial arts since childhood. Along with a master degree of Science, he has practiced Karate, Judo, Choy Li Fut, Wing Chun, and qigong etc. During the past twenty years, he devoted himself to the research of traditional Chinese internal martial arts. He also has great interest in the functions of martial art regarding to exercising the body and keeping practitioners healthy. He has tried to study and analyze the internal strength of internal martial arts and its secrets from the perspectives of sports and scientific theories. He learned several kinds of internal martial arts from many teachers, for example Xing Yi Chuan, Ba Gua, Tai chi and Liu He Ba Fa and Yi Chuan. Later he was formally accepted as a disciple by 3 masters and has certainly gained a vast amount of experience and knowledge for almost 50 years!

Steve Cotter
Steve Cotter is a world-renowned martial artist and strength and conditioning specialist He is the creator of the highly acclaimed FullKOntact Kettlebells DVD series and the soon to be released Encyclopedia of Kettlebell Lifting, and is considered by many to be the world’s authority on leg and deep stance training.

A 2-time US National Full Contact Kuoshu (Kung Fu) Champion with 25 years of internal martial arts training, Steve draws from an extensive and diverse background as a champion athlete and cutting-edge trainer to develop some of the most complete and balanced strength and conditioning programs available.

Throughout his lifelong study, he has continued to research and implement the most effective training methods in the martial arts, chi gong, strength and conditioning, athletics and human performance fields. He constantly improves his skills and abilities to benefit, teach and motivate others.