YMAA Instructors
(Updated: March 1, 2013)
This is the official list of active YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Masters, YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Instructors, YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Assistant Instructors and YMAA Shaolin/Taijiquan Coach Instructors existing in the world today. There are no exceptions. Active YMAA masters and instructors have an active YMAA membership, are regularly involved in YMAA seminars, classes, and activities, and are endorsed to teach under the YMAA name. YMAA reserves the right to revoke any YMAA member's "active" status at any time if deemed necessary. If you believe that there is an error in this list, please contact us ASAP.
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 Coach 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming | Grandmaster | |
| 2. Jeffery Bolt | Houston, TX, USA | Instructor |
| 3. George Dominguez | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
| 4. Robert Was | Krakow, Poland | Instructor |
| 5. Pedro Rodrigues | Amadora, Portugal | Instructor |
| 6. Victor Casqueiro | Amadora, Portugal | 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. Alex Kiesel | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 12. Arménio Silva | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 13. Bartlomiej Grad | Krakow, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 14. Christopher Fazzio | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 15. Celso Barja | Amadora,Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 16. Hugo Dias | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 17. James O'Leary | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 18. James Yang | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 19. Joaquim Barros | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 20. José Santos | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 21. Makula Zsolt | Budapest, Hungary | 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. Victor Marques | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 30. Zbigniew Panasewicz | Krakow, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 31. Aiden Lottering | Pretoria, South Africa | Assist. Instructor |
| 32. George Mentis | Pretoria, South Africa | Assist. Instructor |
| 33. Alessandro Iori | Rome, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 34. Paolo Quintili | Rome, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 35. Ben Warner | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 36. Marco Gonçalves | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 37. Paul Moran | Dublin, Ireland | Assist. Instructor |
| 38. Diogo Macedo Rodrigues | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 39. Pawel Cybulski | Gdynia, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 40. Piotr Markowski | Wrocław, 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 Coach 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming | Grandmaster | |
| 2. Roger Whidden | Marshfield, MA, USA | Master |
| 3. Ramel Rones | Boston, MA, USA | Master |
| 4. Jeffery Bolt | Houston, TX, USA | Instructor |
| 5. Jeffrey Pratt | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
| 6. Jeffrey Rosen | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
| 7. James O'Leary | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
| 8. Pedro Rodrigues | Amadora, Portugal | Instructor |
| 9. Victor Casqueiro | Amadora, Portugal | Instructor |
| 10. Bartlomiej Grad | Krakow, Poland | Instructor |
| 11. Robert Was | Krakow, Poland | Instructor |
| 12. Mark Klein | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
| 13. Victor Marques | Paris, France | Instructor |
| 14. James Noble | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
| 15. Ramel Rones | Boston, MA, USA | Instructor |
| 16. Lewis Paleias | New York, NY, USA | Instructor |
| 17. Alex Kiesel | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 18. Alessandro Iori | Rome, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 19. Arménio Silva | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 20. Bill Buckley | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 21. Brian Muccio | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 22. Carol Shearer-Best | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 23. Charles Yotte | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 24. Chris Hartgrove | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 25. Corlius Birkill | Pretoria, South Africa | Assist. Instructor |
| 26. Krzysztof Flejmer | Stockholm, Sweeden | Assist. Instructor |
| 27. Dennis Willmont | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 28. Florence Leonard | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 29. Gerard Ashe | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 30. Harold Dupuis | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 31. Jean Louis Laneres | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 32. Jean Louis Toe | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 33. Joaquim Barros | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 34. Joseph Best Jr. | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 35. Julien Petitfour | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 36. Maciej Ciesielski | Gdynia, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 37. Mariusz Sroczynski | Warszawa, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 38. Mariusz Targos | Wroclaw, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 39. Ludovico Romeo | Napoli, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 40. Mark Falco | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 41. Nicole Laneres | Paris, France | Assist. Instructor |
| 42. Paola Migliore | Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 43. Paul Blake III | Andover, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 44. Paul Mahoney | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 45. Pedro Graca | Amadora, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 46. Ricardo Guerreiro | Almada, Portugal | Assist. Instructor |
| 47. Vincenzo Russo | Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 48. Zbigniew Panasewicz | Krakow, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 49. Paolo Quintili | Rome, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 50. Alessandra Fogliano | Napoli, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 51. Olivier Pardo | London, United Kingdom | Assist. Instructor |
| 52. Martin Evans | Chesire, United Kingdom | Assist. Instructor |
| 53. Wlodzimierz Hrymniak | Warsaw, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 54. Erik Elsemans | Leuven, Belgium | Assist. Instructor |
| 55. Rafal Szulkowski | Sopot/Gdansk, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 56. Nicholas C. Yang | Boston, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 57. Julian Cloete | Auckland, New Zealand | Assist. Instructor |
| 58. Scott Tarbell | Amesbury, MA, USA | Assist. Instructor |
| 59. Daniele D'Ajello Caracciolo | Napoli, Italy | Assist. Instructor |
| 60. Krzysztof Operacz | Warsaw, Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 61. Przemyslaw Milczarek | Gorzów Wlkp., Poland | Assist. Instructor |
| 62. Daniel Chadud | Santiago, Chile | Assist. Instructor |
COACH INSTRUCTORS
- YMAA Coach Instructors are ranked in the listed styles according to the number of stripes they have earned. Each stripe is equal to one rank.
- YMAA Coach Instructor status is conferred upon a student by qualified senior instructors/masters at the local YMAA school.
- YMAA Coach 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 qualification in other styles.
- YMAA Coach Instructors are recognized by YMAA for teaching purposes for the styles listed below. If YMAA Coach Instructors have earned their Assistant Instructor or Instructor qualification in other styles, they will be listed above.
| Name | Location | Style(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Angel Alpuche | Amesbury, MA, USA | Shaolin (1st Rank) |
| 6. Christian Alpuche | Amesbury, MA, USA | Shaolin (2nd Rank) |
| 7. Ian Dellea | Amesbury, MA, USA | Shaolin, Taijiquan |
| 8. Angela Laughingheart | Milwaukee, WI USA | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 9. Leslie Takao | Wolfeboro, NH, USA | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 11. Thomas Bowman | Tulsa, OK, USA | Taijiquan |
| 13. Ricardo Carvalhosa | Almada, Portugal | Shaolin (4th Rank), Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 14. Miguel Larguinho | Almada, Portugal | Shaolin (3rd Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 15. Marek Czuprynski | Wrocław, Poland | Shaolin (5th Rank) |
| 16. Mariusz Klatka | Katowice, Poland | Shaolin (4th Rank) |
| 18. Giuseppe (Pino) Creanza | Bari, Italy | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 19. Enrico Tomei | Bari, Italy | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 20. Shermin Rezaei-Dorji | Tehran, Iran | Taijiquan |
| 21. Gabriella Kovács | Budapest, Hungary | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 22. Alberto Rodriguez | Dijon, France | Shaolin (2nd Rank), Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 23. Damian Fox | Clonmel, Ireland | Shaolin (5th Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 24. Michael McCann | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 25. Kathy Yang | London, United Kingdom | Shaolin (5th Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 26. Mariusz Kwaśniewski | Bełchatów, Poland | Shaolin (4th Rank), Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
| 27. Arkadiusz Gawroński | Białystok, Poland | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 28. Radosław Małek | Olsztyn, Poland | Shaolin (4th Rank), Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 29. Marek Sykała | Lublin, Poland | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 30. Olivier Pardo | London, United Kingdom | Shaolin (4th Rank) |
| 31. Rossana Paolillo | Salerno, Italy | Taijiquan |
| 32. Wieslaw Kaczorek | Józefów, Poland | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 33. Yan Bellaunay | Izernore, France | Taijiquan |
| 34. Eucaris Navarro | Isla Margarita, Venezuela | Taijiquan |
| 35. Luis Nunez | San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela | Taijiquan |
| 36. Philip Dunwoody | Huntington, PA, USA | Taijiquan (2nd Rank) |
| 37. Carlos Mel | Mar de Plata, Argentina | Taijiquan |
| 38. Radosław Węglarz | Gdynia, Poland | Taijiquan (1st Rank) |
INDEPENDENT MASTERS
- Independent YMAA Masters are now training and teaching independently of YMAA.
| SHAOLIN | TAIJIQUAN |
|---|---|
| N/A |
Roger Whidden Ramel Rones |
INDEPENDENT ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS AND INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTORS
- Independent YMAA Assistant Instructors and Independent YMAA Instructors are now training and teaching independently of YMAA.
| SHAOLIN | TAIJIQUAN |
|---|---|
| Adam Dzieciatko Adam Wypart Jaroslaw Koza John Gilbert Jones José Martins Karol Lubecki Kazimierz Szyrowski Krzysztof Marcinek Marek Sadowski Mark Seidel Mike Orlandella Narcyz Latecki Pawel Antonowicz Piotr Czerepuk Rafal Kulbalka Ravi Dixit Tomir Kaczmarek |
Adam Wypart Barbara Wypart Carla Feiteira Efrain Telias Gutierrez Jaroslaw Koza John Redmond Kazimierz Szyrowski Kovesdi Andras Lewis Paleias Marek Sadowski Mark Rits Pascal Plée Phil Goldman Piotr Ziemba Sarkozi Ildiko |
