YMAA Qigong Instructors
(Updated: August 18th, 2021)
This is the legacy list of YMAA Qigong Masters, YMAA Qigong Instructors, and YMAA Qigong Assistant Instructors.
Find the most updated active instructor listings for each school location on the YMAA School website.
- YMAA Qigong Assistant Instructors have passed the preliminary oral exam consisting of 5 randomly drawn questions and discussion with Dr. Yang.
- YMAA Qigong Instructors have 2 possible tracks:
- Passed the secondary oral exam consisting of 5 randomly drawn questions and discussion with Dr. Yang, after having obtained YMAA Qigong Assistant Instructor status.
- Taught for no less than 10 years after receiving YMAA Qigong Interim Instructor status. Permission required. Teaching and quality must be verified, and additional years may be required by grading officials.
- Not all YMAA-certified Qigong Instructors and Assistant Instructors are actively affiliated with YMAA schools and activities.
Name | Date | Title | Location |
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1. Lisa B. O’Shea Website |
May 24, 2003 | Assist. Instructor | Rochester, NY, USA |
May 24, 2008 | Instructor | ||
November 6, 2012 | Master | ||
2. Bill Buckley Website |
February 24, 2007 | Assist. Instructor | Portsmouth, NH, USA |
November 6, 2012 | Instructor | ||
November 4, 2017 | Master | ||
3. David Silver Website |
February 27, 2009 | Instructor | Cape Cod, MA, USA |
4. Roger A. Blough Website |
August 10, 2010 | Instructor | Herndon, VA, USA |
5. Ramel Rones Website |
April 11, 2009 | Instructor | Boston, MA, USA |
6. Lewis Paleias Website |
April 11, 2009 | Instructor | New York, NY, USA |
7. Pedro Rodrigues Website |
June 15, 2007 | Asst. Instructor | Lisbon, Portugal |
June 15, 2017 | Instructor | ||
8. Robert Wąs Website |
January 28, 2008 | Asst. Instructor | Kraków, Poland |
January 28, 2018 | Instructor | ||
9. Daniel Chadud Website |
February 19, 2015 | Asst. Instructor | Santiago, Chile |
August 11th, 2021 | Instructor | ||
10. Gerald Shaw | Feb. 26, 2002 | Assist. Instructor | |
11. Justin Ken Vance | August 5, 2002 | Assist. Instructor | |
12. Kevin D. Hufford | July 27, 2003 | Assist. Instructor | |
13. Ciaran Harris | August 24, 2004 | Assist. Instructor | |
14. Clay Germano | February 26, 2006 | Assist. Instructor | |
15. Thomas Schieffer | July 29, 2007 | Assist. Instructor | |
16. Thomas Bowman Website |
July 29, 2007 | Assist. Instructor | Tulsa, OK, USA |
17. Christopher Carlow Website |
September 24, 2007 | Assist. Instructor | Coventry, RI, USA |
18. Bette Croce | February 9, 2008 | Assist. Instructor | |
19. Dale Kukielka Website |
February 9, 2008 | Assist. Instructor | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
20. Joshua Miller | February 16, 2008 | Assist. Instructor | |
21. Kontaxakis Panagiotis | February 16, 2008 | Assist. Instructor | |
22. John F. Renn | February 23, 2008 | Assist. Instructor | |
23. Ronald Williams | February 23, 2008 | Assist. Instructor | |
24. Yueh-Ching Chung | February 28, 2009 | Assist. Instructor | CT, USA |
25. Brian Muccio | February 28, 2009 | Assist. Instructor | Boston, MA, USA |
26. Danny Rominski Website |
August 23, 2010 | Assist. Instructor | Rutherford, NJ, USA |
27. Victor Casqueiro Website |
February 17, 2011 | Assist. Instructor | Amadora, Portugal |
28. Bill Bryant Website |
August 16, 2012 | Assist. Instructor | West Alexandria, OH, USA |
29. Thora Halldorsdottir Website |
October 6, 2014 | Assist. Instructor | Reykjavik, Iceland |
30. Laurent Magne Website |
August 10, 2015 | Assist. Instructor, France | |
31. Susan Del Buono | August 18, 2016 | Assist. Instructor | Thomaston, CT, USA |
32. Vivian Tam | May 30, 2017 | Assist. Instructor | Castro Valley, CA, USA |
33. Javier Chadud | June 23, 2017 | Interim Instructor | Santiago, Chile |
34. Erik Edward Hardin Website |
August 11, 2017 | Assist. Instructor | Bella Vista, AR, USA Mt. Home, AR, USA |
35. Frank Verhuelsdonk | June 23, 2018 | Assist. Instructor | Scharans, Switzerland |
36. Javier Rodriguez | June 23, 2018 | Assist. Instructor | San Antonio, Texas |
37. Dr. Robert J. Woodbine | June 22, 2019 | Assist. Instructor | Harlem, NY |
38. Nona Ikeda | June 22, 2019 | Assist. Instructor | Sebastopol, CA |
39. Paul McIntyre Website |
July 24, 2019 | Assist. Instructor | Costa Mesa, CA |
40. Taha Hassouna Website |
August 9, 2019 | Assist. Instructor | Giza, Egypt |
41. Mikaël Thebaud | August 12, 2019 | Assist. Instructor | Paris, France |