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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
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



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