Chief Instructor

Sam Stone has been training in Nam-Pai-Chuan since 2000, and attained his first degree black belt in early 2005, under the guidance of Sifu Alberto Fox. He attained second degree black belt in December 2007. He's also a member of, and occasionally instructs at, the Cardiff University Nam-Pai-Chuan club, as he is currently a PhD student at Cardiff University. He started teaching at Plasnewydd Community Centre in February 2006.

He has also trained for a short time at a Wushu school at the Shaolin temple in China, and in 2008 spent a week training in Malaysia in the traditional manner (twice a day, between two and three hours per session) under Sigung Quek Heng Choon, who is the Sifu (Master) of the founder of Nam Pai Chuan, Sifu Lai. He also attended a one-week course in London, again training under Sigung Quek Heng Choon.

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Instructor

Karen Pinches has been training in Nam-Pai-Chuan since 2004, and attained her first degree black belt in March 2009, under the guidance of Alberto Fox. She currently works full time as a doctor. She is occasionally available as a female-only self-defence instructor.