QI KWAN DO - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Member of the Amateur Martial Arts Association
Grand Master Parisi is the founder of Qi Kwan Do and has extensive knowledge of the martial arts. He has trained in boxing, Tae Kwon Do, Choi Kwang Do, Qigong & Chi Kung, is a Master of Chaikara-reiki-do and is a member of the Martial Arts Industry Association (MAIA) for his up to date knowledge of martial arts. Master Parisi regularly trains with martial arts experts from around the world in order to update and improve the Qi Kwan Do system.
Grand Master Parisi is a member of the Amateur Martial Arts Association (AMA) which provides licensing insurance for every member, registered with the World Kick-Boxing Karate Association (WKA) for students who wish to enter competition. Grand Master Parisi has also qualified with the Realistic Self Defence Association (RSDA). In 2003 Grand Master Parisi was Awarded the Combat Hall of Fame at a gala black te event at Aston Villa Football club for his contribution to martial arts in the UK and around the world.
Mr Wainwright took over the Borehamwood Academy of Qi Kwan Do in 2009. He has since started the Radlett and Barnet academies and took charge of the Welwyn Academy in 2015, now working with a team of Instructors and Assistant Instructors.
He has been a student of Grandmaster Parisi for almost a decade, and still trains under him at the Hitchin academy.
He has been working with young people his entire adult life, teaching in a wide variety of roles including private tuition, formal education within schools, and volunteer classes on chess, mathematics and computer science.
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