Were Sifu David Keegan and Simon Keegan Sensei taught by Japanese and Chinese masters?
Both of their primary teachers were caucasian but both have also trained on occasion with eastern masters. Aside from his father, Simon Keegan cites his main teachers as Stephen Bullough, Robert Carruthers and Reiner Parsons. He has also been influenced by the studies of masters like Terry Wingrove and Patrick McCarthy. Among the Japanese masters he has trained with are Tadanori Nobetsu, Shizuya Sato and Mitsuhiro Kondo. David Keegan has had numerous teachers over the years in both Chinese and Japanese martial arts. In Tai Chi his main influences include Professor Li De Yin (with whom he has attended several seminars) and trained with several of Li’s direct students, and in Japanese martial arts David has trained with European masters such as Allan Tattersall and Elizabeth Noisier but also with Japanese masters such as Keiji Tose and Hara Sensei.
