About Roy Jenzen

Roy Jenzen is a teacher of the Chinese ‘internal’ martial systems and Daoist neigong skills, and a doctor of classical Chinese medicine. He teaches and practices in Perth, Western Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe.

After graduating in Sydney in 1978, and pioneering acupuncture in Western Australia, Roy pursued further studies in Taiwan and was awarded a doctorate in Chinese medicine.

In 1985 he fulfilled a life-time vision by going to live in Beijing where he became one of the very first westerners accepted as an ‘inner door’ (nei men tudi) student  by some of the twentieth century’s last surviving old masters (lao shih-fu).

Roy is a direct lineage holder in both the Xingyi chuan and Bagua zhang martial arts systems.

Along with these commitments in Beijing, Roy sought out and met with some of the old Daoist teachers of traditional practices who were gradually re-emerging in China at that time; and, later, did clinical work at the Shanghai University Medical Hospital, and met and worked with leading ‘internal’ martial arts practitioners there.

Roy has founded a school for the study and development of the Chinese ‘internal’ martial systems and Daoist skills in Perth Western Australia, ably assisted by a solid core of committed senior students, and at any one time there are a number of overseas students studying with him.

Roy also hosts an ongoing programme of international workshops, teaching these skills in the UK and throughout Europe, and is renowned in martial circles for his deep understanding of the ‘old skills’ of the Chinese ‘internal’ systems. He considers it his life’s work to share and develop these martial and life skills with those who have the necessary passion and commitment to do so.