John Evans | Karen Watson | Samantha Sculthorp|Tim Cummins|

JOHN EVANS John Evans has been practising martial arts and yoga for over 40 years. He completed an English degree at Oxford University and studied Sanskrit, yoga and tai chi at the Anchorhold Monastery in Sussex for five years. In 1981 he moved to Japan where for 12 years he studied martial arts and shugendo (mountain asceticism). In 1994 he met Zhander Remete who has guided his internal practice since then. He holds a 7th dan black belt in Batto-do (Japanese swordsmanship) and leads the Fudokan Battodo sword school in London. He teaches Tanren, a conditioning program for Martial arts and Battodo at Islington Yoga.