Craig Mallett

I am a teacher (and student!) of the Daoist tradition called Ba Men Da Xuan. In 2017, with the blessing of my teacher Serge Augier, I opened the Da Xuan School in Sydney. I also occasionally teach a self-created collection of physical practices that were born out of my tinkering with the various methods I have trained in.

I hold classes in Sydney and teach workshops around Australia and internationally.

I consider what I teach more like a craft than a workout or exercise. My background is as diverse as it is strange, with many elements coming together to inspire my teaching. Major influences include:

– Training in the traditional Chinese arts of Xin Yi Liu He Quan (Heart, Mind & Six Harmonies boxing), Cha Quan (Cha family boxing) and Yang Style Tai Chi under my first teacher Dapeng Wang [2003 – 2013]– Becoming a certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness instructor [2012]– Exploring various systems of training including Modern Methods of Mobility (Emmet Louis), Stretch Therapy (Kit Laughlin & Olivia Allnutt), Ancestral MovementEvolve Move PlayPhysical Alchemy

What I teach is very simple and direct. The practices are grounded in reality, and the reality of our current time is that most people have plenty of work, social and family  commitments. There is no need to become a full time practitioner, move to the forest, or a monastery, or become a new-age weirdo or anything like this. On the contrary, I’m looking to work with the regular people of our society. My students are school teachers, public servants, corporate workers, tradespeople, retail workers, fitness enthusiasts and university students.