"Free your spirit, still your mind, open your heart and hear the music inside of you..."
Sifu Edward Niam is the founder of Tai Chi Institute USA and creator of ~The Movement of Life~
which provides training to help people of all ages improve their
mental, physical and spiritual health through concepts found in Tai Chi
Chuan, Qi Gong, Meditation, Shaolin Kung Fu, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese
Medicine.
Founder of Motivational Seminars International, which brings to the workplace a specially designed series of ~The Movement of Life~™
and Meditation exercises to help people become happier, healthier and
more focused and productive. Founded the Shan Sing School of Chinese
Martial Arts and holds the rank of Black Sash. A Grand Master of Shaolin Kung
Fu and Traditional Chinese Medicine with extensive training in
Acupuncture, Tai Chi Chuan, Feng Shui, Qi Gong, Pa Kua Chang, Shaolin
Healing Touch and Mindfullness Meditation. He has been helping people utilize the
secrets of alternative health and wellness therapies for forty fiveyears.
Served as Chief Investigator of
Chase Protective Corp conducting investigations in such areas as white
collar crime, industrial espionage, internal theft and electronic
eavesdropping detection.
A Life/Wellness Coach
who provides specialized training to Individual, Group and Corporate
clients in the greater Cleveland and Akron, Ohio areas and across the
USA.
Creator of Out of Danger™, a self defense system that provides people with the hands-on-skills needed to protect them in any situation. Created "SWAT", our Shaolin Warrior Athlete TrainingTM program, www.athletetraining.org,
that helps athletes of all ages reach their full potential. Instructed
in the Junior Achievement program in Summit County. For 10 years an instructor
in the Akron Public School System’s “Akron After School Program”
working with at risk children from first through fifth grade.
Founded and was CEO
of Corporate Solutions, Inc. and CSI Management Systems, Inc., which
provided nationwide employment background screening and training and
development to human resource professionals. Founded Niam
Investigations, Inc., which specialized in combating white collar crime
and successfully prosecuted the first industrial espionage case in the
state of Ohio and one of five in the U.S. Served as Director of
Investigations for the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office where the main
focus was the prosecution of criminal and civil fraud and public
corruption. Authored numerous published articles regarding employment
background screening which have appeared in national publications such
as USA Today Magazine and Employment Management Today. Published
articles in Balanced Living Magazine and Inside Kung Fu Magazine
relating to Chinese martial arts and Tai Chi Chuan.
Received a BA in
History/Political Science/Philosophy from The University of Akron.
Graduated from the Summit County Sheriff’s Academy and completed the
Special Weapons and Tactics Training (SWAT) in London Ohio. Served on
the boards of the American Society for Industrial Security, the Society
for Human Resource Management, the Children’s Ballet Theatre and the
Silver Lake Country Club Celebrity Golf Classic - proceeds benefit the
Make-a-Wish Foundation. Served on the board of the Fitzgerald Institute
for Entrepreneurial Studies and the College of Business Administration
Alumni Board at the University of Akron. Served as president of the
Board of Trustees and was a faculty member of the Dance Institute at the
University of Akron. .