Peter has studied and practised Tai Chi/Qigong for 30 years. Since first learning Peking Tai Chi, a standardised form of Yang Tai Chi, from Miss Rose Li in the early seventies, he has studied other forms with various teachers. In latter years he has studied Sun Style Tai Chi under the tutelage of Sifu Bob Melia a highly accomplished practitioner and Sifu Dave Martin a first generation student of the late Grandmaster Sun Jian Yun.
Alongside his study of Tai Chi, Peter has also studied Chu Gar Hung Kuen and Qigong (a form of Gung Fu developed by the Chan Buddhist monks of China) under the guidance of his brother, Master John Farrell, the senior student of Grandmaster Chu Shiu Woon.
Peter is a Consulting Medical Herbalist trained under the auspices of The National Institute of Medical Herbalists, of which he is a member. His clinic is in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. He teaches Physiology, Biology and other health related studies at Blackpool and the Fylde College and is a Clinical Skills lecturer at The University of Central Lancashire. He is a member of The Sun Style Tai Chi Association and the BNMAA.