Wow, it sounds like Mr Cheeseman's manners have dramatically improved.
I took a taiji class with him years ago (near Catford/Hither Green) as a beginner, and he felt it appropriate to repeatedly make fun of me in front of the class. 'You're as graceful as a bear' I remember his comment and the guys next to me laughing which of course only encouraged him to carry on.... That went on for quite a while, he even went as far as mimicking what I looked like.... At some point I said 'in your own t...