Bruce Copley

Dr Bruce Burley Copley (born 22 March 1949 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a holistic animator, educator, musician, entertainer, sportsman and scholar. He is the founder of the company AAHA Learning whose stated aim is to re-ignite people's passion for learning through the application of holistic principles and practices.
Dr Copley is the recipient of numerous academic degrees from 3 universities in South Africa (Pretoria, Unisa and Witwatersrand) as well as post doctorates from Simon Fraser University (Canada) and San Diego State University (USA). He completed his Ph.D at the Witwatersrand University in 1980 under the supervision of Professor Phillip Tobias, one of the world's acknowledged leading authorities on the evolution of mankind. Dr Copley was awarded The British Association Silver Medal in 1982 for outstanding Scientific Research and was the first Sports scientist to receive this award.
He was an accomplished provincial squash player and a South African University and nationally ranked tennis player who was listed in the "International Who's Who in Tennis" . Dr Copley was best known for his pioneering tennis research and publications and is credited with the most comprehensive publication listing on the official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) . His book Scientific Tennis was prescribed for all certified tennis coaches in South Africa.
Dr Copley's feats with the Australian Didgeridoo have received international acclaim and he is credited with first discovering and demonstrating that by playing a particular note it is possible to create a fire in the Didgeridoo. More recently he has demonstrated his discovery of the fact that a normal monotone Vuvuzela can be transformed into a multi-toned "Rainbow" Vuvuzela using a variety of playing techniques, without modifying the instrument in any way.
He is the father of Donovan Copley, lead singer of the South African band Hotwater, and the actor Sharlto Copley who starred in the movies District 9 and The A-Team. He also has a daughter Marisa who is a fashion designer and owner of the WithOut clothing franchise. His youngest sister Lauren Copley was a South African singing protégée who represented South Africa at the Tokyo Song Festival and whose songs Kentucky Blues and It's Too Late Now were chart toppers in the early 70's in South Africa, that received Golden record status.

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