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As the foremost Western expert in Wu style tai chi and Yang style tai chi, holding direct lineages from China, Bruce Frantzis teaches six powerful qigong sets, as well as bagua zhang and hsing-i from the martial, health, and meditation perspectives.
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Liu Hung Chieh – Taoist Lineage Master
My last teacher in China, Liu Hung Chieh, was a master of bagua, tai chi, hsing-i and Taoist meditation. In addition, he was a master calligrapher and a classical Chinese scholar who had a complete knowledge of traditional Chinese medical theory.
Bai Hua – Taoist Lineage Master
Bai Hua, a student of Liu Hung Chieh, was Beijing-educated. I met Bai Hua in
Hong Kong and was lucky that he was an
extremely articulate Mandarin speaker because I spoke only Mandarin. I shared
an apartment with Bai Hua for a time and he had as strong an influence on me as
did Huang Hsi I, especially in terms of lengthening body tissue and
opening-closing the joints and body cavities.
Spiraling Energy Body Qigong
This advanced neigong (nei gung) practice teaches you to dramatically raise your energy levels and master how chi moves in circles and spirals throughout your body. It helps you increase the speed with which chi circulating in your body; it is necessary for psychic practices; it can be used to channel an overactive mind into stable pathways.
Gods in the Clouds Qigong
Gods Playing in the Clouds Qigong is an advanced program incorporating some of the oldest and most powerful Taoist rejuvenation techniques. It is the only qigong program that Taoist Lineage Master, Liu Hung
Chieh, practiced daily to enhance his personal longevity after the age
of fifty.
Gods Playing in the Clouds Qigong amplifies all the physical, breathing and energetic components learned in earlier qigong programs and completes the process of integrating all 16 neigong.
Bend the Bow Spinal Qigong
Bend the Bow Spinal Qigong is an advanced program that focuses on strengthening and regenerating the spine. This powerful qigong set incorporates neigong components for controlling the energies of the spine.
Bagua Double Palm Change Video Clips
Taoist Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis demonstrates the energies of the single, double, and smooth palm changes, along with how they are used in martial arts fighting applications. This footage was taken from Bruce's Bagua Double Palm Change event in Atherton,...
What is Taoism?
Meditation is an age-old system for resolving the essential spiritual challenges of living a life in a human body. Meditation has been used for thousands of years by every religious tradition to create life-sustaining rhythms and give people a way of finding peace, balance, compassion and a sense of morality.
Ancient Taoists had a unique perspective on meditation that is particularly relevant in the modern computer age where millions of inputs constantly bombard us and diminish our capacity to integrate the experiences of our life.
Energy Arts Programs
Energy Arts is dedicated to offering the most comprehensive
tai chi, qigong (chi gung), internal martial arts, breathing, and meditation
programs on the planet.
On this page, you will find a complete overview (10 pages) of what Energy Arts
and Bruce Frantzis teach. You can read about the Energy Arts System in its
entirety, or just click to the area that interests you.
What
Energy Arts Offers
Energy Arts offers programs in the following areas:
Advanced Breathing Techniques
The Taoist science of how energy moves in humans comes from the 16 components of neigong, or internal energy system. Breathing plays a primary role in the system, is the foundation for all of the other neigong components and is the first neigong component.
This page explores some of the more advanced Taoist breathing practices.
Tai Chi – World’s Best Low Impact Exercise?
Tai Chi is considered a low impact exercise, but there are many other low impact exercises such as aerobics, many forms of dancing and walking. So what exactly is the advantage of practicing tai chi over other low impact exercises? What is the difference between...
Tai Chi for Seniors
Clearly, the earlier in
life you start practicing tai chi (taiji), the greater your physical and mental
capacities will be in old age. However, many people basically ignore their
health until the natural healing and physical capacities of youth start to
wane.
Bagua Zhang Martial Arts
There is virtually no other martial art system or style, internal or external, that has combined and seamlessly integrated the whole pantheon of martial art fighting techniques in one package as effectively as bagua zhang (ba gua chang/pakua chang). In bagua zhang, you can hit a person with an open hand, a fist or a push.
Hsing-i Chuan
Bruce’s Story
Bruce Frantzis is a Taoist Lineage Master with more than 40 years experience in Eastern healing systems. He is the first known Westerner to hold authentic lineages in qigong, bagua, tai chi, hsing-i and Taoist meditation. Bruce trained for over a decade in China and also has extensive experience in Zen, Tibetan Buddhism, yoga, Kundalini, energy healing therapies and Taoist Fire and Water traditions of Taoism.Bruce’s credentials include:
Bruce’s Teaching Style
Taoist lineage master Bruce Frantzis teaches the Taoist internal arts and meditation through retreats and events internationally. Here Bruce also explains his teaching method and style that allows him to effectively pass on the Taoist tradition.
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