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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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Recent Posts
Bagua: Roll the Ball
Here, Bruce demonstrates 'Roll the Ball', a practice that is associated with bagua, rou shou, and fighting applications, rather than with the circle-walking and meditation aspects. In this bagua practice, the arms encase a sphere in space and the movement originates...
Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan
Bruce Frantzis demonstrates the Wu Style Tai Chi Short Form. Wu Style Tai Chi short form can be practiced by anyone and is especially powerful for health, healing and meditation.
State of the Tao 2017
Welcome to the annual State of the Tao address! I’m writing to keep you updated on what’s happening in our coming year, as well as reflect on the events of last year. As with every living thing on Earth, Energy Arts is forever changing and becoming new. While I’ve...
How Do I Choose a Tai Chi Style?
Choosing the appropriate tai chi style is one of the most important decisions you will make once you decide to practice. Most beginners think of tai chi as just one art form and don’t realize the multitude of styles available. Even if you’re already practicing a...
Bagua Zhang
Bagua zhang (Ba gua chang/Pakua chang) is an internal energy art even more ancient than tai chi chuan, and was developed 4,000 years ago in Taoist monasteries primarily for health and meditation. In the last several hundred years, bagua zhang has become known as a...
5 Levels of Tai Chi Masters
There are traditionally five levels of credentials and competence for tai chi masters, which are helpful to know since tai chi doesn’t have black belts or other obvious visible signs of competence. In China, the long-established hierarchy of learning and teaching tai...
How to Master Tai Chi
There is an old Taoist saying, “The teacher leads you to the gate, but only you, by your own effort, can pass through.” I would like to talk about what it means to 'master' tai chi and if that is even possible. Chi (qi) practices are as important and essential to us...
State of the Tao 2016
Hi folks, I am writing to share the yearly State of the Tao, which are reflections on last year and the year to come. Take what you find useful and let go of the rest. First let me update you on the last couple of months... I am currently in Tso Pema in the Himalayan...
Neigong: Fueling Internal Power With Chi
Handed down for thousands of years, the ancient Chinese neigong (nei gung) tradition of chi cultivation provides a systematic method for transforming body power into one integrated, unified, and dynamic whole. Offering immense benefits for internal and external...
A Primary Force
Sex is a primary force inside all human beings. If that force is not well-expressed in a smooth and balanced way, it can distort a lot of the physical, mental, and emotional processes within people. When the natural flow of life - specifically in the form of sex - is...
Tai Chi and Stress Relief
We live in an age where stress is everywhere and a part of everything. Tai chi is a great way to relieve some of the build up, which is necessary to maintain health, sanity and wellness. How tai chi works against stress: 1. Stress is a fancy word for tension. Tai chi...
Outer and Inner Dissolving
The Outer and Inner Dissolving processes are part of the same circle. The first phase of the Outer Dissolving process works with only the first two energy bodies, the physical and energetic. Inner Dissolving is more complex and initially more difficult, as it works...
Energy Gates Qigong for Tai Chi
How to Improve Your Tai Chi Form When I was first learning tai chi in Japan, I practiced Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body Qigong for six hours a day to improve my tai chi form. I adopted this routine on the recommendation of my teacher because one day I went to...
Dragon & Tiger Medical Qigong
Are you looking for a simple yet challenging qigong exercise set for health, energy and chi development? Look no further than Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong. This qigong exercise set helps to move and get rid of stagnant chi in your body. It consists of seven...
Learn Bagua Zhang
To learn bagua zhang there are many schools of thought. Bruce Frantzis's teacher, Grandmaster Liu Hung Chieh, was fortunate to study bagua with disciples of both the martial art tradition of Tung Hai Chuan (who popularized bagua zhang) and the Taoist monastic...
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