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Tai Chi Master Bruce Frantzis

Bagua in Beijing

December 12, 2011

After rousing my wife, off we went to Tien Tan (Temple of Heaven) Park, where I used to learn and practice with Feng Zher Chiang over 25 years ago. I also spent a lot of time in the park practicing a rare form of Northern Preying Mantis which I did with Li Jing Ru who ... Read More

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Visiting the Bai Yuan Guan – Taoist White Cloud Temple

December 7, 2011

From an insider’s view, Bai Yuan Guan, or the White Cloud Temple, is considered the meeting point for Taoists to connect from all over North China.  The complex is the main Taoist temple in Beijing. Over 25 years ago, from 1985-6, my Taoist master used to send me to White Cloud once or twice a ... Read More

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Bridging East and West – China Radio Interviews

December 6, 2011

Last week I was interviewed by China Radio International (CRI) about my experiences in China in the mid 1980′s. Please enjoy: Born and raised in the USA, Bruce Frantzis spent a total of 11 years in China in the 70s and 80s. He was one of the few foreigners studying martial arts in this … ... Read More

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Notes from Beijing: Pollution, Building and Freedom

November 28, 2011

Walking through the streets of Bejing after twenty-five years is quite a trip! One astonishing sight is the pollution.  Yesterday the sky was a nasty shade of grey, and you could barely see the sun through the soup.  Yet I was told that it wasn’t that bad.   Apparently there is “bad”, “very bad” and then ... Read More

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Updates from China: Lao Tse and Modern Values

November 27, 2011

Today in Bejing I met a friendly 17-year-old kid. He had heard of Lao Tse, but like his peers, knew little about Taoism except the simplified book of Lao Tse (the Chinese translated the Tao Te Jing from the classical Chinese characters to the simplified ones of mainland China). The Cultural Revolution, which aimed to ... Read More

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Giving Gratitude

November 23, 2011

Hi folks, I am still traveling and currently in Beijing where I am getting ready for an interview with China Radio International. They will be filming me in the park doing tai chi. I have been making short posts about my trip on Facebook if you are interested. Thanksgiving is not celebrated here in China ... Read More

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Dissolving Meditation vs. Relaxation

November 22, 2011

Photo of Iceberg By natalielucier Dissolving the physical body and relaxing it is not the same thing. Often to explain this, I use the image of going from ice to water. Relaxation in the West is mostly understood as a mental or an emotional mood change. When we’re going from ice to water in Taoist ... Read More

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Inner Dissolving Meditation Method

October 18, 2011

Picture by nsgbrown If you could grant just one wish to most people who recognize their faults or problems, they would wish for them to be gone.  They know that they have low self-esteem, some negative thought pattern, grief, inertia or fear, and they would like nothing more than to be done with it. Most ... Read More

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Hsing-i Martial Applications

July 26, 2011

In early August we are launching a Hsing-i Chuan and I Chuan product. These Live DVDs will include both martial and health applications. If you are interested in the internal arts you can signup for the launch list to receive extra bonuses when it goes live here: Hsing-i and I Chuan Launch List We will ... Read More

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Tai Chi, Emotional Well Being and Meditation

July 12, 2011

Tai chi can be used as a powerful form of Taoist moving meditation, which starts with balancing the emotions—that is, the emotional energy body. Tai chi can also be practiced to acquire martial arts skill and as a health system. The latter is what you might see people doing in the park. Although tai chi ... Read More

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