BKFrantzis

Bruce Kumar Frantzis, fluent in Chinese and Japanese, began his intensive and continuous study of Oriental healing, martial arts and meditation when he was 12 years old. At the age of 18, after gaining black belts in Judo, Karate, Jujitsu and Aikido, Kumar moved from Manhattan, New York to Japan for advanced training, which included study with Aikido's founder M. Uyeshiba. Kumar spent two years in India studying Kundalini and Tantric practices and ten years in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Beijing working in depth with some of China's greatest martial arts masters. He apprenticed and worked as a Chi Gung therapist and Tui Na body worker in Chinese hospitals and earned an advanced degree in acupuncture. In 1981 Kumar became the first Westerner certified by the People's Republic of China to teach the complete system of Tai Chi Chuan.

“During my study with Lineage Master Liu, I underwent and Internal transformation. I began to understand how to use Chi energy for clarity, wisdom, harmony and compassion. Our world is in crisis. I am sharing my knowledge to help bring practical spirituality into people's lives and enable them to contribute to the positive advancement of life.”
-Bruce Kumar Frantzis

In 1981, Kumar was privileged to be accepted as one of two lineage disciples under Taoist Lineage Master Liu Hung Chieh. Liu helped Kumar integrate his previous learning in Chi Gung, tai Chi, Hsing I and Ba Gua and taught him Lao Tse's Water Meditation methods of inner cultivation, never before released to a Westerner. During Kumar's three year full-time private study, Liu took the unprecedented step of officially adopting him as his son in a traditional ceremony and formally passing his lineage to him. His book, Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body, is published by North Atlantic Books.