Bruce Frantzis

Bruce Frantzis
BornApril 1949 (age 77)
New York City
OccupationsTai Chi, Meditation and Qigong Teacher and Author
Known forTaoist Lineage Master (Liu Hung-Chieh)

Bruce Kumar Frantzis is a Taoist educator.

Biography

Bruce moved to Japan to attend Sophia University at the age of eighteen. There, he obtained multiple black belts and trained with Aikido’s founder Morihei Ueshiba. He soon branched out to Taiwan and China to study internal Chinese martial arts.

In 1973, Bruce traveled to India to train in Pranayama, Hatha yoga, Raja yoga and Tantra, gaining experience with “Kundalini Shakti”.

Returning to China in the mid 1970s, he spent the next seven years training in the Taoist Fire tradition (unverified tradition) and became a priest of it. Next he studied the Water tradition (unverified tradition) under Liu Hung-Chieh. Through Liu Hung-Chieh he was introduced to Jiang Jia Hua the vice president of the All-China Scientific Qigong Association. This connection gave Bruce access to Chinese cancer clinics where he completed his training as Medical Qigong doctor.

Bruce inherited the Taoist Water tradition lineages shortly before Liu-Hung Chieh's passing in 1986. Afterwards the next 25 years of his career pivoted to teaching Taoism to Western societies. He primarily teaches the Energy Arts qigong System, Wu-style tai chi, bagua, Taoist yoga and Taoist meditation. He has authored numerous works (including The Power of the Internal Martial Arts and Chi, Tao of Letting Go, Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong, and Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body) on Taoist energetic practices and taught over 20,000 students many of whom have gone on to become active certified instructors.

Authored Books

Personal life

He is a regular participant in the Tibetan Buddhist community, a process that began with his training under Dudjom Rinpoche in 1976. He is an active student of Dzogchen.

References

  1. 1 2 Allen, Frank; Lu, Clarence (January 1998). "B. K. Frantzis a Paqua Master Work in Progress". Inside Kung-Fu. p. 90.
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Jess (2004). Nei Jia Quan. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-55643-506-1.
  3. ↑ Grossinger, Richard (2001). Planet Medicine: Origins. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-55643-369-6.
  4. ↑ Frantzis, Bruce (2006). Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body Chi Gung for Life Long Health. Berkeley, CA: Blue Snake Books. ISBN 1-58394-146-0.
  5. ↑ Frantzis, Bruce (2007). The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi: Combat and Energy Secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi and Hsing-I. Berkeley, CA: Blue Snake Books. ISBN 1-58394-190-8.
  6. ↑ Frantzis, Bruce (2001). Relaxing into Your Being: The Water Method of Taoist Meditation Series. Berkeley, CA: Blue Snake Books. ISBN 1-55643-407-3.
  7. ↑ Kealy, Sally; Allen, Frank (Fall 1999). "Dissolving Process of the Taoist Water Method". The Empty Vessel.
  8. ↑ Frantzis, Bruce. "How I Learned Dragon & Tiger Qigong". Archived from the original on 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
  9. ↑ Ryan, Bill. "Our Teachers' Teacher: Bruce Frantzis". Toward Harmony Tai Chi & Qigong. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  10. ↑ Kleiman, Dan. "About Us: Bruce Frantzis". Toward Harmony Tai Chi & Qigong. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  11. ↑ Frantzis, Bruce. "What we Teach". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-02-03.