Frantzis Videos

Opening footage from Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis s I-Ching Immersion Course in El Cerrito CA. In this clip Bruce discusses common perceptions of the I-Ching, what is represents, its history, how to begin to learn it, and the core concept it represents; the space which everything emerges from and the essence of change. Lastly he begins showing how the I-Ching s conception of change links to our everyday lives.

Opening footage from Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis s I-Ching Immersion Course in El Cerrito CA. Bruce discusses the meditation of the I-Ching, Circle walking, the basis for Ba Gua-both an advanced meditation practice and martial art.

Opening footage from lineage master Bruce Frantzis s I-Ching Immersion Course in El Cerrito CA. Bruce discusses the need to be able to smoothly flow through both meditation and everyday life.

Taoist Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis discusses the importance and effects of meditation during his eight-part I Ching Immersion Meditation Course.

Taoist Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis discusses the importance and effects of meditation during his eight-part series, the I Ching Immersion Meditation course.

Archive footage of Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis teaching Ba Gua at a retreat. In this clip, Kumar shows one of the fundamental components of Ba Gua for combat-The direct applications of the Ko Step. For anyone serious about learning the martial art, this information is essential.

Archive footage of Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis teaching Ba Gua at a retreat. In this clip, Kumar shows how to connect dropping the elbows and proper stepping with threading all the way through your body to your finger tips. By doing so, it becomes possible project a great deal of force into your finger tips and drive people forward with each step.

Archive footage of Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis explaining how the practice of Ba Gua can begin to activate the liver, and create a detoxification reaction, and then gives advice on what to do if that situation occurs.

Bruce Frantzis discusses his upcoming event, the I Ching Immersion Meditation Course, in February in Berkeley, California.

In this clip, Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis demonstrates how dropping the elbows (a core component of ba gua) makes it possible to project chi energy into the arms by opening up the chi flow, and in turn creates power flowing out of the fingers.

In this clip from a Ba Gua retreat, Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis explains how each ba gua step can radically alter where you are in combat, and that the key to success lies within being able to smoothly flow through each ba gua movement.

Archive footage of Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis teaching ba gua postures (pakua) and ba gua single palm change at a retreat. In this clip, Frantzis demonstrates some of the core ba gua hand postures, preparing the group for the single palm change.

Join Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis for a unique and challenging 28-hour, four-week course, where he will teach methods to reduce stress and improve overall physical and emotional health. During the month of February the TAO Meditation I Ching Immersion course will encompass sitting meditation every Tuesday, from 7:00-9:30 pm and Circle Walking moving meditation every Saturday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm. Students may attend each session as a stand-alone course or take the entire series.

Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis explains the breaking component of the steps which are done in Ba Gua and Tai Chi and how the step helps to fix blood circulation and aid heart problems.

Archive footage of Martial Arts Master Bruce Frantzis demonstrating Ba Gua at the first US Tai Chi Tournament in Winchester Virginia. His opponent Sam Masich was the overall first place champion of the contest, and had previously never sparred with Bruce.

Archive footage from Master Bruce Frantzis teaching on the Tai Chi farm. This is part of an instructional segment on Tai Chi Chuan Internal Martial Arts fighting applications, where Peng is shown to be used against punches.

At a retreat on the meditation components of Tai Chi and Ba Gua, Taoist Meditation Master Bruce Frantzis explains how individuals are conditioned by visually focused minds to focus only on what they can directly see ahead of them.

For Tai Chi and Ba Gua to be done properly, both from an internal martial arts standpoint and a meditative perspective, the forward and back energies of the practitioner must be balanced(and eventually in all aspects of life).

Here simple exercises are done to demonstrate how to incorporate forward and back energy into simple Tai Chi and Ba Gua hand movements, which can eventually lead to both increasing martial power and becoming more balanced in Meditation.

Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis explains the concept of the Tai Chi space, something fundamental to both Taoist Meditation and the entire practice of Tai Chi.