Tong Bi Method

After decades of searching and spending money, time, and effort in Tai Chi, I have come to the understanding that there are two types of Tai Chi instructors. One is passionate about their Tai Chi business. The other is passionate about their Tai Chi students’ progress. My search is over because here I am a person, not an account number. Dr. Mike cares about making me better than himself. That is priceless, and so rare.

It is helpful and interesting that Mike puts everything into a well-thought and logical context and does not just focus on the pure technical level. That broadens the horizon and deepens the understanding.

Power pushing is the missing link to what I’ve suspected was absent from almost all the Tai Chi I’ve learned to date. It simply brings in the power that the original Tai Chi masters were known for. Although much more learning and training are forthcoming, I can already feel the results and realize the potential.

Dr. Mike’s Yuen's REAL TAI CHI training is a powerful algorithm for what I believe is the next phase in the evolution of the Traditional Yang Family systems as well as related lineages. Mike is taking the “Closed Door” transmission he personally received from Yang Sau Chung (Yang Cheng Fu’s eldest son) to a new level that includes both the martial & health benefits but goes well beyond them to a new synthesis of Eastern wisdom & Western technology manifesting as the state of Embodied Presence.

Dr. Mike is offering a unique approach for those not only interested in Tai Chi but mind/body health and human potential. Traditionally, Yang family power pushing is taught to experienced students after learning the solo form. Dr. Mike is introducing it in the early stage of his curriculum with great results. All designed to accelerate understanding and progress. Refreshing is the confidence Dr. Mike has in his students. Dr. Yuen says keep what you have, no need to empty anything. Just be open to integrating Yang Sau Chung’s practices along with modern advances to deepen and expand all that you've learned.

If you feel like your Tai Chi is not as full and powerful as it could be, Dr. Mike's insights and training can help you transform your practice into something much richer. It's not just the "JI Pressing Power Pushing" but a whole set of practices that turn modern Tai Chi on its head. The training helps untie ingrained habits and helps put them in a new light, opening up whole new frontiers of development in your practice.

Private Zoom lessons with Doctor Mike Yuen are very valuable in many ways. Due to his decades of experience in accompanying/instructing renowned masters, he has a deep knowledge in the field of martial arts. This in combination with his decades of experience as a psychologist, as well as the deep study of traditional Chinese medicine, is a great complement to the deeper understanding of Yang Style Tai Chi. His teaching is well structured and tailored to the needs/expectations and previous knowledge of the student. Doctor Mike Yuen is an understanding teacher who strongly motivates the student. The arrangement of the lessons is uncomplicated and the appointments are always reliably kept. The teaching content of the Square Method opens another layer to experience the depth of Yang Tai Chi. In-person training of Power Pushing Hands is a potent tool that gives the student a sense of whole-body consolidation with the associated stability and strength.