Lee's
study of the martial and healing and meditative aspects of internal arts began
in 1962 with wrestling in High School and due to environmental necessities,
street fighting. At age 19 he entered the US Army, becoming a Green Beret where
among many things, he was trained in
knife/hand-to-hand fighting, Shotokan Karate and battlefield medicine. Lee
trained and led Indo-Burmese tribal warriors in guerilla warfare in Laos and
Cambodia during the Vietnam war. (see
www.onetao.com)
Lee's first understood experience with 'chi' was while studying Kung Fu in Boulder, Colorado with Sifu Art Gitland in 1974-'76. In 1977 Lee began his study of Tai Chi with Professor Steve Katz a student of Cheng Man Ching.
Lee started studying with Taoist Master B. K. Frantzis in 1979 and began in-depth practices of nei gung, Tai Chi Chuan, Ba Gua Zhang and meditation. Lee continues his studies with Master Frantzis.
During Lee's time in Denver, Colorado he studied Ba Gua Zhang, Chen and Yang fighting tai chi with Master Bing Kai Lee from 1991 to 1996. From 1994-1996 Lee intensively studied Hsing Yi with Master Mike Bingo of Tang Shou Tao.
Lee also studies with Bernie Langan of "Stillness in Motion" and Frank Allen of "Wu Tang PCA"
Lee studied at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1976-1980, majoring in Physics. He worked at the Department of Commerce conducting experiments into the nature of time/space. It is Lee's scientific background of physics that brings fun and uniqueness to the traditional teaching of internal art movement. You can't escape the gravity of physics.
Lee's interest in health and healing was born out of the traumas of war. In his own healings he's recognized the human need and necessity for the well-being of spirit, soul and body. Sharing his knowledge he helps people to experience and recognize an inner connected depth of dynamic energy to the nature of being human.
Heal a person's anger.....at ten paces!
Captured frames of Fajing in the Chen form...
Demonstration of Fajing in the Chen Tai Chi form
Bonnie Poole has a degree in Health Sciences and spent twenty years working in medical care, mostly as a Respiratory Therapist in the intensive care unit (ICU). She created one of the first hospital programs for respiratory care training in Denver, Colorado. She founded and developed a successful Clinical Trial company that did pharmaceutical studies related to heart disease, lung disease and intestinal maladies. After selling her business, Bonnie has devoted herself to full time study and practice of the internal arts of chi gung, tai chi, ba gua and meditation. She has been studying the internal arts since 1985 and has been teaching since 1994. She has combined her knowledge of the Western medical view of the human body with her high level understanding and skill of the Eastern studies of the energies of the body. She has had great success in helping the elderly strengthen their physical balance and open the energy of their bodies to gain vitality. Her teachings have greatly helped others who needed physical rehabilitation. She loves sharing her knowledge and does so with a 'fun' heart!
Bonnie was certified an internal arts instructor by Master BK Frantzis. She continues to be a serious student of martial arts, health and meditation studying with masters from China and other practitioners around the world. She has been certified a personal trainer by ACE.
