Sigung Richard Clear has studied Tai Chi and Chi Kung in the U.S. and in China. He began his study of Tai Chi at a very young age after he was diagnosed with degenerative arthritis. He experiences no pain from the arthritis and is more flexible than the average person half his age.Richard has over 40 years of continuous study in Tai Chi and other Martial Arts, as well as Psychology, Philosophy, Physiology, and Alternative Medicine. He began teaching Tai Chi in 1985 and is a 3rd generation lineage holder in Tai Chi from Lee Ying Arng, who was a senior student under Yang Chen Fu. He studied directly with such famous masters as Ma Yeuh Liang, Wen Mei Yu, Dr. Fred Wu, Liu Ji Fa, Ju Bong Yi, Pei Xi Rong, Willem de Thouars and Don Ethan Miller among others. Richard Clear’s Tai Chi has been featured in national magazines and on television. He has a practical teaching method rooted in the basics and knows both the healing and the martial side of Tai Chi and Chi Kung in depth. He holds the title of Sigung (Master) in Internal Kung fu and is a senior instructor in several Martial Arts.