Welcome to WTIA.

WTIA was founded with the goal of passing on both the martial and spiritual aspects of the "water method" of Taoism. Brought to America and the West by Master Bruce Kumar Frantzis. At WTIA, we have developed a basic program that consists of three parts, healing, martial arts and spirituality.

Wu Style Tai Chi embodies the WTIA approach to a health, building a relaxed, well balanced body with a strong emphasis on a calm mind. For those more interested in a direct martial practice Xingyi offers an excellent starting point or bridge from external martial arts. Xingyi emphasizes efficient movement, effective martial technique and a extremely focused mind.

Bagua Zhang in addition to being an excellent health and martial system also has a deep meditation tradition based on monastic Taoism. In this method martial arts are used as an access route to begin the journey into spirituality.

Once students have completed the basic program we encourage them to choose an area of specific focus for their practice. Headed by Isaac Kamins and Jess O’Brien WTIA offers group classes, private lessons and workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area.