Master Wayne Hom, Certified Taiji Instructor
If you've spent years solving complex problems while your body quietly accumulated the debt of stillness, I understand. I lived that life for decades as a CTO in Silicon Valley — skilled at optimizing systems but neglecting to maintain my own.
The toll was real: chronic knee pain, persistent fatigue, and obesity. Like many tech professionals, I had somehow convinced myself these were acceptable trade-offs for a successful career.
Taijiquan found me — or perhaps I finally stopped moving fast enough for it to catch up.
What began as a pragmatic experiment in physical rehabilitation became something I never anticipated: a complete reorientation of how I inhabit my body, direct my attention, and move through the world. Over fifteen years, my practice has evolved through distinct phases. First came the relief of movement itself — learning to undo the damage of desk-bound living. Then came the deeper work: understanding Taiji as an internal energy practice, discovering how breath, intention, and subtle physical mechanics create something far greater than exercise. Eventually, I recognized Taiji for what the old masters always knew it to be — a philosophy embodied, a way of being that extends far beyond the practice itself.
I've studied continuously with my sifu, Loren Chin, for fifteen years, building a foundation in traditional Chen-style Taijiquan through patient, systematic training. I've also had the privilege of learning from legendary Chen family masters, including Master Chen Youze and Master Chen Bing, both carrying the art directly from its birthplace in Chenjiagou, China. I am a certified Professional Chen Taiji Instructor through the American Chen Taiji Society and have been teaching for over ten years.
But credentials only tell part of the story. What I bring to my students is the ability to translate — and more importantly, to transmit. Classical Taiji concepts are often expressed in poetic Chinese language — beautiful, evocative, and frustratingly opaque to the Western analytical mind. I've spent years bridging these worlds, not just finding the right English words, but helping students understand how these concepts should *feel* in their bodies when practiced correctly. The goal isn't intellectual comprehension alone — it's embodied understanding.
I teach because I remember what it felt like to be out of balance — successful by external measures but depleted in ways I couldn't articulate. I know there are others aware that something essential is missing, wondering if there's a practice that engages the whole self without requiring them to abandon their analytical nature.
Chen Taijiquan is that practice. It will challenge you physically, mentally, and eventually in ways you don't yet have language for. It meets you exactly where you are.
If any of this resonates, I'd welcome the chance to work with you.
