Every Tai Chi school has its history, and the Internal Arts Institute is very proud of its beginning. Studies with some of the greatest instructors of Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong have allowed us to provide a truly unique and powerful experience to our students.

Dimitri K. Mougdis is a world expert in classical Yang family Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong, holding direct lineage from China through Nang Fing, through Gin Soon Chu from Boston, and through Yang Shou Chung of Hong Kong via Gin Soon Chu. He began his study of Tai Chi Chuan under Grand Master Gin Soon Chu in Boston on February 1, 1983. With over 38 years of study and 20 years of teaching, Sifu Dimitri is one of the last remaining instructors of the original classical Yang family forms.

In June of 2000, Sifu Dimitri established the Internal Arts Institute with the guidance of Grand Master Gin Soon Chu and Master Vincent Chu. The Internal Arts Institute is dedicated to teaching the true Classical Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan for promoting good mental and physical health as well as self-defense.

He also studied with Professor Ning Fang, who speaks fluent English and Japanese and graduated from an American Mission School, St. John University in Shanghai, China, in 1947 with degrees in Political Science and Economics. Fang Ning has been practicing and researching Qigong for more than 50 years and is the 5th generation successor to Orthodox Wudan Yang-Style Tai-Chi Chuan.