The Home of Ip Family Tai Chi Chuan

Grandmaster Ip and Robert Boyd in traditional Master/Disciple portrait.

Robert Boyd of South Hero, Vermont, was given the Chinese name Bao Tak Fai following his acceptance as Second Disciple of Grandmaster Ip Tai Tak of Hong Kong.
The Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute was founded to assist Master Boyd in preserving and passing down the teaching of the late Grandmaster Ip. Grandmaster Ip was First Disciple and male heir of Great Grandmaster Yang Sau Chung, fourth generation head of the famous Yang family.

Grandmaster Ip accepts tea from Robert Boyd during the Bai Shi
ceremony, signifying the acceptance of Bao Tak Fai as his Disciple.