Grandmaster Gary Khor

Founder & Preseident of The Australian Academy of Tai Chi & Qigong, Feng Shui Academy of China.

Founder of Living Chi – Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic

Tai Chi Master Award (MMA Australia 2022) – Hall of Fame
Diploma in Tai Chi and Wu Shu (China)
Internationally Acclaimed
international Judge
Gold Medal Winner (1986 Internatiuonal Wu Shu/Tai Chi Championships in China)
Feng Shui Master & Consultant – Feng Shui Columnist (Women’s Health Magazine)
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Grandmaster Gary Khor is the lead support actor in Limitless Documentary – EPISODE 6 with Chris Hemsworth (Directed by Darren Aronofsky). Grandmaster Gary Khor teaches Chris Tai Chi and explains the philosophies in life in relation to Yin and Yang.

Chis plays the role of an elderly man who is restricted in doing many chores and exercises. This leads im to meeting Grandmaster Gary Khor and seek out a new way of life. In seeking this way of life, Chris is looking for a way to combat life and prolong the health of the body in order to live.

New scientific research is shaterring conventional wisdom about the human body and offering fascinating insights into how we can all unlock our body’s superpowers to fight illness, perform better and even reverse the aging process.

Release on November 16th 2022 on Disney Plus.

Grandmaster Gary Khor is a man of many talents, not the least of them being sublime skills, a deep well of knowledge, dedication and a great belief in the benefits of Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Feng Shui and associated Chinese health arts. This has given him a high ranking status in the Tai Chi World, recognised not only in Australia, but also in China, where he is held in great esteem. His Tai Chi journey started many years ago – not always an easy one that has grown out of the tenacity and dedication which is forever present.

Born into a traditional Chinese family, Grandmaster Gary Khor had an early introduction to all the aspects which were to become a major part of his life. Ask him, for instance, when he started doing Tai Chi and he will tell you “On my uncle’s shoulders”. Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Feng Shui, Diet/Nutrition and other Traditional Chinese skills were almost unconsciously absorbed, not from ‘learned discussions’ but through the normal, everyday activities. When any of these subjects were tabled about, he knew it wouldn’t be long before Qi was mentioned. Grandmaster Gary Khor’s early fascination with his subject was to propel him into his life-long studies.

There were many interests throughout his childhood, particularly sport, but as the years passed, Tai Chi become more of a purpose in Grandmaster Gary Khor’s life.

He spent time training in Taiwan, Bei Jing and Shang Hai in order to increase his skills and knowledge.

The next major step was coming to Australia to study in the medical/scientific field at the University of New South Wales, during which time he continued to extend his Tai Chi skills as well as introducing the art to friends. Interests slowly evolved and he decided to open his official class. Thus, in 1976, the Australian Academy of Tai Chi was born.

Those early days were not easy, although Tai Chi was popular. In general it was difficult to gain acceptance for this gentle. non-physical art from such a sporting nation. However, with determination and inner strength found through Tai Chi, Grandmaster Gary Khor never lost sight of his vision to pass on to Australians the Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual benefits of his art. He saw a troubled world that needed not more tension or competition, but the peace and tranquility that participation in these arts can bring.

Grandmaster Gary Khor’s success in introducing Tai Chi and related arts to the average Australian, earned him great respect in China, both from keepers of Traditional Culture and from the Government. It was at the time when China was just opening its doors to the world and wished to promote Chinese Culture; it was a time also when many traditional masters were realising that their knowledge, if it was not to be lost to the modern world, needed to be shared. Grandmaster Gary Khor was recognised as one of those people with both the capacity and ability to help them to achieve their ends.

This respect opened many doors to Traditional Chinese Masters who were prepared to share with him their knowledge and skills in Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Massage, Diet, Calligraphy and Feng Shui. An opportunity that was not wasted – there are many tales of often arduous study and training.

As well as promoting Tai Chi, Grandmaster Gary Khor scoured both China and expatriate Chinese societies in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South-East Asia for other traditional Chinese exercise skills.

One are, discovered in Taiwan, was the Dragon Phoenix Fan – an art that had been lost to mainland China. Grandmaster Gary Khor was not only able to popularise Dragon Phoenix Fan in Australia but also re-introduce it into China, to great acclaim.

Over the years, as public interest grew, he nurtured the Australian Academy of Tai Chi and Qi Gong, watching it go from strength to strength, guiding its development into the leading Tai Chi School in Australia. The largest Tai Chi School outside of China. Through his efforts, teaching techniques have evolved that not only bring Tai Chi, Qi Gong and other associated Chinese health Arts within the grasp of Westerners which have brought recognition from the Masters of China that new methods can be used to attain full potential of these centuries-old-exercises. From 1976 until present day, growth of the Academy has gone hand-in-hand with the growth of its Founder and President. In 1989 he was made an international Wu Shu judge and, in 1997, received the ultimate accolade, elevation to Grandmaster.

With Tai Chi firmly established in Australia, books and videos selling internationally and with regular appearances in the media, Grandmaster Gary Khor still believed that only the groundwork had been laid for understanding and incorporation of Traditional Chinese practices within everyday Australian life. The next phase was development of the ‘Living Chi‘ program – knowledge distribution via workshops and ultimately through the ‘Living Chi’ book.

Grandmaster Gary Khor welcoming a young Jet Li (Li Lian Jie) to the Australian Academy of Tai Chi in Sydney.

This photo was taken when China endorsed and made strong connections with the Australian Academy of Tai Chi being the largest Tai Chi school outside of China. Jet Li here is at the age of 16 and recently just become the Wu Shu Champion of China. He was sent to Australia to represent China with the Academy hosting and China officials.

Meanwhile, Grandmaster Gary Khor had been studying yet another of the arts with which he was fascinated, Feng Shui. This led him to becoming one of Australia’s leading consultants, as well as the knowledge being spread through regular articles and columns and through his book ‘Feng Shui for Personal Harmony’.

From teaching a handful of friends, Grandmaster Gary Khor has been the inspiration for the 300,000 students who have passed through the Academy. We have him to thank for access to the skill, which throughout the centuries, have been nurtured and passed on only to those worthy of their secrets. Due to Grandmaster Gary Khor’s knowledge and research, these secrets are now freely available to us all.