Joyce patrick

Joyce Patrick, is a mother of three and a “Nonna” of 12 whilst also holding a third-degree black belt in the Chinese martial art of Kung Fu, Qigong, and Tai Chi. In 2001 at age 38 she began training as a means to strengthen her body and her mind and to relieve the daily stress of the teaching profession. After receiving her black belts, Joyce began using her instructor and martial art training to teach others in the arts. She left the education field to open her own studio full-time in the UK in 2010, before relocating to her home state in 2011 to open a studio in Newport Beach, CA. Tai Chi has become not only a daily exercise but a huge part of her life.

Joyce has most recently trained under Master Yuan of the 15th generation of the Daoist Kung Fu Academy in Wudang China. Over the past seven years Joyce has worked regularly with clients in dependency recovery as well as patients undergoing physical limitations and rehabilitation. Joyce permanently relocated to the mountain in early 2018 and has brought the art of Tai Chi with her.