About

Our symbol, the spiral, is one of the most ancient and universal of all images. It represents energy evolving from a starting point. A coil of power winding and unwinding with potential. Growth. Movement.

Martial arts is a way to liberate hidden power in an instant. In high level Chinese martial arts, the force of nature is expressed by the dragon’s spiral motion. Well being is also characterized by the same pattern of focused energy moving our thoughts and actions.

Lawrence Tan’s journey has been one of martial arts. Cultivated from a lifetime of experience with over 45 years of teaching grounded in studying with masters in the US and in Asia and with a background in different martial art media including journalism as Far East editor of Inside Kung Fu, writing, fight choreography, and as director of the first martial art instructional videos, his TanDao system moves online.

Toni Josephson, trained in Asian esoteric philosophies (reiki, taoism, vastu), is an artist, videographer and writer, bringing the TanDao system to life on this site and in the videos.

Lawrence and Toni walk the path in life & work together. May this site and its teaching inspire, inform and entertain you.