Master Bond learned his Tai Chi and Chi Kung techniques from his father, who was a double master. It is said that Master Bond saw beams of light at the spot where the classes are held at Kapiolani Park, and that's how he decided to conduct the sessions there. Further, Herb Matsuo says the class location at the eastern peak of the park is also where Hawaii's first hospital was located. The one-hour sessions cover both Tai Chi for movement therapy and Chi Kung for breathing power. But about 80 percent of the classes concentrate on Chi Kung.
Hawaii residents speak highly of the sessions.
Janet Taniguchi says she joined the classes after she retired in 1996. She had high blood pressure, but after stretching and bending under Master Bond's tutelage, her blood pressure dropped. Syndy Soucy was asthmatic as a child, and as an adult she's had high blood pressure. She's been attending Master Bond sessions for about two years. When she came to Hawaii she could barely walk, but now she walks every day.