Peace of Mind

I started training with Tim in 2015, as a past triathlete and endurance cyclist, I was having a lot of pain in my shoulders and hips and wanted to go a new direction with my training. My experiences are anchored around a repeating Tuesday night 6-7pm fitness session and 7-9pm martial arts session, and yes, literally I' approaching 3 yrs of this weekly, awesome workout. Tim has helped me strengthen my back, improve posture, and increase hip mobility. I've also learned a ton of useful self defense including western boxing, stick and knife fighting, wing chun, jeet kune do and all kinds of other stuff. Generally speaking Tim is one of the most creative, thorough and generally knowledgeable trainers that I know.

I've been training with sifu Tim for around 5 years now, and he has greatly helped me to learn more about my body, its mechanics and weaknesses. We've worked together on several aspects of fitness including rebalancing movement, working on smaller accessory muscles to gaining raw strength. Tim is very versatile, and tackles fitness issues by first principles. He will figure out what small muscle needs to be worked on whats tight, include aspects from martial arts, to calisthenics and come up with a training regimen to fix those. He has also helped me regain strength and balance through several injuries. Overall, his enthusiasm for fitness is infectious, and i've been coming back every week for quite some time. Would recommend Tim for being a partner in your fitness journey.

Tim is an incredible person and teacher. I look forward to our training sessions every week. He has helped me rehab from multiple injuries while sharing his deep knowledge of martial arts. Tim creates a safe, inclusive and judgement free space for all levels. His unique martial arts style is practical and effective and has helped me bring my mind and body together, give me confidence and even mobility I thought I lost.

I cannot recommend Peace of Mind and Tim Richard enough. I came to Peace of Mind 8 years ago for self defense and JKD training. However, I have also seen people also come with physical fitness goals (ranging from a focus on weight loss to athleticism). Tim is also great for training with an injury that requires sensitivity and/or rehab, a lot of students have knee/back/shoulder issues. Over time, I have found that the ideal way to work with Tim is a whole body approach. He will definitely tailor a plan specific to you that could include self defense, diet and outside of the studio advice, fitness, tai chi, really anything to make you more well rounded. Throughout all of this, Tim is super attentive with a great energy. Once again, 100% recommend.

Tim is an amazing instructor and person. I was training with him for 3 months whilst living in San Francisco and now have knowledge that will last a life time. Tim is a passionate person and his positive energy rubs off on you. He's knowledge about martial arts as a whole is incredible and eye opening. This type of instructor makes you want to go back and keep pushing yourself to develop your skills! He is also very accommodating as I am dealing with long lasting post concussion symptoms, he was very aware and careful of my situation. He gave his opinion on ways to overcome my injury through aspects like breathing and Qigong which I know practice on my own. I have much love for Tim and what his doing with Peace of Mind.