Tao Chong

Tao Chong is proprietor of Tao Dojo, an old friend of Tyler's, and the Troopers' sensei. Tao is an old fashioned man, and occasionally his advice and teachings have proven useful for the Troopers, even though he is unaware of their identities; however, it hints that Tao has probably figured out their identities.

We Are VR Troopers!
Tao provides as a mentor and a hero at topside during Grimlord's Virtual War. Later on, as he was picking up Chita with Jeb riding shotgun, it's revealed that he knew of the VR Troopers' identities, as he had some tuitions that they'd be Ryan, Kaitlin, and JB, as they're always heroic, courageous, and pure. It was most likely that Tyler mentioned it to him while he was recovering from Grimlord via sacred crystal. While Gimlord/Karl Ziktor was meeting his demise, Chita and her mutant allies, Bones Jackson and Gangrene, reluctantly decided to give him his iguana, Juliet, as a companion while he still runs the dojo full-time.

Years later, he passed on due to advanced age, but Ryan, Tyler, and Tao's brother still run the joint as an expansive dojo designed for all styles of martial arts.