but this american guru now has uniquely american problems, forcing him to defend his lucrative yoga practice in court. >> the american way. make bikram yoga. copyright, trademark, franchising, patent. the justice department, the government will protect you the american way. >> reporter: yoga to the people is one of four groups he's sued for copyright infringement. the rival school was founded by his former protege, greg. that's him in the photo standing there. you say this fellow is a thief? >> definitely. he was my student. i trained him. then he get greedy. >> reporter: he says the very idea of copyrighting a 5,000-year-old hindu discipline is absurd. >> it would be like if arnold schwarzenegger said i'm going to do five bench presses, six curls, seven squats, call it arnold's workout and nobody can teach that without my permission. that's crazy to me. >> reporter: after our