The word Tae Bo is a portmanteau of the words taekwondo and boxing, the two disciplines that he combined to create the popular phenomenon. Although the workout lost its charm to health conscious individuals, Banks continue to attract many celebrity clients and the DVDs and videos that he created from this exercise program continue to sell well. He runs a fitness center in Los Angeles, California, where he teaches his workouts.
Banks was born with an anomaly in his hip joints which gives him this impaired movement and clumsiness. Although teased by his siblings and coaches, he never succumbed to their words, but instead found comfort in martial arts to improve his physique.