月山館

Welcome to Inner Dharma — this site used to host a blog concerned with traditional martial arts and culture. Some of my published writing can now be found among the list of reference material, while the rest of this site summarizes my training background and current interests, which include traditional sword methods from Japan and Chinese internal martial arts.

The name of my continued practice is 月山館, which is read as Gassankan in Japanese and Yueshan Guan in Mandarin. The name translates as Moon Mountain School and is named after Mt. Gassan of Dewa Sanzan, which is an important area in shugendō. It was while on retreat there that I decided to shift from practicing modern goshin-jutsu to classical and traditional martial arts. I include its characters in my dōjō name as a reminder of that important time in my life.

Seattle, WA