Yuèshān-guan [ 月山館; Moon Mountain Hall ] is a private training activity near Seattle that is centered around the cultivation of skill at traditional approaches to internal martial arts.

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I maintain a formal practice of traditional Wu (吳) Taijiquan, Yin Baguazhang and Hebei Xingyiquan. This includes foundational exercises, posture training, solo form practice, partner exercises and applications. I place a strong emphasis on traditional methods of sword, saber and spear associated to these arts in my training. I practice as part of formal lineages of these arts preserved in Yin Cheng Gong Fa (印誠功法) North America.

I also have trained in traditional sword methods from Japan, including surviving lines of Shinkage-ryū such as Jiki Shinkage-ryū — that art in particular was influenced by Ming dynasty Chinese sword practices and I attempt to practice it in a manner that is consistent with my knowledge of internal martial arts principles. Yuèshān-guan is read as Gassankan in Japanese. More information can be found at the link above.

Mark Raugas

Mark Raugas

百物先天地 無形本寂為
能著像主不 逐四時泪寥

There is something before heaven and earth, formless and silent.
It can manifest all things and does not wither with the seasons.