月山館

I am a lineal student of Chinese internal martial arts under the line of practice preserved in Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America by Zhang Yun laoshi and his senior instructors. This includes Yin style Bagua Zhang, Hebei style Xingyi Quan, Northern Wu style Taiji Quan and associated methods of sword (jian), saber (dao) and spear (qiang).

From time to time, I have mentored experienced martial artists in aspects of internal martial arts.

I have trained in traditional Japanese kenjutsu, including:

• Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū under Dr. David Hall at the Hōbyōkan until 2016, reaching the level of chuden in 2018.
• Katori Shintō-ryū at Capital Aikikai, from 2005 to 2015, reaching the level of mokuroku in 2010.
• Portions of Yagyu Shinkage-ryū, first under Kato Kazuo of NY Yagyukai in Port Washington in the mid 1990's and then from 2015 to 2018 under my Hōbyōkai sponsor.

I work with a small number of people in the Pacific Northwest to maintain my practice of Jikishinkage-ryū. My school is called the Gassankan, so I have come to refer to my practice as Gassan Shinkage-ryū.

Mark Raugas