系図

Below you will find a summary of my martial arts training background — my two primary interests are traditional Chinese internal martial arts (neijia) and older sword methods from Japan (kenpō).

I maintain a private training activity in the Pacific Northwest centered around these methods with the goal of cultivating mindfulness and awareness. Moon Mountain Hall (月山館; Yuè Shān Guǎn / Gassankan) is where you can find more information about my current teaching activities.

Neijia 法家

I am a formal lineal student of traditional Chinese internal martial arts under Zhang Yun laoshi as part of Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America. Paul Cote and Clayton Shiu were my sponsors; I knew Clayton since college and Paul was my first Taiji instructor in Maryland who introduced me to his teacher, Zhang Yun.

Kenpō 劍法

I have studied several approaches to older sword methods from Japan that are influenced by Taoism and esoteric Buddhism. From 2007 to 2016, I studied Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū kenjutsu under Dr. David Hall at the Hōbyōkan, receiving a chuden menjo in 2018. This wound up becoming my primary focus in Japanese kobudō.