修行

Below is a brief summary of my training background relevant to the arts I actively practice.

I am a lineal student of Chinese internal martial arts under Zhang Yun, who leads Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America. I began training in 2005 under Paul Cote and began traveling to Pittsburgh to train under Zhang Yun in 2010. I became his formal lineal student in Princeton in 2015, with Paul Cote and Clayton Shiu as my sponsors.

I practice Tàijí quán ( 太极拳 ), Xíngyì quán ( 形意拳 ) and Bāguà zhǎng ( 八卦掌 ) as taught in YCGF North America, as well as aspects of qigong and Tongbei quán (Hequán). This is my primary martial arts practice.

I studied portions of Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū at the Hōbyōkan dōjō of Dr. David Hall from 2008 to 2016, reaching the level of chuden. The Hōbyōkan is an unofficial line of Jikishinkage-ryū; my sponsor was Michael Heiler. I am not a member of a specific ryū but instead preserve an independent practice of kenpō ( 劍法 ) focused on self-cultivation that emphasizes the analysis of classical sword methods and Taoist methods of power development from the early 17th century.

I began training in vinyasa yoga in Baltimore and in 2007 after completing 200 hour teacher training at Midtown Yoga under Kim Manfredi, I became a yoga instructor. In 2011, I attended the Kalachakra Empowerment for World Peace in Washington, DC. I have continued my study of Yoga, Taoism and Vajrayana Buddhism since that time.