Links
Below are links to training and other resources (e.g., blogs, etc.) I recommend in classical and traditional martial arts:
Neijia
☰ Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America (YCGF) is the Chinese internal martial arts organization led by Zhang Yun laoshi, lineal disciple of the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng. Several training groups are listed on the YCGF Group List. Others I recommend include:
- YCGF Pittsburgh is attended by many senior practitioners of YCGF I have enjoyed training with.
- Impact Martial Arts in Bellingham, WA is led by Rives Thornton. He holds weekly Wu Taiji classes and is quite accomplished at Cheng Style bagua.
Jikishinkage-ryū
☷ Below are links to official Jikishinkage-ryū lines of practice in Japan, as well as to dōjō have I trained at:
- Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū Sohonbu led by Wakabayashi Satoru, successor to Iwasa Masaru, is recognized by the Nihon Kobudo Kyokai.
- Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū Keishukai led by Michael Hudson at the Tama City Budokan. Hudson is a senior student of Yoshida Hijime, who is recognized by Kashima Shrine.
- Jikishinkage-ryū Sounkai is the group practicing in the line of Namiki Yasushi's sons.
- The Hōbyōkan of Dr. David Hall in Rockville, MD maintains a practice of Shindo Muso-ryū jo, Yagyu Shinkage-ryū heiho, and Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū kenjutsu.
- Tōsha Dōjō (
闘者道場 ) is a practice of Jikishinkage-ryū kata in Seattle led by two gentlemen I have mentored, which meets as part of a HEMA cooperative called Lonin League.
Bujutsu
☲ Ellis Amdur leads Araki-ryū torite-kogusoku and is a shihan of Tenshin Bukō-ryū. In addition, some of his students are certified as instructors in Taikyoku Araki-ryū, an offshoot of Araki-ryū torite-kogusoku. Ellis maintains the blog Kogen Budō.
☵ Takamura-ha Shindō Yoshin-ryū is a sogo bujutsu ryuha led by Toby Threadgill, which maintains a full weapons practice. I am directly familiar with Doug Walker in Portland, OR and Michael Heiler in Washington, DC. Michael Heiler was my sponsor to the Hōbyōkan.
☱ Naido-Bujutsu Aunkai led by Akuzawa Minoru focuses on internal power development and the cultivation of a body and mind optimized for bujutsu without a focus on the execution of kata. Some of my sempai from the Hobyokan cross-train in Aunkai.
Aiki-jujutsu and Aikidō
☴ Capital Aikikai is a traditional Aikidō dōjō in Silver Spring, Maryland, led by Clyde Takeguchi. It hosts a Katori Shinto-ryū study group from an unofficial line of the art. I trained there for a number of years, and benefited from discussions with the teachers there as I continued my refine my understanding of Aikidō practice as I shifted my training to internal martial arts.
☴ The Yushinkan is a Daito-ryū Kobukan and Takumakai branch dōjō in NYC which teaches a traditional form of aiki-jujutsu as passed down by students of Takuma Hisa.
☴ The Ryuzukan (