External Resources

Below are links to recommended schools and other resources associated to classical and traditional martial arts.

Internal Martial Arts

☰ 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. I am a formal student of internal martial arts in this lineage of practice.

☰ Several training groups are listed on the YCGF Group List. In addition, there are activities in Pittsburgh, PA and Bellingham, WA I recommend.

Koryu

☲ Ellis Amdur leads Araki-ryū torite-kogusoku and is a shihan of Tenshin Bukō-ryū; some of his writing can be found at Kogen Budō.

☵ Takamura-ha Shindō Yoshin-ryū is a koryu jujutsu ryuha led by Toby Threadgill. I am directly familiar with Doug Walker in Portland, OR and Michael Heiler in Washington, DC.

☷ 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. This is where I studied Jikishinkage-ryū before moving to Seattle.

☷ Jikishinkage-ryū at Lonin is an introductory Jikishinkage-ryū study group in Seattle led by two gentlemen I mentor.

Aikido & Daito-ryu

☱ Capital Aikikai is a traditional Aikido dojo in Silver Spring, Maryland, led by Clyde Takeguchi. I trained with the Katori Shintō-ryū group Capital hosted before I moved to Seattle, which is now called the Myobukai.

☴ The Yushinkan is a Daito-ryū Kobukan and Takumakai shibu (branch) in NYC which teaches a traditional form of aiki-jujutsu as passed down by students of Takuma Hisa. The Seattle Aiki Club is a related training group led by Kenneth Freeman (5th dan).

☶ The Ryūzukan (龍頭館) is a Daito-ryū dojo led by Brian Wagner (4th dan) and Chris Covington (2nd dan) in Baltimore under the permission of Kondo Katsuyuki. They also train in Jikishinkage-ryū.

☳ 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.

☳ Japanese Fighting Arts Northwest maintains a practice of iai, aiki-budo and also budo tanren influenced by Aunkai and other sources.