月山館
Yueshan-guan
The Yueshan-guan (Moon Mountain Hall) is a private training activity in Seattle led by Mark Raugas that is centered
around the practice of traditional Chinese internal martial arts.
I am a formal lineal student of internal martial arts as part of Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America,
including Yin style Bāguà
Gassankan
Yueshan-guan can be read as Gassankan in Japanese. Before moving to Seattle in 2016 I studied several approaches to classical Japanese swordsmanship associated to surviving lines of Shinto-ryū and Shinkage-ryū. I have since continued my practice as a form of shugyō influenced by my study of internal martial arts, with a focus on the analysis of kata and freestyle pressure testing. Tōsha Dōjō is a study group in Seattle maintaining a practice of the kata of Jikishinkage-ryū I learned at the Hōbyōkan. It is led by Jake Harlin and Nicky Sayah Sina; training is by invitation only after observing a practice and undergoing a traditional interview process.
気剣体の一致を会得したとき、剣術の極意は全う するのである — When one has mastered the harmony of spirit, sword and body, the secret of swordsmanship is realized
Mark Raugas