月山館

Gassankan

The characters 月山館 are read as Gassankan in Japanese. The Gassankan maintains a practice of traditional sword methods from the Kashima-shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryu in a manner that is compatible with internal martial arts principles.

Hold swords on both sides and use the sword to fight. Between them, the two standing, is the place where chaos was not divided before the heaven and earth were opened. Before the heaven and earth were opened, there was chaos and no separation. The shape is the same as the Taiji cloud, the Wuji cloud. The cloud is the cloud of the infinite. The cloud is the cloud of no self. If you dare to go to a place where there is nothing, you will be able to take it, and you will be able to wield the sword.

hojo densho from Yamada Jirokichi, 1927.

Yuèshān-guǎn

The characters 月山館 are read as Yuèshān-guǎn in Mandarin Chinese. I maintain a practice of traditional internal martial arts, including Taijiquan, Xingyiquan, and Baguazhang, and work privately on these arts with small number of people.

Information on my martial arts training history, recommended reading in classical and traditional martial arts, links to teachers, colleagues and other training resources can be found at Inner Dharma.

Mark Raugas
Seattle, WA

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