Yuèshān-guǎn is a private training activity led by Mark Raugas in the Pacific Northwest that is focused on developing skill in classical and traditional approaches to internal martial arts.

Internal Martial Arts

I am a formal student of internal martial arts 内家 as part of Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America (YCGF) under Zhang Yun (张云) laoshi, lineal disciple of the late Grandmaster Wáng Péishēng. Yuèshān-guǎn ( 月山館 ) is how my training activity is listed in the register of Yin Cheng Gong Fa pracititioners.

I maintain a practice of:

• Northern Wú (吳) style Tàijí Quán
• Yin, Cheng and Liu style Bagua Zhang
• Hebei Style Xingyi Quan

as well as foundational body training methods (jibengong) from Shi style Baiyuan Tongbei Quan. This includes unarmed as well as classical weapons practices of sword, saber, and spear.

Kenjutsu

Yuèshān-guǎn is read as Gassankan in Japanese. After moving to Seattle, I worked with a few people on methods of Japanese swordsmanship drawn from Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū so I could maintain my practice of that art — those efforts now continue under the auspices of Tōsha Dōjō, a kenjutsu practice held as part of Lonin League in Seattle.

Mark Raugas