月山館

Yuè shān guǎn [ 月山館 ] is a private training activity led by Mark Raugas in Seattle focused on the development of skill at traditional approaches to internal martial arts.

I am a formal student of internal martial arts under Zhang Yun and practice Wú style Taiji Quan, Yin style Bagua Zhang, and Hebei Xingyi Quan as taught in Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America.

I also trained at the Hōbyōkan founded by Prof. David Hall, which preserves classical sword methods from Japan, especially those related to Shinkage-ryū.

The parent art of Shinkage-ryū, Aisu Kage-ryū, influenced Chinese sword practice during the mid 16th century. One of its early master teachers, Ogasawara Genshinsai, lived and trained in late Ming Dynasty China. His experience in China profoundly influenced what later became known as Shin ( 真 ) Shinkage Heihō and Jiki ( 直 ) Shinkage-ryū.

Mark Raugas

Postscript: Inner Dharma

Some of my martial arts writing is still available. I want to thank my readers for their feedback and encouragement over the last twenty years.