月山館
Bagua, Xingyi, Taiji

Moon Mountain Hall [ 山月館; Yuèshān-guan ] is a training activity near Seattle led by Mark Raugas that is focused on the development of skill at traditional internal martial arts.

I practice Northern Wú Taijiquan [ 吳氏太極拳 ], Yin Baguazhang [ 尹派八卦掌 ] and Hebei Xingyiquan [ 冀形意拳 ] as taught in lineages preserved as part of Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America.

Shinkage Heihō

I maintain a practice of Japanese sword methods I learned at the Hōbyōkan [ 宝瓶館 ] as informed by my continued study of internal martial arts.

I mentor a small group of students in Seattle on traditional sword methods drawn from the Kashima Shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryū Heihō [ 鹿島神傳直心影流 兵法 ] of Namiki Yasushi and Itō Masayuki. We emphasize foundational methods, analysis of kata, and pressure testing in free practice.

Mark Raugas

Mark Raugas

百物先天地 無形本寂為
能著像主不 逐四時泪寥

There is something before heaven and earth,
formless and silent.
It can manifest all things
and does not wither with the seasons.

臨兵鬥者皆陣列前行

Lín bīng dòu zhě jiē zhèn liè qián xíng
May all those who preside over warriors
be my vanguard.