Gassankan Jujutsu

I began learning Gao Lineage Bagua from Bob Galeone in 2004, a senior Aikidō practitioner under Kanai and Saotome who later trained in Bagua with Allen Pitman and Paul Cote, who I was introduced to by Ellis Amdur. During that time, I benefited from the Aikidō experience of the senior instructors at Capital Aikikai, who I interacted with after kenjutsu training. I also traveled to train with students of Su Dongchen, whom Ellis had learned xingyi from in Japan.

Dr. Ben Lawner was my last aiki-jujutsu student. I worked with him to develop a refined goshin-jutsu practice informed by Bagua tactics and body mechanics based on our earlier training, before he moved to Pennsylvania. He is licensed to teach what he knows and share his knowledge with others as he sees fit.