The name of my continued practice is 月山館, which is read as
Gassankan in Japanese and Yueshan Guan in Mandarin. The name
translates as Moon Mountain School and is named after the Gassan
Dai-jinja shrine of
Dewa Sanzan, which is an important area in shugendō. It was while
on retreat there that I decided to shift from practicing modern
goshin-jutsu to classical and traditional martial arts.
I include its characters in my dōjō name as a reminder of that important
time in my life.