Tōsha Dōjō — Jiki at Lonin

闘者道場

After moving to Seattle in 2016, I worked with a small number of people in order to maintain my practice of Jiki ( 直 ) Shinkage-ryū. This activity centered around the performance of traditional kata as informed by my understanding of internal martial arts principles, the analysis of kata in a process called kuzushi and combative pressure testing called tameshi-ai.

Weekly kata practice is now led by my two senior students, Jake Harlin and Nicky Sayah Sina. When I visit their class, I do so as a guest and spend my time providing feedback and exploring kuzushi with them.

Those interested in training in Seattle can learn more at Jiki at Lonin — inquiries can be made through that website.