Some of my martial arts writing can be found online at my blog Inner Dharma, along with links to the website of friends and colleagues. Below are a smaller set of links to training activities related to the arts I currently practice.

Internal Martial Arts

☰ Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America (YCGF) is the Chinese internal martial arts organization led by Zhang Yun laoshi, lineal disciple of the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng. I am a formal student of internal martial arts in this lineage of practice.

Related study groups include:

• YCGF Group List contains pointers to many of Zhang Yun's senior disciples.
• YCGF Pittsburgh is an activity continuing internal martial arts practce in Pittsburgh.
• Impact Martial arts in Bellingham, WA is led by my senior colleague Rives Thornton.

Jikishinkage-ryū

☷ The Hōbyōkan of Dr. David Hall in Rockville, MD maintains a practice of Shindo Muso-ryū jo, Yagyu Shinkage-ryū heiho, and Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū kenjutsu. This is where I studied Jikishinkage-ryū before moving to Seattle.

Related study groups include:

• The Ryūzukan is led by two of my Hōbyōkan sempai: Brian Wagner and Chris Covington.
• David Sims, another of my Hōbyōkan sempai, is now a formal member of Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū Naganuma-ha holding the rank of reikenden. He lives in North Carolina.
• Tōsha Dōjō is an introductory practice led by Jake Harlin and Nicky Sayah Sina focusing on Hōjō, To-no-kata and jigeiko.

My sponsor to the Hōbyōkan now trains in Takamura-ha Shindō Yoshin-ryū and leads Yoshin Kage Dojo in Washington, DC.