内家拳

Internal Martial Arts

Yueshan-guan [ 月山館 ] is a private training activity in the Pacific Northwest dedicated to the cultivation of skill at traditional internal martial arts, including Wú [ 吳 ] style Taiji Quan, Yin style Bagua Zhang and Hebei Xingyi Quan. I place a special emphasis on traditional methods of sword, saber, and spear from northern China.

YCGF Seminar Photos

I practice these arts as part of Yin Cheng Gong Fa North America. I am a lineal student of Zhang Yun laoshi, who trained under the late Grandmaster Wang Peisheng in Beijing. A lineage chart for this line of practice in North America can be found at YCGF Pittsburgh :: Lineage Chart.

Where To Train

From time to time I have worked with experienced martial artists on an individual basis who are interested in traditional approaches to internal martial arts training. There is an over-abundance of Tai Chi groups and classes in the Seattle area, many of them quite good. I have decided not to add to that mix with a public class of my own. Instead, I continue to visit senior colleagues as well as my teacher when I am able. My practice of Taiji and other internal martial arts is primarily a form of self-cultivation.

In Bellingham, I can recommend Impact Martial Arts of Cascadia, which is led by my senior colleague Rives Thornton.