I am a long time martial arts student and teacher, with more than 36 years of continuous training. I study and teach the traditional Chinese arts of Xing Yi Quan and Ba Gua Zhang as combative arts, Self Defense, and Modern American Single Stick - Fighting and self defense . Twenty six years ago I also began training in western martial arts and found this to be a natural compliment to my traditional Asian martial study. I am a member of the SCA, and hold the rank of Knight and Duke within the organization. These DVD's were created as a way to raise funds to pay for my study in China while living there.