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The context of fighting as a medium had become most familiar at this point, though I could not speak to it. My frustration grew until depression set in, and so

The Jazz scene in Toronto grew as an interest that began as a way to bring attention to it and my sister, and what quickly became a metaphor of the

I saw martial arts like the black crayon that helps people understand something that at first appears distorted, a way of providing texture to the contours of a large feature

I began to move away from painting the Wisdom Kings as my art turned darker depicting students fighting violently. I struggled to further explore what I was teaching, the validity

I was commissioned to draw the complete Kuji-in for a martial arts book, published by Jade Buddha Publishing. The Kuji-in (Nine Hand Seals) is practiced in Shugendō, Buddhism, and Taoism.

These pressure points are part of the training material for the Mouth of the Wave Martial Arts Seminar that I taught at Grey Highlands, Ontario in 2010. All the lessons