![]() As an adult I began to deeply pursue a study of martial arts, finding myself mostly drawn to “soft” style or internal martial arts after my eyes were truly opened to the martial and spiritual potential of internal arts while studying Aikido with two outstanding teachers - Sensei Ron Rubio, and one of his teachers, Sensei Stuart Allen. From time to time I'd see Martin outside practicing with stick, knife, open hand, and thought to myself “One day I’m going to learn all that.” At the time I lacked the sufficient discipline to pursue it. They were a special kind of crazy, very kind to me, nourished my spirit, and encouraged me to pursue writing and creative outlets. Bored to death, and angry about being moved upstate, I luckily fell into a neighborhood den of Bohemian Shakespeareans, stage/film actors, writers, and healers, including Adrian Sparks and Tania Myren, who my mother befriended. I was a decent but troubled and wild kid from New York City. I first met my Xing Yi teacher, a professional actor and martial artist, Martin LaPlatney, when I was in my early teens after having moved to New York’s Hudson Valley, for the first time.
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