My journey with the Chinese martial arts began in 2010 when I was 24 years old. On a particularly bad day at the beginning of what I would call my “quarter life crisis”, I happened to catch a kungfu school in a glance as my friend drove us to the lake for an afternoon walk. Having been going through the first difficult period in my young adult life, I knew I wanted a hobby that would help me find stability so I went back the next day to find out what this school was all about. The Master was welcoming and invited me to try a class. That was the beginning.

Chinese kungfu instantly became my passion and this school, my sanctuary. I knew from the beginning I needed this art in my life, my whole life. What I did not know at the time is that this school did not just simply introduce me to an amazing activity, it opened my entire world and would lead me to places and experiences that I had never imagined for myself.

My love for the Chinese martial arts and culture took me all the way to China, beyond even, but now I have come full circle. The Master that welcomed me all those years ago, my first master, has transitioned in his life and as a result the fate of that first school has been passed on to me. I have been given the opportunity to take care of the school that once took care of me and with an enormous support from my family, friends, and students and parents at the school, I am now the proud and very grateful owner of my very first school of Chinese Martial Arts.