While training in Tae Kwon Do and Karate in Orlando, FL in the late 1970's/early 1980's, Mc Coy Sensei was introduced to Chinese Martial Arts by students of Pui Chan at the Wah Lum Temple. There was no particular significance to this training at the time. It was just an extension of the Karate that everyone was training in.

Around 1990 Mc Coy Sensei was introduced to other Chinese Martial Arts: Wing Tsun (Alex Wallenwein, thomas Dolnitsky, Emin Boztepe) and Hung Gar (Wilfred Mathews). Then later, after a number of years of Karate and Jujutsu and Aikido training, Mc Coy Sensei was introduced to other Chinese Martial Arts (Taichi, Bagua, Tsingyi) by Al Gardner of the National Martial Arts Association. Understanding the Chinese connection to Okinawan Karate and seeing the similarites in Taichi, Bagua and Aikido really sparked interest in the Chinese Arts.

In 2005 after moving back to Fort Wayne, IN, Sensei took up traning in Taichi with Dr. Clement Riedner. In addition to teaching Taichi, Dr. Riedner is a highly qualified teacher of Motobu ha Shito Ryu Karate and Hakko Ryu Jujutsu. This Taichi style is a new, simplified form created in the U.S. called Ba Men or Eight Gates.

Deeper interest in the Chinese Arts came as a result of training in Koroho with Masashi Yokoyama, the Founder. Yokoyama Sensei studied a variety of Chinese Arts over his 40 years of martial arts training.

In 2007 formal training in Chin Na th Dr. Yang Jwang-Ming and his students, then later began training in the Sun style of Taichi with Sifu John Milligan. Later, concepts and techniques from the Kung Fu San Soo of Jimmy Woo were worked into the Chinese curriculum.

Over the years Mc Coy Sensei trained in a variety of arts and styles. So we are still working out details on the history and lineage of each. But here are some examples: