Joe McSorley Started his training in 1972 in Master Mark’s school in Philadelphia Chinatown. He also studied Shotokan karate under Sensei Okasaki and Aikido under sensei Muriyama, but found Mark’s mantis to be the most intelligent and well-rounded style so he devoted all his time to it. In the early 1980’s he traveled to NYC Chinatown over a two-year period to study qigong with Sifu Mantak Chia where he learned the microcosmic orbit, iron shirt, and fusion of five elements qigong. He has been a student of Chan/Zen Buddhism since 1971 under Richard DeMartino, a disciple of D.T.Suzuki and later under Masao Abe of the Kyoto School of Zen. Joe has also spent over a decade working on sports broadcasts particularly with boxing, including Friday Night Fights (ESPN), Showbox and HBO’s Boxing After Dark. As a result of his constant exposure to professional fighters he is concerned with the real time application of Mark’s Jook Lum that he finds works so well in these situations.

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