I've been studying Bagua Taiji and Jiang's Baguazhang in California for the last couple of years and as much as I'd like to stay and continue with my teacher, I'm going to be relocating to the Portland,Oregon area.

If anyone knows of any good teachers or practitioners in that area, please let me know.

I'm hoping to stay with the Baguazhang and work with a teacher that has a good understanding of the combat mechanics of that art, However I will consider other internal arts if need be.

Thanks,
Sean

Jesse Cole practices Bok Nam Park's Ba Gua in that area and leads a student group.

His email is
jcoleosdwa@hotmail.com

There is a class that used to be taught at the kung fu academy on SE Woodstock, including Liang Zhen Pu
(Li Zi Ming) Ba Gua of North American Tang Shou Dao, also the Hsing-I of Hsu Hong Shi.

I heard there was a Bagua teacher in the Portland are named Jesse Cole. He is teacher in the Bagua of Park Nam Bok.

Does anybody have anything they could share about this gentleman. I am considering training with him.

Thank you for your consideration.

does Jessee want students to call him Sifu while he teaches in the pure Chi of the outdoors?

interesting, there is a guy who is a student of park bok nam's around here, i didnt know it was yin fu's style...? then again their forms looked rather linear. maybe i should check it out, hell, i got ripped off doing wushu, hopefully this will be more worth my while.

hopefully soon i could make the trip down to the shen wu spot, i sure it will be worth it from what i hear... i really want to learn the "shen wu" style.

Jesse Cole leads a small informal group in Portland and Vancouver. Class location and times are subject to change as is his availability. It is not Yin Fu lineage as mentioned above. He is a former student of Park Bok Nam but is no longer affiliated with this organization. His new email is gongfudao@gmail.com