Steve has gone on to give his own workshops in San Fransisco 2013, Seattle, 2013 &2015, and Oahu, Hawaii 2013&2015. Steve resumed his apprenticeship with Tom from 2005-2008 while pursuing a Masters degree in Touro College’s graduate program in Oriental medicine, from which he graduated in 2009.Īfter graduating from Chinese medicine school, Steve resumed his travels with Master Chin assisting him in Paris, France 2009, in Hawaii, California (Los Angeles, SF Bay Area in 2011/2012) and the MACS Martial Arts Collective Society Gathering in Sacramento 2012, at the I Liq Chuan Annual Intensive seminar held in Upstate New York Feb.
He was permitted to observe and assist Tom in his clinic from 1999-2001, where he was introduced to the principles of acupuncture, herbology, tuina massage, and bone setting. Steve’s first exposure to Chinese medicine was in Tom Bisio’s acupuncture practice.
He worked as a massage therapist in physical therapy and chiropractic facilities until 2004, when he decided to formally study Traditional Chinese Medicine. Steve was initially interested in Law Enforcement and attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice, but then decided he was more interested in health care, and subsequently decided to study Massage Therapy at The Swedish Institute, graduating in 1997. Steve had the opportunity to travel with him to Malaysia in 20 Perth, Australia in 20 Japan 2002 Russia 2003 Holland in 2003 as well as various workshops throughout the United States. Steve when on to become a 2nd Generation Lineage Disciple of I Liq Chuan under Master Chin, becoming one of his earliest teaching assistants. Sifu Sam also exposed Steve to the principles of insight meditation, which he continues to practice as Vipassana meditation. Master Chin introduced Steve to Buddhism, and in 1999 became initiated into the Tien Tai sect of Buddhism at Chuang Yen Monastery where Master Chin taught I Liq Chuan for many years. He encouraged Steve to test himself, to not be afraid to lose, and to share knowledge and teach with an open heart.
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Through the practice of I Liq Chuan, Sifu Sam Chin taught Steve the importance of not overly relying on the intellect of the mind, but instead on how to rely more on feeling, awareness, and most importantly direct experience. In 1999 Steve also met Master Sam Chin and began his training in the art of I Liq chuan. He went to both Beijing, to study Bagua Zhang, and to Taiyuan city, the capital of Northern China's Shanxi province, and a historical stronghold of xing -yi chuan. In 2005 Steve was given the opportunity to accompany Tom, along with other students, to China to advance his studies in the Internal Arts. He also taught martial arts and self defense to girls and boys attending Junior high school at the East Harlem school from 2002-2006, and continues to run Women’s Self Defense Workshops both at his school in NYC, and the East harlem School. In 2002 with Tom’s encouragement, he began teaching his own Xing-Yi class in East Harlem. Under Tom’s tutelage, he learned the fundamental building blocks of whole body force, and a progressive format for how to develop it. A year later he also began training under Tom in Liang Zhen Pu Bagua Zhang. In 1998 he began training under Tom Bisio in Hebei (Tang Shou Tao ), Xing-Yi Chuan, and Shanxi Xing Yi Chuan.
He began training in the Wing Chun system of Kung fu (two within Hong Kong Yip Man versions and one mainland), and briefly trained in Bagua for the first time, and was also exposed to the Northern Praying Mantis system. Towards the end of his teens and into his early twenties he became fascinated with the Chinese martial arts. Throughout his teens, he also had the opportunity to cross-train in several martial traditions of not only of Japanese, but also of Okinawan, Korean, and Filipino origin. This system emphasized traditional values coupled with practical modern combative methods. He initially studied the Japanese martial arts, eventually earning the rank of Shodan (first degree black belt) under Ronald Duncan in his Way of the Winds system. Steve began his studies of the martial arts in his early teens. He currently runs his own school, Chinatown Internal Arts in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, (The school was originally in Chinatown.) Steve has been a student of the martial arts for 25 years.
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