Andrew Whiting
Instructor
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Andrew Whiting currently
holds the rank of NIDAN (2nd Degree Black Belt).
He began his martial arts
training during a tour of duty with the United States Army during the seventies.
Though it was an inspirational exerience, he felt it wasn't the in-depth hand-to-hand
training that he was yearning for, so he continued his path to seeking out that
deeper experience.
In the eighties he undertook
his first serious Eastern martial arts training called San Sou, wherein circularities
were deeply stressed. As usual, Andrew diligently pursued every aspect of his
training until he had a better understanding of this amazing art.
At Palomar College, he took
a Tai Chi class that was taught by a Taoist named Will Bowen. For the next ten
years he studied and learned a Yang style, Tai Chi, along with related Chi Gung
and Kung Fu styles.
In the nineties he was in
the first class of McBeth North County Aikido, a Toyoda organization. During
this period, Sensei Whiting met Sensei Mike Gallo and has been training with
him ever since.
