Your Online Baguazhang School for Neigong, Forms, 8 Animal Training, Applications, Partner Drills, Qigong, and Meditation.

As a Martial Artist, Kelly specializes in the study of Neigong, focusing on the principles, structures, and qualities of internal training that make up "the engine" of Internal Martial Arts, such as Taijiquan and Baguazhang.

Sifu Lake is also very passionate about applying and pressure testing the Internal Styles. His goal is to contribute to the Chinese Martial Arts community by providing a clear praxis on attaining Internal Ability and how to apply the Classical Styles for Self-Mastery, Health, Energy Cultivation, and Realistic Combat and Sparring.

Kelly began his journey into the Martial arts in his teens. First delving into the martial arts with Traditional Jiujitsu before moving on to a 7 Animal Kenpo hybrid system, Kelly eventually found home in the Internal Martial Arts and had undergone over a decade of tutelage with Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson.

During his apprenticeship with Sifu Jerry Alan Johnson, Kelly had also taken it upon himself to explore the modern styles of combat such as Boxing, MMA, BJJ, and JKD. While not claiming to be an expert of these modern arts, they were crucial in the overall development of Kelly as a Martial Artist. Inspired by these combat arts, Kelly would even work as a Boxing Coach for a couple years while he continued to pursue the path of becoming a Sifu of the Classical Chinese Styles.

Eventually in 2016, Kelly Ryan lake had accomplished a goal he had dreamed of since the beginning of his tutelage and had become a certified Sifu in the arts of Baguazhang and Taijiquan.

Today, Sifu Kelly Ryan Lake continues to challenge himself in the domain of Martial Arts and fitness. Refusing to stagnate in his development, Sifu Lake continues to absorb any lesson on neigong, combat, sparring, and self-defense that he can find. He is currently recording lessons and filming his live classes for his distant students via his online programs. 

As a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sifu Lake specializes in working with his patients to identify their core values and create goals from those values, how to utilize their current experience and present obstacles, and work with the client to move into their ideal life energized, pain free, and with a renewed sense of gratitude and passion for life.

By supporting a client in overcoming their own situation they also build a confidence and acquire new tools and resources that will serve them in working with whatever they encounter in the future.

Sifu Lake had first encountered Acupuncture, Herbology, and Chinese Philosophy from an Doctor of Oriental Medicine in Monterey California. This man had visited the Martial Arts Dojo that Kelly was studying in at the time and had offered free treatments to Martial Artists as he felt a kinship with such a community with him and his brother both being Taekwondo Champions.

Over a course of many sessions with this Acupuncturist, and with the meeting of Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson, Kelly had become very inspired by the idea of embarking on the path of a healer.

in February 2009, Sifu Kelly had begun his journey with the International Institute of Medical Qigong under the guidance of Professor Jerry Alan Johnson. Following soon after, Kelly had also enrolled in the Five Branches University Masters of Tradition Chinese Medicine Program.

With a Medical Qigong Therapists degree, Kelly would open a clinic with four other practitioners and see patients regularly, specializing in empowering Athletes and Martial Artists.

In 2012, Kelly graduated from the International Institute of Medical Qigong as a Doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy. In addition, Sifu Lake was recognized by the Beijing Western District Medical Qigong Science and T.C.M. Research Institute of Beijing, China as a Doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy.

In 2015, Kelly had graduated from Five Branches University with a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and soon after became a Licensed Acupuncturist within the state of California. 

As a Daoist Teacher, Kelly specializes in the categories of Meditation, Cultivation, and Self-Mastery.

Sifu Lake's Journey into Daoism began in his late teens and had become a ordained lineage holder at the age of 22. Four years later, Kelly had visited China again to receive his second Lu, a register denoting an special ranking of the Daoist Priest, which permits the Daoist to become an Abbot and found a Temple.

In 2018, a few years later after attaining the abbot level ranking within the Tian Shi Dao Sect of Zheng Yi Daoism, Sifu Kelly Ryan Lake had founded his new Daoist School, The Temple of the Original Thunder, and began teaching Daoism locally and online.

In 2020, the Temple of Original Thunder began to operate as its own entity with the focus of offering an education on Daoist Cultivation and Spiritual Work  undistracted and unrestricted by politics.

Today, Sifu Lake maintains a close group of students whom he teaches Daoism to and practices together with.

Currently there is no accessible Daoist Class but there are plans to offer more Daoist Education in the future through module based learning, online classes, in-person seminars, as well as in the form of an integrated education within other programs at the Temple of the Original Thunder, such as with Baguazhang Online.