About The Instructor
Lee and his Daddy, Tony Whetstine, Chief Instructor
“An Experienced Instructor with Ethics and Integrity”
As a US Marine Corps veteran of the Persian Gulf War, Mr. Whetstine has a “real-world” experience that allows him to see the martial arts in a more complete perspective than just the theoretical or competitive views.
Mr. Whetstine has 30 years of martial arts experience. Beginning his training as a boy, he trained in multiple styles before dedicating himself the traditions of the samurai and ninpo arts and internal Chinese arts.
Mr. Whetstine teaches the Takamatsuden samurai and ninja arts as taught in the Jissen Kobudo Jinenkan. He holds dan level rankings in both the Jinenkan and the Bujinkan federations.
He has studied the kobudo and ninpo arts in Japan under the guidance of the Bujinkan Dojo of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi and his master students in Japan and several of his finest American students as well, including:
- Shihan Mike Pierce
- Sensei Tom Young
- Sensei Marty Bakulich
- Sensei Quint Miller
He has trained in the kobudo and ninpo arts of the Takamatsuden as practiced in the Jinenkan Dojo of Kancho Unsui Manaka and one of his highest ranking American students, Sensei Peter Steeves of the Jinenkan-LA Dojo.
This gives Mr. Whetstine an in-depth knowledge from both the historical and practical points of view.
Mr. Whetstine teaches the internal Chinese art of Qi Gong as taught to him by Master Lin Chun Fu, who in turn was taught by several of the most respected masters of Chinese martial arts and Qi Gong.
- Chang Tung Shen – shuai jiao and tai ji quan
- Chi Ching Chih – yang tai ji quan with Sifu T. T. Liang as partner
- Chou Chang Jou – liu he chuan
- Han Ching Tang – shao lin chin na
- Hsiong Yang He – tai ji quan
- Liu Pei Tzung – kun lun meditation
- Nan Huai Chin – yang tai ji quan
- Wang Shu Ching – bagua zhang and xing yi quan
