Roshi Mark Lawrence is the head of the Hoshinroshiryu Jutaijutsu Association and the head instructor at KHTC. Mark was a personal student of Hoshin's founder, Dr. Glenn Morris for 6 years. Mark has studied the internal and external martial arts for more than 20 years. He has trained in various forms of healing work such as Therapeutic Touch, massage, and acupressure. He had been practicing various forms of meditation for years before he started his self protection training in Jui Jutsu, and was eventually led to Dr. Morris's series of books on martial arts and the esoteric. After reading Dr. Morris's books, Mark decided to travel down to Indiana (a 10 hour drive) to meet and train with Dr. Morris. This was the beginning of a long and wonderful friendship with a man that would be Mark's mentor, friend and teacher for the years to come.
After that fateful weekend, Mark spent many years travelling down into the United States to train with Dr. Morris-soke, or, when possible, hosted him up north of the border here at KHTC.
Within the first year of training with Dr. Morris-soke, Mark achieved the rising of the Kundalini. This was another re-birthing of sorts for Mark, and he was very lucky to have his mentor around to help him through this process.
On one of Dr. Morris's extended trips to KHTC in 2004, Mark was honoured to be able to assist Dr. Morris-soke in recreating the Hoshin system. It was at this time that the latest instructional Hoshin DVD's were created. A project that Dr. Morris-soke would unfortunately never see finished. In January of 2006, Mark was honoured by Dr. Morris-soke with the rank and title of Yondan (4th degree black belt) which was the last rank he received from Dr. Morris-soke before he died in April of 2006.
After the death of Dr. Morris-soke, Mark was drawn to one of Dr. Morris's old friends, students, and mentors - Shihan Kevin Millis. Mark and Shihan Millis quickly began creating a friendship that has now lead into a mentor - student relationship. Mark received his Nidan (2nd degree black belt) in Bujinkan Ninjutsu in October of 2011 under the guidance of Shihan Millis, who now continues to mentor Mark.
Mark is
a certified HoshinTao Chi Kung Instructor, and one of a handful
of people world wide that is teaching Dr. Glenn Morris's Meditation
Mastery & Esoteric Energy Seminars. Mark was awarded
the Dr. Glenn Morris Award for Service by the Hoshinroshiryu
at the 2008 Kaizen in New York. In 2006, Mark was named the
Man of the Year for Excellence in Communications when he was
inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Mark has continued his growth and expanded his horizons as he most recenly became a certified fitness instructor. After 2 years of intense study, Mark has added teaching weekly fitness classes to his schedule. He continues to find new ways to help people reach their goals on all levels: mind, body and spirit.
