Tom took numerous trips to China and South East Asia where he studied both medicine and martial arts with many different masters including his current teachers: Gao Ji Wu (Ba Gua Zhang) Zhao Da Yuan (Ba Gua Zhang) and Song Zhi Yong (Xing Yi Quan). In 1984 Tom began to study Chinese medicine and the internal styles of Chinese martial arts. He competed in full-contact Tournaments in New York's Chinatown and tied for first place as Co-Champion in the Senior Instructor Division at the 1st National Arnis Championships in Cebu, Philippines, in 1979. A Black Belt in Isshin Kempo at 17, he went on to study Filipino martial arts while completing a BA in East Asian studies at Columbia University. Tom Bisio began his study of the martial arts and Oriental medicine studying karate at age 14.
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