1994—present

The martial journey.

Teachers. Lineages. Practice. Testing. Teaching. Continuing formation.
Dr. Micah Naziri with his principal Chen-family teacher Chen Yaoze
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Chinese martial formation

Northern Shaolin, Tien Shan Pai, Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Qigong, teachers, partners, and the long work of transmitted practice.

Dr. Micah Naziri during his early Northern Shaolin training years
Formative years

Early Northern Shaolin and Tien Shan Pai training.

Dr. Micah Naziri practicing a low Northern Shaolin stance outdoors
Northern Shaolin

Stance, mobility, conditioning, and traditional form practice.

Dr. Micah Naziri practicing a deep Northern Shaolin stance
Northern Shaolin · Tien Shan Pai

Low-stance training during the early Northern Shaolin curriculum.

Tien Shan Pai partner application training
Tien Shan Pai

Partner application within the Northern Shaolin curriculum.

Traditional Chinese long-weapon practice
Traditional weapons

Long-weapon practice within the early Chinese martial-arts training years.

Dr. Micah Naziri training Chinese martial arts outdoors with a teacher
Concurrent study

Outdoor Chinese martial-arts training during the formative years.

Dr. Micah Naziri practicing an outdoor partner control
Internal mechanics

Structure, balance, joint control, and the reading of pressure.

Senior teachers within the Tien Shan Pai association
Tien Shan Pai lineage

Senior teachers within the association through which Northern Shaolin and Taoist formation were transmitted.

Dr. Micah Naziri with teachers at TAMA Martial Arts
TAMA Martial Arts

Training relationships formed through years of concurrent study.

Dr. Micah Naziri with fellow martial artists during his early training years
Training community

With fellow practitioners during the early years of concurrent martial study.

Dr. Micah Naziri with a martial-arts school community
School community

A training community formed through shared practice, seminars, and years of study.

An outdoor group practicing Qigong near the water
Qigong and Neigong

Outdoor internal cultivation as a shared practice.

Dr. Micah Naziri with Sifu James McNeil
Sifu James McNeil · circa 2009

With his first Chen Taijiquan and Xingyiquan teacher after black-sash testing in Chicago.

Dr. Micah Naziri with Sifu James McNeil and fellow students
Lineage community

With Sifu James McNeil and fellow practitioners.

Dr. Micah Naziri with Sifu James McNeil and another practitioner
Teacher and transmission

A training relationship that shaped both Chen Taijiquan and Xingyiquan formation.

Dr. Micah Naziri practicing tuishou with Chen Yaoze
Chen Yaoze

Tuishou and direct study within the Chen Qingzhou–Chen Yaoze Lao Jia line.

Dr. Micah Naziri with Chen Yaoze
Primary Chen-family teacher

With Chen Yaoze during years of form, application, and tuishou study.

Dr. Micah Naziri with Chen Bing circa 2014
Chen Bing · circa 2014

One of repeated periods polishing Er Lu, Pao Chui or Cannon Fist, and jian material.

Dr. Micah Naziri with Luiz Palhares
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu cross-training

With Luiz Palhares during the years of private no-gi cross-training and comparison with neijia mechanics.

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Applied and close-quarters formation

Tactical firearms, Kali, Eskrima, Pencak Silat, Krav Maga, weapons awareness, partner training, control, and translation across ranges.

Archival Tactical Defense Institute firearms training on an outdoor range
Tactical Defense Institute

Firearms formation under John Benner, connecting defensive shooting, movement, cover, urban and woodland tactics, and a Silat-informed tactical method.

Dr. Micah Naziri engaged in Kali partner study
Kali / Eskrima

Partner sensitivity, tactical dialogue, and the study of line and timing.

Dr. Micah Naziri demonstrating Kali hand flow
Flow and interception

Empty-hand translation of Filipino weapons principles.

Dr. Micah Naziri intercepting an incoming strike
Entry

Reading the line of attack and entering without wasted movement.

Dr. Micah Naziri practicing close-range Kali
Close range

Hands, forearms, position, and pressure inside immediate striking distance.

Dr. Micah Naziri holding a Kali guard position
Fifth-degree instructor level · 2023

Continuing practice within Kali and Eskrima.

Dr. Micah Naziri controlling a training knife during partner practice
Kali and Silat

Blade awareness, positional control, and the transition from standing to the ground.

Dr. Micah Naziri demonstrating a Pencak Silat control against a training knife
Pencak Silat

Balance, compression, and control against a training blade.

Dr. Micah Naziri practicing close-quarters weapons defense
Krav Maga / CQB

Immediate response at the range where a weapon has already entered the body’s space.

Dr. Micah Naziri teaching contact control
Instruction

Teaching structure, contact, line, pressure, and intention.

Dr. Micah Naziri displaying his Warrior Silat Black Sash
Warrior Silat · 2025

Black Sash recognition in the combined Bukti Negara and Sera(k) curriculum.

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A living practice

The journey continues through cultivation, instruction, community responsibility, and Three Temples Combat Arts.

Dr. Micah Naziri wearing the Three Temples Combat Arts emblem
Three Temples Combat Arts

A school formed from decades of practice, teaching, lineage, and integration.

Dr. Micah Naziri meditating at the edge of the water
Internal cultivation

Breath, stillness, recovery, and meditative practice remain within the martial path.

Portrait of Dr. Micah B. D. C. Naziri
Moreh Madrikh · Guru · Shifu

Dr. Micah B. D. C. Naziri.

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Strength, seminars, and communal responsibility

Qigong, strength training, Magen David geometry, weapons context, traveling instruction, public responsibility, and continuing study.

Dr. Micah Naziri holding a traditional Chinese long weapon
Traditional weapons

Grip, stance, waist, line, spatial awareness, and whole-body power through long-weapon work.

Dr. Micah Naziri practicing standing Qigong outdoors
Standing Qigong

Breath, balance, attention, and internal organization practiced in the open air.

Dr. Micah Naziri leading Hunyuan Qigong beside a stream in Erie, Pennsylvania
Invited seminar · Erie

Outdoor Hun Yuan Qigong connected with a Sundance ‘Pow Wow’ gathering near Mercyhurst College, now Mercyhurst University.

Magen David martial geometry marked on a training floor
Magen David method

Foot placement and triangular relationships made visible on the training floor.

Heavy resistance training within Three Temples practice
Qigong and strength

Internal organization tested through progressive resistance and heavy work.

Hand tattoos reading Hands for Combat and Fingers for Weaving
Power and creation

Hands for combat. Fingers for weaving. Martial capability remains answerable to culture and creation.

Warrior Silat black sash embroidered with Dr. Micah Naziri's name
Warrior Silat · 2025

A close view of the Bukti Negara and Sera(k) Black Sash recognition.

A defensive sidearm with the Three Temples emblem on its grip
Applied tools

The Three Temples emblem carried into the responsible armed-defense environment.

Dr. Micah Naziri speaking with press during a public community-defense presence
Public responsibility

Preparedness, visibility, communication, and disciplined conduct under public scrutiny.

Portrait of Dr. Micah Naziri in a Wing Chun lineage shirt
Continuing study

The martial journey remains open: ongoing practice across Chinese and Indo-Chinese Wing Chun lines.

קרב מגע · שלושת המקדשים

The archive is not a monument to finished achievement.

It is a record of continuing study: lineages received, principles tested, teachers honored, methods carried forward, and Israelite martial culture lived, restored, and transmitted through practice.