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About Sifu
Cassell
He is the founder of Uniting The Tribes, a not for profit organization dedicated to improving the human condition by empowering the individual through teaching the wisdom of the tribal model. Sifu Cassell brings his experience and gifts to the work of healing and teaching people to Live and Walk In Power. About Walks In Power Walks In Power is both a way of life and the tribal name given to Sifu Cassell. Growing up around nature as a child, it was common for him to sing with the Coyotes, track animals, stand next to a Golden Eagle or run with the wolf pack that his mother raised from cubs. His natural upbringing spawned a need for discipline, which he sought to fill through the study of the Martial Arts. Sifu Cassell began studying Martial Arts at the age of ten. After researching American Indian Culture and traditions he created an original ceremony based on the process of the Lakota Inipi ceremony at the age of thirteen. The experience was profound, but would remain dormant until the Shaman awakened it many years later. The revelations and associated responsibility of the sacred ceremony were left behind in his youth in favor of the pursuit of sports, education and business, but always the study of one or more martial arts remained. He began teaching Gung Fu at the age of twenty-two and was awarded the title of Sifu (Teacher) at twenty-four. Sifu Cassell studied and became proficient in many styles of martial arts in his path of personal discovery. First among these is the very practical Shi-Zei or Bandit Style, handed down from the secret societies of China followed closely by the more formal southern Shoulin Fukien along with training in Tai-chi and Chi-Gung. He has also studied and taught, Shotokan Karate, Jujitsu, Judo, Kenpo, Iaido, Krav Maga, and most recently Kosho Shorei Kempo. After serving in the United States Navy within Special Intelligence and Operations, he used his experience in counter terrorism to make his martial arts more applicable to modern situations, specifically counter terrorism and urban warfare. He completed his education
earning degrees in Economics and Business Management. He spent five
years as a project manager and production coordinator for Feature
Films. Some of the titles he worked on include: The Titanic, Phenomenon,
Interview With a Vampire, Sphere and City of Angels. He left the
film industry for an offer to work for Hewlett-Packard. This provided
him with extensive experience managing projects, negotiating global
contracts and developing new business. Recently he began using his
extensive experience and unique background to consult for small
businesses and is in the process of developing UTT Consulting. It
was while he was consulting for small business that he met and began
working with an American Indian Shaman who was told by her guides
that Sifu Cassell's abilities as a healer needed to be awakened.
With some time and gentle coaching by the Shaman, Sifu Cassell accepted
the responsibility and began his spiritual education in earnest.
It was through this journey of self-discovery that Sifu Cassell
discovered the link between the ancient Shamanic traditions, and
Gung Fu. Once discovered, the link between the Gung Fu animal systems
and Shamanic shape-shifting medicine served as the origin for the
Walks In Power method of achieving direction and personal power.
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