Fom the age of ten Mark became interested in yoga, martial arts, spirituality and magic. This combined with a love of physicality led him on a journey through many arts and teachers until in 1982 he found his Tai Chi teacher in the guise of Erle Montague; internationaly famous master and teacher of the complete Tai Chi Chuan system - yang style. All the elements of  interest to Mark existed within the internal martial art system of Tai Chi Chuan.

Since 1992 Mark has taught this art to an incredible cross section of people here and in the United States; actors, martial artists, dancers, laborers, lawyers, juvenile justice cases and has had the opportunity to continue learning due to the nature of the art and the people he has taught.