Damo Mitchell – Internal Arts Academy – Basics of Gong Fu

The Academy Teacher

Damo Mitchell is the founder and lead instructor of the Internal Arts Academy and has spent his life immersed in the study and practice of traditional internal arts. Beginning his training at a young age, he pursued a wide range of martial and cultivation disciplines, eventually travelling extensively through China and Southeast Asia to study with teachers and lineages rooted in classical Daoist training and internal martial arts.

His teaching draws upon decades of dedicated practice in Nei Gong, Qi Gong, Taijiquan, Xingyiquan and Baguazhang, alongside formal training in classical Chinese medicine. As an author, lecturer and experienced instructor, Damo is known for presenting complex internal principles in a clear, structured and experiential manner.

• Director of the Lotus Nei Gong of Internal Arts
• Head of the Xian Tian College of Chinese Medicine
• Initiated into Long Men Daoism
• Initiated into Chan Buddhism
• Award-winning author of numerous books on the Chinese Inner Arts
• Keynote speaker and guest speaker at numerous conferences
• Speaker at the Bhutan Vajrayana Conference 2022
• Teacher of workshops and retreats worldwide
• Host of the Damo Mitchell and Scholar Sage podcasts