Ryan C. Lane, M.A.
About Ryan Carter Lane: I am a psychotherapist, a martial artist, a musician, a teacher, a spiritual seeker and a husband. I have been training in various styles of martial arts for the past twenty years. I earned my B.A. in psychology with Departmental Honors from the University of Kansas in 2001, and went on to earn my Master's in Contemplative Psychotherapy from the Buddhist inspired Naropa University. Martially, my background extends back to Shito Ryu Karate, a Japanese martial art with close ties to Okinawan Karate. As a teenager, I learned the importance of discipline, physical fitness, the effect of confidence on my social standing, as well as an introduction to working with my mind. From there, I discovered the internal Chinese martial arts, Yang Taichi Chuan, or just 'tai chi'. This opened my mind to the importance of being both grounded and relaxed in any given situation to maximize the effects of one's efforts, as well as how beautiful and graceful the martial forms can be.
I met my teacher and the founder of Satorido Kempo, Mr. Steven Noble in the summer of 2002 in Lawrence, KS. Mr. Noble had at that time had vast experience in the martial arts of judo, jiujitsu, Nippon Kempo, Wu Taichi Chuan, as well as various forms of both Shaolin and Wudang Kung Fu, both being monastic forms of moving meditation. Mr. Noble at this time has been training for thirty years in various forms of martial arts and awareness practices. What I have learned from Mr. Noble can be best characterized as a contemplative system of martial arts designed to awaken an individual to one's experience of the world through martial practice.
I met my teacher and the founder of Satorido Kempo, Mr. Steven Noble in the summer of 2002 in Lawrence, KS. Mr. Noble had at that time had vast experience in the martial arts of judo, jiujitsu, Nippon Kempo, Wu Taichi Chuan, as well as various forms of both Shaolin and Wudang Kung Fu, both being monastic forms of moving meditation. Mr. Noble at this time has been training for thirty years in various forms of martial arts and awareness practices. What I have learned from Mr. Noble can be best characterized as a contemplative system of martial arts designed to awaken an individual to one's experience of the world through martial practice.