Matthew has been doing some form of martial arts much of his life. Ranging from Tae Kwon Do as a kid to Aikido, Wing Chun, Yang and Chen-style Tai Chi, Traditional Japanese jujutsu, Iaido, Shuai Jiao and for most of this journey to the present Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. He started the Walking With The Tengu podcast to find like minded martial artists who wanted to explore the philosophical aspects of the martial arts including the metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.