Oso Tayari Casel is the founder and director of the Tayari Casel Martial Arts Academy; an institution that researches, demonstrates and spreads the contribution that Africa and China have given to the international martial arts community, while simultaneously furthering the appreciation of contemporary and traditional African and Chinese culture. His studies include cultural and humanitarian missions to Africa, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, The Netherlands, Taiwan, and the Republic of China. The arts of Kupigana Ngumi, Shaolin and Tai Chi Chuan with the Directors of the Pan Afrikan Martial Arts Federation, World Warrior Alliance, Martial Arts GrandMasters International and more are part of his legacy. Additionally he has studied Afrikan spiritual systems with Yoruban and Akan Priests.Over several decades he has worked as consultant for the Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Corrections at the Lorton Prison and Correctional Treatment Facilities. He has served as the Primary Substance Abuse Counselor for a federal program at a juvenile maximum-security prison and has worked with the District of Columbia Government's Department of Human Services at group homes for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. He was featured in four recent martial arts documentaries: Urban Dragons: Black and Latino Masters in the Chinese Martial Arts and The Black Kung Fu Experience for Public Broadcast Systems (PBS), Docs In Progress, and Boulevard Warriors. He is currently featured in the 2016 “Paying Mr. McGetty”. He has accomplished this and so much more by living a healthy lifestyle.
