Oso Tayari Casel

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.