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Scott Shaw (born November 1 , 1958 ) is a prolific Author , Journalist , Actor , and Filmmaker . BACKGROUND Born in Hollywood, California Scott Shaw spent his early years in the racially charged region of South Los Angeles known as Watts, California during the turbulent 1960s . As a student, Shaw graduated from Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California . His university Undergraduate study took place at California State University, Northridge , where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Geography . His Postgraduate studies in Geography took place at California State University, Los Angeles and the University Of Oxford . He also attended Emerson College Of Herbology where he earned a Master's Degree in Herbology . He received his Ph.D. from Shanghai University in Asian Studies . He later returned to school and earned another Master's Degree in Humanities from California State University, Dominguez Hills . Shaw began his study of the Martial Arts at the age of six. He studied and taught Hapkido and Taekwondo until in 1987 he was the first American to be awarded the 7th Degree Black Belt in Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo and in 1996 he was the first non-Korean ever to be promoted to the rank of 7th Degree Black Belt by The Korea Hapkido Federation . Since that time Shaw has been promoted to 8th Degree Black Belt in both Hapkido and Taekwondo. Over three hundred of his articles on the martial arts have been published and he is the author of several books on the subject. During his youth, Shaw also became involved in eastern meditative thought. He studied with such teachers as Swami Satchidananda , Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan , and Thich Thien-An . By the age of eighteen he was a certified instructor of Raja Yoga , Hatha Yoga and Meditation . He then travelled to Asia where he was initiated into various Buddhist , Hindu , and Sufi , sects. He was eventually ordained a Sannyasin at the ashram of Swami Sivananda in Rishikesh , India . Shaw is also known to be a Frater Rosae Crucis of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC . He has authored numerous articles and several books on Zen Buddhism , Yoga , Eastern Religion , and Asian Culture . FILM CAREER In addition to be being a highly published author and instructor of the martial arts, meditation, and filmmaking, Scott Shaw is a prolific actor and filmmaker. He developed a new style of filmmaking that he titled Zen Filmmaking . In this style of filmmaking no scripts are used. Shaw explains, "The spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process." TRIVIA
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