PikShan Ko earned his Bachelor in Urban Planning from the University of Washington in 1977. He has trained extensively in various internal arts and is the fifth generation lineage holder of Kwongsai Jook Lum Temple Praying Mantis School (Jiangxi Bamboo Forest Temple). Ko has been an instructor of Qigong, Neigong, meditation, and various forms of healing and martial arts since 1978, and has taught taiji quan at NUNM since 2005.