Attested · B01
Alex Gordon-Brander · Career and practice account
11 Nov 2026 · Alex’s biographical account
Alex described his original CFO and founding role at Algae Systems, his launch CEO role at XAIA and the practice traditions to include.
Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams
Dated practice notes from 2012 · New York class record in 2013 · Art and inner practice · Documented · Biographical account or programme record
Alex’s practice notes document Bagua training and later study at Frank Allen’s New York school. In his art account he describes a personal connection between that practice, lightning and the later Zeus composition.
Evidence
Attested · B03
Alex Gordon-Brander · Practice chronology
2012–2026 · Alex’s practice account and dated records
Alex’s account and dated practice notes support the training dates shown. Programme links provide institutional context.
Public · P56
Wu Tang Physical Culture Association · Frank Allen
Public biography · School biography
Describes the Cheng-style Baguazhang taught at the New York school.
Related work
Recorded
Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana
Alex identifies lightning practice in Bagua as one source of the emerging Zeus practice
Evidence · B04
Editorial
At the piano
Movement practice and music both give Alex ways to study rhythm and attention.