Since that time, and the creation of Shen Chuan, he has been promoted to the rank of 8th degree Black Belt in Shen Chuan. Lansdale formed his system based on a lifetime of study in a number of martial arts. He also teaches at his own Shen Chuan martial arts school Lansdale's Self Defense Systems in Nacogdoches and is a member of the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame as Sōke and the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame. In 1996 Sensei Joe Lansdale created Shen Chuan, Martial Science and Coy was promoted to the rank of instructor. He is the father of actress, musician and publisher Kasey Lansdale and reporter and screenwriter Keith Lansdale. A General Explanation of SHEN CHUAN, MARTIAL SCIENCE: Shen Chuan is a striking, locking, throwing art conceived and refined by Professor Joe Lansdale.