death budo

Maai 間合い Combative spacing or maai is important to investigate early on and come to...

What have you been distracting yourself with while death is around the corner? Time is...

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Kenjutsu (剣術) is the Japanese art of the sword. It is one of the four...

    Today during shodo practice I wrote this. Our minds as the top of...

This is important to understand when practicing historical or classical martial arts. Although the sword...

The Sword and its study. Hesitation (doubt) is one of the four diseases in swordsmanship....

Pardon the pun, but the point of iaido is important to keep. When we practice...

Learn the sword or budo and learn of yourself. Learn about yourself to learn budo....

Martial artists should be aware of what can live in the shadow of righteousness; jealousy...

To all of you that have supported and also those that have caused trouble to...

Under the big blue sky, Walk with purpose. せいしょうにへいほうす。青空をすたすた歩く。 Move towards your difficulties (or life...

Budō Is Limitless When does training end? When do we become a master? The short...

Practice is life. Life is practice. Enjoy them together. Enjoying morning keiko outdoors. The smell...

Four Friends. Four Enemies. One morning while on alms rounds the Buddha gave a heap...

Hablaré acerca de bases y dominio. Antes de comenzar, quiero decir que usaré la palabra...

There is a saying, “You get out of it what you put into it.” It...

Japanese Koryū Creator myths; becoming enlightened and making up a whole martial arts system. Some...

I have discussed teachers and students within martial arts. The senpai-kohai relationship is just as...

Someone asked, “What value is there in martial arts training?” I reflected, what do I...

In #budo as well as life, in general, we should avoid wasting time. We need...

Gratitude for our swords and training equipment, and those that made them. To our teachers...