Please enjoy this informational budo video about sword blocking in classical Japanese kenjutsu.
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Bujutsu Thoughts Issin-furan
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No matter what, move. Advance. Unceasingly against whatever odds, internal or external, move towards the...
The End of Training & Boredom In Martial Arts
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Don’t Fall Into The Honey
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On being human and a martial artist
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