Maai; Combative Space-timing

不動心 (Fudōshin) – The Immovable Mind As I mark 31 years of practicing martial arts...

Why make the distinction between martial art and combat skill? I believe that combat skills...

What is the difference between munen and mushin? These concepts outline the ideal mental state...

Be thankful for your mistakes, failures, and blunders. They are your own teacher reminding you...

The mental issues involved with subscribing to someone you dislike, hate, have anger towards, desire...

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

Learning Iaido online is a wonderful challenge. Iaido or Iaijutsu can be deceptively simple in its...

Don’t be in love with your weapon. Don’t be in love with your uniform. Don’t...

I heard a student say, “If I don’t do any kind of training every day,...

Please enjoy this informational budo video about sword blocking in classical Japanese kenjutsu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NfMrHpeGKM

After every meditation session my teacher, with his eyes still closed, would softly speak in...

What is compassion? Compassion is a concern for the suffering or problems of others. The...

Joe is a bit of a jerk.Joe joins a dojo.Joe practices martial arts for 12...

Japanese martial arts are usually defined in two groups. Pre-modern and modern. There are no...

True budo, real budo, is about being your authentic and true self. Those of us...

Aprender cualquier cosa tan profunda como un arte marcial requiere de un maestro. El kenjutsu,...

Nara period. 710-794 We shall begin with the Nara period. 710-794. Japan had recently changed...

I am often thinking about how to learn bujutsu productively. The efficiency of body and...

No matter what, move. Advance. Unceasingly against whatever odds, internal or external, move towards the...

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

In 1888 the Tokyo Metropolitan Police department decided to cull various ryu-ha together to form...