Maai; Combative Space-timing

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

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

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

Are samurai still trained in Japan? Are there samurai schools? The short answer is, No.Samurai...

Within Shinkan-ryū are teachings to being responsible for our actions. Admitting fault of miss-actions or...

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

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

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The car at the bottom of the hill needs a sustained gas pedal to move...

There are techniques and scrolls and teachings all over the dojo. What does it matter...

It is worth a lot to be mindful of the ebb and flow of all...

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all of you that were kind and supported...

How to self-learn sword? A question that pops up in my communications frequently is, “How...

When practicing bujutsu we should always work on being centered. For non-practitioners, it is also...

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

I would like to express my thoughts on the concept of mushin no shin —...

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

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

How to learn kenjutsu? Learning anything as profound as a martial art needs a teacher....

Teaching maai 間合い, the ideas of combative spacing and timing intervals in kenjutsu.

Some Japanese schools or individuals wish to capitalize on the ignorance of non-Japanese martial artists...