Gratitude for our swords and training equipment, and those that made them. To our teachers and those that came before us. To our students. To ourselves. To all those that make learning possible. Towards friends and enemies and opponents. We should have gratitude for many things in a single bow.
ラジカスキー真照
館長Saneteru Radzikowski is the head sword instructor of Shinkan-ryū Kenpō. He lives and teaches Iaijutsu and Kenjutsu from Nara, Japan.
Don't be in love with your weapon.
Don't be in love with your uniform.
Don't be in love with your training.
Timing while training alone is an important aspect to keep alive and well in the forefront of our minds. Please enjoy this video where I …
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all of you that were kind and supported us in the past year. Also my best wishes to …
Nara period. 710-794
We shall begin with the Nara period. 710-794. Japan had recently changed its name from ‘wa’ to ‘Nihon’ in the previous Asuka period. …
In Japanese swordsmanship, there have been many hundreds of schools. There are, however, only a few ways to cut with a sword. Many schools feature …
How to self-learn sword?
A question that pops up in my messages and conversations frequently is, how do I self learn sword? Is there really a …
Joe is a bit of a jerk.Joe joins a dojo.Joe practices martial arts for 12 years.Joe is still a jerk.
We've all met Joe. At least …
Being righteous and doing the right thing is one of the foundations of body and speech actions, as well as mental formations. Righteous decision making …
The spirit of the sword is the breath.
Breathing Physiology
What's so crucial about martial arts breathing or just plain old breathing? How do we breathe in …
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 in general) with a mind imbued with equanimity. This idea is …
Learning koryū and classical arts is much different than widespread modern arts like kendo and judo.
Maai 間合い
Combative spacing or maai is important to investigate early on and come to understand. In weapons combat it is essential. Although at some point …
It is difficult to wind through the brambles and thorns of life. It is impossible to escape from the drawing of blood, both metaphorically and …
Budō Is Limitless
When does training end? When do we become a master? The short answer is that it just never really happens. There are no …
Japanese Koryū Creator myths; becoming enlightened and making up a whole martial arts system.
Some martial arts in Japan have origin stories that borderline on the …
If you study the way and path 道, then you should understand the truth correctly. If you study martial arts 武術, then you must understand …
Japanese martial arts are usually defined in two groups. Pre-modern and modern. There are no single agreed-upon criteria for the separation. Generally, schools that were …
In 1888 the Tokyo Metropolitan Police department decided to cull various ryu-ha together to form a system of study for their police force. This inculded, …
Good Posture = Efficient Movement
A graphic I made for a student talking about the differences between efficiently striking the head in a basic manner and …
I heard a student say, "If I don’t do any kind of training every day, I feel a strong sense of guilt." When I heard …
After every meditation session my teacher, with his eyes still closed, would softly speak in Pali the words of the Buddha,Sabbe sankara aniccati, yada pannaya …