Photo Credit Patricia Anderson Copyright 2023 Koryu budo schools teach many things: strikes, throwing techniques, joint locks, strangles...

Shudokan Dojo, Osaka, Japan.  Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2016. Last November I took a rank test in All Japan Kendo Federation Jodo. G...

Yoshunkan Dojo. Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2016  Practice in Japan has a different feel from training in the U.S.. In Japan, ...

What details do you look for when you see a photo like this? Photo Copyright 2014 Grigoris Miliaresis We had a really good keiko on ...

I'm going to be in New York City teaching Jodo.  If anyone is interested, there are still a couple of open spaces.

Kuzushi means “off-balancing.” Everyone knows that. It’s been translated that way for decades. Off-balancing must be an accurate transla...

I am obsessed with developing proper koshi . My iai teacher, Kiyama Hiroshi, has been kicking my butt about my koshi for decades, and I’m ...