Tendo Ryu. Photo copyright Peter Boylan 2019 Most people don’t know it, but there is a  Budo Law of Conservation of Movement. Budo is cons...

  Gekikenkai No Zu by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 1873   I was asked recently how much I think koryu budo has changed over the generation...

Whatever else it does, budo teaches how to move with good structure , develops an understanding of the effective ranges of movement and ...

  Tamahagane, traditional steel, is filled with impurities and requires repeated heating and hammering just to get the impurities out. On...