I was talking with a student and teacher of classical Japanese martial arts, and the all too-common myth - that the teachers and student...

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...

I was watching an otherwise excellent documentary by NHK called “Real Samurai” about modern practitioners of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shin...