“Budo is more than just techniques.”  We hear things like this all the time. Then we go back to practicing techniques and kata. If bud...

Kyoto Butokuden Dojo.  Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2015  Something happens when I take off my shoes, stick them on the shelf by ...

This started as a quick note I was going to toss off in a couple of minutes.  More than an hour later it had gotten a little out of hand.  ...

This blog post is an attempt to give a reasonably complete answer to a question in reply to a post here . I would say that it is possible...

I train in budo.  I admit it, I love budo training.  It’s fun.  It’s exciting.  It’s intense in a way that nothing else I do even comes cl...