by 田所道子, copyright 2017 A friend asked me to contrast seitei systems and koryu systems in Japanese budo, and their relative benefits and d...

Budo is about traveling a path.  It’s not about being stuck in one place.  The road is always there, time is always moving and the w...

Ōn 恩 is a ubiquitous concept in Japanese culture. It means a debt or obligation of gratitude. This is no simple “I owe you a favor...

In my last blog I was talking mistakes people make in practicing, and it appears I gave the impression that I think that hard training i...