Great day of training. It must have been 95F (35C) in the dojo, though. I talk a lot about the benefits of budo. We go to the dojo and w...

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

  Kiyama Hiroshi Shihan. Photo copyright Yamada Kumiko. F or some, no. For some yes. I think part of it has to be conveyed through intensity...

      気剣体一致 Ki ken tai ichi. A student recently asked me about the relationship of ki ken tai ichi to seitei iai and jo. It’s a fundam...

A guest post by    Richard Riehle, PhD  Judo Godan Judo — Why I still Train   People are sometimes surprised that, at 85 years old, I am st...

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