So, the Tuesday before Christmas, I went to Judo and had a great practice for the first 88 minutes of the 90 minute practice. Then I procee...

I am frequently told, by people who don't practice Zen Buddhism, that there is a special relationship between Zen and Budo. The more I ...

I had a wonderful 3 days of training in Shinto Muso Ryu at the gasshuku held by Kaminoda Tsunemori Sensei at the Kashima Shinbuden Dojo in K...

Practice. This is the single most important attribute for becoming good at budo. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matt...

Kata practice in koryu is tough. Even knowing exactly what your partner will do doesn’t make it easy. Unfortunately, you don’t know precis...

At practice last night, while we were doing iaido, there were some no-gi grappling guys using another piece of the dojo for their practice. ...

I fear I'm getting old. I went to judo last night, and was disappointed that all we did were techniques and randori, but no kata practi...

I see a lot of writing that suggests that arts whose names end in "jutsu" are in some fundamental way different from arts whose na...

After judo practice last night, I got to work out with a new bjj/MMA teacher who is coming to the dojo. It was an interesting experience. ...

People argue a lot about whether some art is a "jutsu" or a "do." They miss a simple fact. In Japanese culture, there ...