A friend of mine asked about swords.  He was wondering which was a better investment for iaido practice, a sword made of high qualit...

Kiyama Sensei emboides budo for me. Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2006 We start budo for a lot of reasons. Some people want to learn ...

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

My friend Brian Hanlon is painter and graphic artist who does some wonderful budo artwork. Brian practices Shinto Muso Ryu jo and Kung Fu.  ...

I'm going to be in New York City teaching Jodo.  If anyone is interested, there are still a couple of open spaces.

We go to the dojo regularly.  We practice hard.  We listen and try to follow sensei’s direction when she says “Cut with your hips” or “...

In my last post I wrote about ukemi　 受身 , or receiving techniques. Proficiency in ukemi is important in arts like judo and aikido where pr...