A friend asked me to write about budo as a stressor vs budo as stress relief, and how this interacts with the concept of " If your pra...

Osaka Castle Main Tower. Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2016. I love visiting Japan. It’s a fantastic opportunity to train in dojo wh...

  Iseki Sensei in his dojo.  Photo Copyright 2016 Peter Boylan I was in Japan in November to take my 5th dan test in jodo. I arrive...

Photo – Kyu – the conclusion of a cut. Photo by Rick Frye, 2014  Today I have the pleasure of introducing a guest blog on jo-ha-ky...

Yoshunkan Dojo. Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2016  Practice in Japan has a different feel from training in the U.S.. In Japan, ...

  Tamahagane, traditional steel, is filled with impurities and requires repeated heating and hammering just to get the impurities out. On...