We didn’t make a sound as we stared at each other. The room around me faded as I focused on my partner. I advanced into combative ma...

I had another birthday recently. So did my iaido teacher, Kiyama Hiroshi. He turned 94.  Aging is just another part of the budo journey. Ju...

Whatever else it does, budo teaches how to move with good structure , develops an understanding of the effective ranges of movement and ...

Shudokan Dojo, Osaka, Japan.  Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2016. Last November I took a rank test in All Japan Kendo Federation Jodo. G...

My book is out! I've put together a collection of my some of my favorite budo essays, arranged them by themes and published them as Mu...

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...