Old Butokuden in Kyoto. Photo copyright Peter Boylan 2015 I started training in the university judo dojo in Western Michigan Univ...

What we do in the dojo needs to be real. It’s budo, not sport or athletics or some kind of game. We are practicing the serious art...

Martial arts and self-discipline are nearly synonymous in modern American culture. The benefits of developed self-discipline are heavily ...