Kiyama Hiroshi Sensei I don’t get to see my teachers nearly as much as I would like these days, but I got to visit Japan for a wh...

Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. doing Shinto Hatakage Ryu. (Photo copyright 2018 Deborah Klens-Bigman)   T...

Budo is personal. I talked about that in my last essay . Budo practice can indeed transform who we are. If we’re not careful though, that...

Budo is personal. This seems like an obvious thing to say, but it is a truth that often is forgotten in a world filled with all sorts...