“His technique surpassed human ability.” “This is exactly how ****** Sensei did it. We want to do it exactly as he did.” “Nobody...

      気剣体一致 Ki ken tai ichi. A student recently asked me about the relationship of ki ken tai ichi to seitei iai and jo. It’s a fundam...

  Is budo for everyone? I don’t know. Some of the great proselytizers of budo certainly seemed to think so. Kano Jigo...

A guest post by    Richard Riehle, PhD  Judo Godan Judo — Why I still Train   People are sometimes surprised that, at 85 years old, I am st...

  I was talking with a student and teacher of classical Japanese martial arts, and the all too-common myth - that the teachers and student...