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First Training of 2019, Hastu Keiko

01/04/19

On January 1, 2019 at 5:30 a.m., the first class of the new year bowed in and training began. The...

Adam Mitchell receives Rokkudan from Unsui Sensei

11/10/18

During the 2018 Tokubetsu no Keiko, (special training) at the Jinenkan Honbu Dojo attended by ins...

Namba Aruki: Or How To Hack Walking To Be More Efficient

08/07/17

Written by koichiHate to break it to you normal-walker, but the way you’re walking rig...

Otonashi no Kamae, 音無しの構

07/21/17

​While training the The Hanbōjutsu of Kukishin Ryū in Japan during the Spring of 2008, Unsui Sens...

A Brief History of the Kusari Fundo

11/04/16

The history of the kusarifundo is quite fascinating. The weapon was developed by the head sentry ...

On Nure Ochiba 濡れ落ち葉

08/10/16

I got off the train from Kashiwa and rode one of the clunker bicycles back to the Dojo. Actually,...

The Roots Of Classical Jujutsu

01/15/16

The classical study of Japanese Jujutsu has taken the back seat to the modern and commercialized ...

'Sundome' Stopping The Moment Before

12/12/15

"The best budōka can do sundome (寸止め) at any time. So, I have never injured a training partner so...

A Gift From Vancouver

10/03/15

A wonderful gift in the mail that arrived from fellow budoka who travelled from Vancouver, BC to ...