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Over at his substack, Peter Boylan had an interesting article about the transition one must make from a modern budo (judo, karate, etc) to ...

Over at Zen Sekai's blog, there was a recent post where the author described Tai Mantis kung fu and recalled his instruction under Sifu...

At Thoughts on Tai Chi , there was recently a post exploring "naturalness" and what is meant by this in taijiquan specifically, bu...

At Okinawan Empty Hand blog , there was a recent post on Giri, or "Duty/Obligation." An excerpt is below. The full post may be rea...

At Budo Journeyman , there was recently a post regarding what takes place in the dojo. A person entering is not the same person when he leav...

At Let's Dive into Japanese History , there was an interesting post about the evolution of the samurai from their earliest roots, to bec...

Below is an excerpt from an interesting post at Budo Journeyman. The full post may be read here.  ...  I did my own survey of available dat...

Below is an excerpt from a post at Zen Sekai - Japan 2 @ 70, regarding the authors's reflections on his many faceted approach to his ow...

Over at The Budo Bum , the author gives his opinion on the question of whether Budo study is still relevant in our modern society. An excerp...