I have a new book out, published by The Ran Network. It's an interview style book with me responding to questions. Please let me know if you like or not!...
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I have a new book out, published by The Ran Network. It's an interview style book with me responding to questions. Please let me know if you like or not!...
Every dojo is special, but which dojo that you've trained in stand out? The first dojo I trained in had a huge green, canvas tarp to cover the mats. It left everyone's gi with a green tint, so you...
An essay by Ellis Amdur over at Kogen Budo got me thinking about what goes into make "real budo". Is it the harshness of the training? Is it the risk of injury when you make a mistake? Is it using...
My dear friend and mentor, Nakagawa Taizoh Sensei, passed away in November. I wrote this with the help of Deborah Klens-Bigman about him to share.
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Budo is a special activity, clearly. We have special places to practice, special clothes to wear for practice. We have special rituals to mark off training time from normal time. It shouldn't be a...
So I had a milestone birthday last month, and the conversations surrounding that got me thinking about how my journey on the budo path has changed over the years, and how I have adapted to the...
Welcome Rolf! I didn't realize you weren't on here. Please take a look at some of the older threads. There is a lot of good, accumulated information in there.
Hello Peter,
I'm glad to hear that your copy of the book has arrived.
Regarding the cover photo, the photographer and cover designer is also one of my students. We did a long photo shoot, but...
After a a great deal of mucking around getting my book published, I've finally written a new blog post. This one is about a test I took in Japan, and another test in the US. I'm still surprised...
Hi Todd,
Thank you for the tip. I had not heard of Book Depository before this. I will definitely have to follow-up with them and see what we can do.
Hello Peter,
The shift to on-demand publishing is an interesting one. It allows for much smaller runs of books, which means more people can be published (only a good thing if we're producing...
Hello Peter,
Thank you for your diligence in searching for a an accessible copy of my book. I hadn't realized that Amazon Japan had a 8-12 waiting period on it. I saw that they had the paperback...
Hello Peter,
Thank you. The criteria for the essays that I choose were simple. First, I had to like it, which I don't always do with my own writing. The essays also had to either common...
Hi Cady,
Thank you so much. I appreciate the discussions on E-Budo, and I hope my book will generate some new ones.
Rei!
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I'm happy to announce that my collection of budo essays, Musings Of A Budo Bum, has been published. It's a collection of essays about a variety of subjects related to budo, including kata and...
How are budo and stress connected? Like any physical activity, budo practice can help relieve stress, but are there any other ways budo and stress are connected? Could it help you handle situations...
All budo originates in place and culture that is alien to everyone who starts training in it. Even for modern Japanese, the world that molded Kano Jigoro and Ueshiba Morihei is strange and hard to...
I got to spend last November in my old dojo in Japan. They consider me a senior member at this point, and I wrote about the experience and expectations in this blog post:...
I'm finally catching up with my writing after the busy month of travel and training in Japan in November and holidays in December. What's it like training in a traditional dojo in Japan? It is and...
We talk a lot about mental states like mushin and fudoshin being important in budo. We don't talk about how to develop them though. I believe there is a path to developing these mental states...
What are we learning when we study budo? Powerful techniques for controlling others and imposing our will on the universe? Or is it more subtle, about learning to control ourselves so we can act...
Finished a new blog post about how some of our unconscious assumptions affect our understanding. It's amazing how much we think is natural and proper is just a cultural or linguistic expectation.
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Learning budo is about learning action, action to escape, to control, strike, to throw. But what about those times when doing nothing is the best course of action? Can you stand in peace? When it’s...
Hey Folks!
I wrote about needing to learn to teach, not "learn to talk". There is an awful lot more to teaching than just talking. I think instructors need to learn those other parts. how to...
How important do you think cross training in other martial arts is to your development as a martial artist? I think it's critical, because it's one of the only ways to check your unconscious...