Murakumo Dojo

04/30/2019

My student and friend, Michael Heiler, has relocated to the Washington DC Metro area and is starting a group to train Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu. Mike has a lot of experience and is a very skilled practitioner.

Offering instruction in Takamura Ha Shindō Yōshin Ryū in Washington, DC. Email [email protected] for more information.

07/17/2018

Getting ready for the GoForBroke exhibition for Nisei week. Please come down and see it. Special day on August 11 with Armor fitting. Please share and support the community.

09/15/2017

New place, new dojo, new page.
Please visit and follow me there.
https://www.facebook.com/TakamatsuDojo/

Takamura Ha Shindo Yoshin ryu Bujutsu in Portland, OR

09/14/2017

September 07, 2017 This is the first in a series of talks based around the Vimalakirti Sutra. We are using the BDK Translations. More about the source text a...

09/14/2017

Yokozuna Harumafuji Dohyoiri

**Viewer request** A viewer sent me a message requesting that I show a ring-entering ceremony as performed by one of the current yokozuna, so here you are! E...

08/21/2017

Alex Bennett laying out some little remembered historical context for the modern practice of Japanese martial arts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUT2Vh_b-Jk

SUBSCRIBE : http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Alexander C. Bennett has two PHDs in Human Studies and Sciences from the University of Canterbury and Ky...

08/17/2017

Wise words informed by years in the dojo:
https://daitoryuaikijujutsu.net/blog/movement-and-shugyo

The biggest mistakes while training on the mat.

08/15/2017

Mikagura from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine being performed in Portland.
https://youtu.be/GQDDCWby5Ys

Mikagura is a form of Japanese ceremonial music and dance which originated in rituals first conducted more than 1,000 years ago by Shinto shrine priests for ...

08/14/2017

TSYR Workshop and yoshinkan/TSYR seminar in Lisbon

08/12/2017

I have recently moved from Portland to Atlanta and started a new dojo in the Atlanta area.
Please get in touch if you are interested in practicing Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin ryu, a koryu bujutsu focused on jujutsu and the sword.
Douglas Walker dojocho: [email protected]

08/12/2017

Michael Heiler, who was a member of my dojo in Portland, recently moved to the Washington, DC area. He is looking for folks who would like to participate in a Takamura Ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu study group. Please message me on the Murakumo Dojo FB Page if you are interested.