Todai Bujinkan Dojo

09/02/2024

The Philosophy and Practice of Aikido: Harmony in Motion

01/24/2024

The Rules of Self Defense

We often talk about our martial art not being a sporting art, since there are “no rules to self-defense” or “no refs in a street-fight”. H...

01/24/2024

Martial Arts Contracts

The other day, my neighbor was asking about my Martial Arts School, and during that conversation came up the subject of contracts. Turns o...

01/24/2024

Ninja: 9 Myths and facts

If you visit a touristy area of Japan,  you may see a straight sword marketed as a “Ninjato” or Ninja sword. These have little in common w...

01/24/2024

The 2 types of Japanese Martial Arts

While there are countless ways to catagorize martial arts in general, Japanese martial arts typically fall within two distinct catagories ...

01/24/2024

The Price of Ego

In my last trip to Japan, Soke Hatsumi talked about the concept of “letting go”. He was specifically referencing when to let go of a techn...

01/24/2024

The Martial Art of Tennis?

Now normally, when we think of sports as being related to martial arts, Tennis is not the first to leap to mind. Yet the other day, I had ...

01/24/2024

The (In)significance of Rank

In Japan, giving rank is more encouragement then reward. You’re given a rank with the expectation that you’ll work hard to earn that rank....

01/24/2024

Best Weapon for Home Self Defense

The other night I was at a get together for a friend’s birthday. While there, one of my long time friends brought up that he was thinking ...

01/24/2024

Understanding the Sanshin

I have to confess: I haven’t been the best teacher. I rarely do the Sanshin in class. I figured it was super simple, and takes away the pr...

01/24/2024

The Shape of Happo

I’m always obsessed with understanding the name of a gata. I believe the name can often provide insight into the intention of the form, or...

06/10/2023

Today is a sad day. We will be closing the dojo in August.