Ichijoji

We'll be meeting this concept later – the painting is by the famous Zen painter, Sengai An Introduction to Kiaijutsu Kiaijutsu is an odd...

From Jujutsu ken bo zukai hiketsu (1887), one of a number of publications dating from the beginning of the Meiji era, aiming to explain mart...

It's well into 2026 now, but the catalyst for this rather freewheeling essay was something that is particularly noticeable around the en...

It's a little dark, but you get the idea – a practice fight with bokuto from the film Gohatto I’m not a collector – these days, space is...

  Kano Sanraku (his signature is there in the bottom left corner) - a votive plaque (ema) Horses were, of course, a huge part of the life of...

There are plenty of questions (and, indeed, legends) surrounding Musashi’s life – where was he born? What, if anything, did he study as a ch...