This is the video episode, recorded at the Shunpukan Dojo, in Noda-shi, following a week of training with Unsui Sensei. He sat us down to discuss how we should approach our study of traditional...
Day 1 is in the books, Jinen Ryu Kusari Fundo Jutsu with Sensei. We covered the Chi no Kata, henka and keiko no ho.
My observation about Sensei is this: he put the fundo right between my eyes like a...
Episode 11: Not Ignoring the Dao in the Traditional Martial Arts
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Today we sit down with Taoist Priest, Chinese Medicine practitioner and martial...
Episode 10: Reflecting on the state of leadership and the preserving the art.
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Have we been lied to? Or, are the truths very hard to reach within...
Episode 9: A dialogue on the Togakure Ryu, myth, fact the future of a Hidden Lineage
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Join me in conversation with Sean Askew, author of Hidden...
Episode 8: Discussing the best ways to practice martial arts outside of the Dojo.
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In this episode, we go deep into the concept of “...
Kyo To: Currently the kata we are training in the Dojo, Takagi Yoshin Ryu Shoden Omote Gata.
Look at the hands.
One of the foundational points Unsui Sensei teaches in this form is a complete lack...
Epsiode 7: Ikigai and unraveling it's profound meaning as the essence of life’s purpose.
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Nicholas Kemp, author of Ikigai-kan, Feel A...
In this reflection, I share from a deeply personal and traumatic experience of being attacked and stabbed and exactly how this event shaped my perspective on knife defense as a martial arts...
Episode 3: Uncovering Martial Arts Wisdom: Eric Shahan's Journey into Translating Japanese Books
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In this episode, I...
In this exciting kickoff episode of the Shugyo podcast, host Adam Mitchell welcomes you to sit beside him and his students, at a Dojo in Japan with his teacher, Manaka Unsui, to...
Episode 2. Unveiling the True Meaning of "Keep Going" in the Path of Budo Mastery
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In this episode of Shugyo, host Adam Mitchell delves...
In this class, we drilled fundamental newaza techniques from the osae komi waza (pinning techniques) with a focus on shiho and kesa gatame (four corner and scarf hold locks). This is just a quick...
Some years ago, Unsui stood in front of a crowd of students and guests from around the world to make a toast. With a glass of Swiss beer in hand, and over a spread of fondue, his sentiment was...
Alexander Hamilton, a real American bad-ass leading a group of soldier at night to attack camped out British troops using only fixed bayonets. He was 19. The guy went on to defend New York in it's...
I offer you something I enjoyed today, so that you may do the same, maybe even more so.
The Iroha Poem
'The leaves may shine with colored gloss,
But they will fall, forever lost.
In this false world,...
