Budo Beat 45: Feeling Your Way Forward

Five Keywords, One Path

Dec 1 • 

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November 2025

Budo Beat 44: Fūkaku and the “Big 8”

Reflecting on my Recent Hachidan Examination

Nov 27 • 

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Budo Bite 09: Father and Son

Watch now | A Look at Miyamoto Musashi's Childhood

Nov 22 • 

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Budo Beat 43: Building my Dojo in a Forgotten Valley

A Dream is Coming True

Nov 16 • 

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Budo Beat 42: Kakugo

A Reflection on the 2025 All-Japan Kendo Championships

Nov 7 • 

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Budo Beat 41: Samurai Journey in Sakura

A Trip Back in Time

Nov 3 • 

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Budo Bite 08: The Musashi Industry

Watch now | How the 17th-Century Swordsman Became a Global Brand

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

Budo Beat 40: Kitamoto

Fifty Years, Countless Faces, One Spirit

Oct 28 • 

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Budo Beat 39: To Everything There Is a Season

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Oct 13 • 

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Budo Bite 07: The Name

Watch now | What should we call Musashi?

Oct 7 • 

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Budo Beat 38: The Philosophy of Zanshin No. 4 – “The History of Zanshin” (Part 3)

What about zanshin in disciplines other than swordsmanship?

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

Budo Beat 37: Bridging the Past, the Present, and the Pacific

Do you know Nitobe Inazo?

Sep 25 • 

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