Inner Dharma is a writing project authored by Mark Raugas that began in 2006 and is concerned with classical and traditional martial arts and culture. It has led to substantial research on Shinkage-ryū kenjutsu, Shugendō, and early modern Japanese martial institutions. I want to thank all those who provided feedback and encouragement over the last twenty years.
Heihō Kenjutsu
Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū (鹿島神傳直心影流) is the school of Japanese swordsmanship I maintain a practice of. I trained at the Hōbyōkan dōjō under Dr. David Hall, which preserves a practice of that art as taught by Namiki Yasushi and Itō Masayuki in the early 1980s. Since 2018 I have mentored a small group in Seattle that works on the study and analysis of its traditional kata.
Internal Martial Arts
I began training in nèijiā (internal martial arts) in 2004 and became a lineal
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Hebei Xíngyìquán, Northern Wú (
Mark Raugas
Seattle, WA
