Inner Dharma
Inner Dharma was a martial arts blog maintained by Mark Raugas between 2004 and 2024. I've pared this down so the signal does not get lost in the noise of many old updates, especially as my thinking on martial arts and culture has evolved quite a bit over twenty years. Essays and articles linked to from elsewhere on the web can still be found below.
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essay : Divergence and Unification in Shinkage-ryū
Link to an essay on kata, heiho and shugyo, where I compare and contrast different surviving lines of Shinkage-ryū and reflect on my own practice.
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essay : General Qi Jiguans's Jixiao Xinshu and Reflections on Claims of Martial Virtue
An essay published at Kogen Budo, where I look at some older writings from Japanese koryu that reference classical Chinese military treatises, and then examine how practices described in those works may be represented in arts surviving today.
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event : 2019 Pittsburgh Taiji Seminar with Zhao Zeren and Zhang Yun
Pittsburgh seminar in Northern Wu Style Taijiquan with Zhao Zeren and Zhang Yun.
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event : Open Steel
Reflections on competing in a HEMA open steel longsword tournament.
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event : Taiji Classics Seminar
Attending a seminar detailing excerpts from the Taiji classics.
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event : Wu Taiji Quan Seminar with Zhao Zeren and Zhang Yun
Zhao Zeren and Zhang Yun taught a series of three seminars on the Wu Style Taiji Quan of Wang Peisheng during May 2016 in Princeton, Pittsburgh, and Silver Spring.
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event : Demo of Araki-ryū and Tenshin Buko-ryū
A brief reflection on a demonstration of Araki-ryū and Tenshin Buko-ryū at the NAMT 2013 Night of Budo.