Inner Dharma

Inner Dharma hosts a blog concerned with traditional martial arts and culture. Below you will find essays on classical and traditional martial arts, as well as the occasional short training update.

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• essay : Aiki and Internal Training

  The first martial art I practiced for a length of time was a self-defense oriented amalgam of Aikido and Nippon Shorinji Kempo. I have since transitioned from practicing modern jujutsu as my primary martial art and instead have spent a good amount of time learning internal martial arts ideas via the route of baguazhang, taijiquan, and xingyiquan. This has illuminated my striking and grappling practice, offering a glimpse of the higher levels of martial arts training that was suggested but ever elusive in my original jujutsu school.