內法

Inner Dharma was a blog concerned with classical and traditional martial arts and culture that has been maintained for over twenty years. Below are links to selected essays, some published elsewhere, that resulted from that activity.

• essay : Divergence and Unification in Shinkage-ryū

  Comparing different surviving lines of Shinkage-ryū and examining the goals of swordsmanship from armored combatives and unarmored duelling to self-cultivation and beyond.

• essay : General Qi Jiguans's Jixiao Xinshu and Reflections on Claims of Martial Virtue

  Link to an essay examining some older writings from Japanese koryū that reference classical Chinese military treatises and how practices described in those works may be represented in arts surviving today. Examining the effect an important military classic from China has had on surviving Japanese martial traditions and how traditions describe themselves in relation to one another.

• essay : Gogyō Exegesis

  An essay describing my experience, thinking, and choices regarding attempting to practice multiple koryū and then deciding not to.

• essay : Open Steel

  I have taken photos of longsword competitions in previous years and enjoyed watching the fitness and skill of the practitioners. This last weekend I took the step of entering into the Swordsquatch Open Steel competition so I could experience the action first hand.

• essay : Aiki and Internal Training

  Collected thoughts on the historical influence of Chinese martial arts on Japanese jujutsu and how they relate to the topic of aiki in Aikido and Daito-ryu. What interested me about internal martial arts and how I have related that experience to my practice of Japanese budō.

• 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.