Below you can find links to published work on Kashima-shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryū that developed out of writing that was first featured on Inner Dharma. I trained in Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryu heihō kenjutsu at the Hōbyōkan of David Hall.
The Truth of the Calm Spirit
The Truth of the Calm Spirit (opens in a new tab), Inner Dharma, 2025. 368 pages. An examination of the practice of Jikishinkage-ryū kenjutsu through the lens of internal martial arts.
This work contains my research and notes on Jikishinkage-ryū through the end of 2025, including a summary of its early history, including the travels of Ogasawara Genshinsai to Ming China, its kata, and descriptions of its philosophical content drawn from available Japanese language scholarship and library holdings.
Contents Includes: Introduction (Origin Myths, Broader Context of Transitional Arts, Free Practice), Lineage, Philosophical Context (A-Un Kokyū, Shunkashūtō, Unpō, Kiai, Kuraidori), Kata (Hōjō, Tō no Kata, Kodachi, Habiki, Older Kata), Advanced Matters (Koto, Gokui), and the Ryū no Maki.
Other Writing
Please visit jikishinkakeryu.org (opens in a new tab) for my more recent writing on this art and links to active training groups I am aware of.