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Some martial arts related photos I have taken over the years can be found below. More of my photography can be found at Inner Capture.
Kagami Biraki at Lonin 2025
03 February 2025
I attended Kagami Biraki at Lonin League in Seattle, Feb 2025. It was a privilege to see the demonstrations of budo from members of Tenshin Buko-ryu, Takamura-ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu Murakumo Dojo, and Japanese Fighting Arts Northwest.
Visiting Kyoto and Nara
10 December 2024
Visiting sacred places has been an important component of my martial arts training over the years. I recently spent time visiting Kyoto and Nara.
Kagami Biraki 2024
15 February 2024
Kagami Biraki held at Lonin League in Seattle, Feb 2024. Our group performed selected from the curriculum of Jikishinkage-ryū; we were honored to be able to watch the demonstrations by Tenshin Buko-ryu and our guests Japanese Fighting Arts Northwest.
Tsubaki Grand Shrine America
30 June 2023
Visiting Tsubaki Grand Shrine America in June of 2023, before it is closed.
Kagami Biraki 2023
15 February 2023
Our group participated in a Kagami Biraki ceremony to observe the Lunar New Year in Seattle in January 2023. We performed kata selected from the curriculum of Jikishinkage-ryū and were honored to watch presentation from the Tenshin Buko-ryu class at Lonin.
Keiko at Seattle Budokan
30 August 2021
In August we conducted group practice at the Seattle Budokan in August 2021 during a lull in the pandemic. We have been training outdoors in the Seattle area for the last year after Lonin League lost its space and it was nice to be back for an afternoon in a traditional dojo.
2019 Pittsburgh Taiji Seminar
18 August 2019
Attending a seminar detailing excerpts from the Taiji classics.
Swordsquatch 2018
16 September 2018
Some photos from final matches at Swordsquatch 2018 in Seattle, WA can be found below.
Swordsquatch 2017
16 September 2017
Photos from final matches at Swordsquatch 2017 in Seattle, WA:
2017 Taiji Classics Seminar
18 June 2017
Attending a seminar detailing excerpts from the Taiji classics.
Hōbyōkan and Masakikai Enbu for Karunakaran
15 September 2016
Hōbyōkan and Masakikai Memorial demonstration held in 2016 in honor of the late Karunakaran-sensei, senior student of Donn Draeger in Shinto Muso-ryu Jo.
Kagami Biraki 2016
01 March 2016
This winter, the Hobyokai and Masakikai and guests gathered for their annual kagami biraki gathering.
Kagami Biraki 2015
01 March 2015
This winter, the Hobyokai and Masakikai and guests gathered for their annual kagami biraki gathering.
Photos from Capital Katori
15 December 2014
From 2005 to 2015, I actively trained in a line of Katori Shintō-ryū maintained at Capital Aikikai. I was introduced to what at the time was a small study group there by Bob Galeone, my teacher in Gao Lineage Bagua. Over the years, I learned a large portion of the curriculum they taught and received their first rank, called mokuroku. Afterwards, our group lead was deployed in the Army and I continued to train, but missed having regular instruction – this is when I began training at the Hobyokan.
Kagami Biraki 2014
01 March 2014
This winter, the Hobyokai and Masakikai and guests gathered for their annual kagami biraki gathering.
Kagami Biraki 2013
01 March 2013
This winter, the Hobyokai and Masakikai and guests gathered for their annual kagami biraki gathering.
Dewa Sanzan
30 November 2005
Visiting sacred places has been an important component of my martial arts training over the years. It was in 2004, while visiting the Dewa Sanzan area, including Gassan Dai Jinja (
月山大 神社 ) on Mt. Haguro and the Haguro-san Kōtakuji Shōzenin (羽黒山荒沢 寺正善院 ) Kogane-do in Haguro-machi associated to Haguro Shugendō, that I realized I needed to study classical and traditional arts instead of continuing to teach modern goshin-jutsu.