Inner Dharma has resulted in several publications. If you find the content here interesting, please consider them in order to help support and maintain this site. Each page below links to an available work and related research articles organized by topic.
Available Publications
Research on Shugendō and Heihō
Peak entry, tengu and gongen, the sacred sites and the martial traditions attached to them, and the Shugendō pantheon and its military rites.
Research on Mikkyō, Zen, and Daoist Sources in Shinkage-ryū
The Heihō Kadensho, the Tsuki no Shō and Takuan’s writings in translation, with the later Shinkage-ryū tradition.
Research on Late 19th and Early 20th Century Kenjutsu
The late Edo period Kōbusho, the martial academy of the Tokugawa, its swordsmen and their styles, and the institutions that followed it into the modern era.
Research on Jikishinkage-ryū
An examination of the practice of Jikishinkage-ryū kenjutsu through the lens of internal martial arts.
