UMAP projection of every essay, colored by topic — tight knots are cohesive topics, scattered points diffuse ones (σ spread in the legend). Hover a point for its title; click to open the essay.
Algorithmically generated topic clusters for Inner Dharma — essays grouped by an LLM, with sub-groups surfaced from embedding structure where they are distinct. A map of the writing places each essay by embedding similarity — click to reveal it, then click a point to open that page.
Biographical records of individual swordsmen (剣士) and hereditary succession-names (名跡), maintained as an entity register — listed here rather than mixed into the algorithmic clusters below.
Akaishi Gunjibei Fusuke · Amano Hachirō · Amano Shōshō · Chiba Shūsaku · Chūjō Kinnosuke [中條金之助] · Danno Gennoshin · Fujikawa Yashirōemon Chikayoshi · Fujita Taiichirō · Fukuda Hachinosuke · Hakomori Yosaburo · Henmi Sōsuke · Honme Yarijirō · Iba Sōtarō · Imahori [Chiiozō] · Inoue Hachirō · Kagawa Zenjirō · Kajikawa Yoshimasa · Kawaji Toshiyoshi · Kawashima Takashi · Kobayashi Sadayuki (小林定之) · Kondō Yanosuke · Matsudaira Chikaranosuke · Matsuoka Katsunosuke [松岡克之助] · Matsuoka Yorozu [松岡万] · Matsushita Seiichirō · Mitsuhashi Kan'ichirō · Mitsuhashi Torazō · Mochida Moriji · Momoi Naoyoshi · Momoi Shunzō · Momoi Shunzō Naokazu · Momoi Shunzō Naomasa · Monna Tadashi (門奈正) · Naitō Takaharu · Nakayama Tatsusaburō · Namiki Yasushi · Odani Seiichirō · Okumura Sakonta · Saimura Gorō · Sakakibara Kenkichi · Shibata Emori · Shimada Toranosuke · Shimoe Hidetarō · Shingai Tadaatsu · Takahashi Deishū · Takano Sasaburō · Takayama Minesaburō · Toda Hachirōzaemon · Tokunō Sekishirō · Ueda Umanosuke · Umezaki Yaichirō · Yamada Jirokichi · Yamaoka Tesshū · Ōnishi Hidetaka · 〔Momoi Shunzō Naoo〕
Schools and lineages (流派), maintained as an entity register — ordered by file and likewise kept out of the algorithmic clusters below.
Chūya-ha Ittō-ryū · Heki-ryū · Hokushin Ittō-ryū · Hōzōin-ryū · Jitokuin-ryū · Katōda Shinkage-ryū · Kitō-ryū · Kyōshin Meichi-ryū · Ōshima-ryū · Ryūgō-ryū · Shingyōtō-ryū · Shintō Munen-ryū · Tamiya-ryū · Totsuka-ha Yōshin-ryū · Tsuda Ichiden-ryū
Drifting East, Mooring West: A Kirigami Verse in the Takuan Zenshū · Twenty Years of Inner Dharma · Layers of Training · Comparing Patanjali's 8 Limbs with Buddha's Noble 8-fold path
The Arts and Training of Yamada Ippūsai · Comparing the Kyushu and Edo lines of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū · Comparing Tenjin Shin'yo-ryu and Totsuka-ha Yoshin-ryu Jūjutsu · Reikenden and Jiki Shinkage-ryū Narrative · From ālayavijñāna to A-Un Kokyū · Seikōsui in the Honshiki Sanmondō · Kurama-inspired martial traditions · On Kenjutsu and Modernity · Jūjutsu related to Shinkage-ryū · Shinkage-ryū in Kyushu · A-Un, Gogyō, Godai and Beyond · The Truth of the Calm Spirit · Divergence and Unification in Shinkage-ryū · General Qi Jiguang's Jixiao Xinshu and Reflections on Claims of Martial Virtue · Haguro Shugendō
Analysis of Jikishinkage-ryū Densho Commentary · Comparing the Heihō Zakki (1708) to the Mokuroku Kudensho (1764) · Reading Mokuroku in Ogasawara's Lineage · Rikugun rekishi Kōbusho roster from 1898 · Name Shadowing and the Kōbusho · Evolution of Jikishinkage-ryū Densho · Comparing mokuroku of Maniwa Nen-ryū, Jikishinkage-ryū and Kashima Shin-ryū · From Kokugaku to the Ketsumeidan: Nativist Shintō and the Budō World · Fixed measurement and the three accordances · Eight Phases and Eight Extremes · Kodachi: The ura of Hōjō · Okugi no Tachi · Notes on the Gokui of Jikishinkage-ryū · Sente, Kuzushi and Marobashi · Hōjō ken Kokoro-e sho
Endonkai: Perfect Sudden Precepts · Memorial Steles of Jikishinkage-ryū · A 1968 monument describing Jikishinkage-ryū history. · The Kawashima Takashi Memorial Stele · Jiki Shin Kage Ryū · Ogasawara Genshinsai
Dewa Shugendō and Kobudō · From Ming to Meiji: The Declining Status of Chinese Influence in Japanese martial culture from 1600-1900 · An Overview of Wú Tàijíquán Practice · YCGF Weapons Practices · Tàijí Classics · Aiki and Internal Training · On the cultivation of skill
The Budō Senmon Gakkō (Busen) · The Dai Nippon Butokukai · Matsuzaki Namishirō · The Police Swordsmanship of the Keihōkan and Keishichō · The Battōtai · Gekken-kōgyō
Notes on Article by Enomoto Shōji on Toda Hachirōzaemon's diary · Kobudō Preservation · Bashō on Dewa · The Seieitai · The Shōgitai · The Yūgekitai
Contrasting Modern and Classical Mindsets · Pressure Testing in Classical Budō · Gogyō Exegesis: Lessons from Shintō-ryū
Swallow the West River in One Gulp · The delusion-cutting sword · Kuroki Toshihiro, *Shugendō no mine-iri goma-ku to budō rinen* (1982) — summary and Section V close reading · The Mind Pervades All Realms (心遍萬境) · Taisha-ryū, Denrinbō Raikei, Hattengu and Hikosan Shugendō · Kumano Sanzan and Kukishin-ryū · The Kashima Shin-ryū of Kunii Zen'ya · Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū · The Kōbusho [講武所] · Kyushu Tengu Kata · Udo Shugendō and Aisu Kage-ryū · Late Ming Chinese Influence on Ogasawara Genshinsai · Tengu, Gongen and their Sacred Mountains · Before Heaven and Earth · Princeton Bāguà and Tàijí Seminar