Article by Nagao Susumu (Professor, Meiji University) (Kendo’s Not-so Common-sense, Kendo Nippon, July 2010) T…
The Origins of Kendō Technique
Professor Nagao Susumu (Meiji University, School of Global Japanese Studies) The Formative Process of “F…
The Ideology of Tōken (swords)
The University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Studies Associate Professor Sakai Toshinobu P…
The 1st BAMIS International Forum—Budō SymposiumInvestigating the possibilities of body and bind integrated science in budō~Learning from Kanō Jigoro‘s achievements to consider the present~
Sakai Toshinobu (University of Tsukuba)1, Maebayashi Kiyokazu (Kobe Gakuin University), Sogawa Tsuneo (Waseda …
Bu in Mythology
Sakai Toshinobu (University of Tsukuba) Introduction Warriors ruled Japanese for over 700 years from the medie…
Diagram of Budo History
▶️Diagram of Budo History(pdf）
What is Budō?
Budō has its origins in combat techniques designed for self-protection and to kill enemies. Intrinsically conn…
Post-war Budō—GHQ Prohibition
After the Second World War, the United States took the leading role among the Allied Nations in the Occupation…
The Dai-Nippon Butokukai is established
In 1895, an organisation for the unification of martial arts named the Dai-Nippon Butokukai was established. T…
The Creation of Kōdōkan Jūdō by Kanō Jigorō
Japanese martial arts in the Middle Ages were centred on the bow, those of early modern times on the sword, bu…