Kanō Jigorō (Kōdōkan Jūdō) 1860-1938 Kanō Jigorō was active in Japan from the end of the Edo period, through t…
Tukahara Bokuden
Tsukahara Bokuden (Shinto-ryū) 1489-1571 According to the legends, Tsukahara Bokuden experienced his first lif…
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi (Niten’ichi-ryū) 1584-1645 (1584-1645) Miyamoto Musashi was the unrivaled swordsman, who live…
Datotsu-bui (Striking Targets) in Kendo
Article by Nagao Susumu (Professor, Meiji University) (Kendo’s Not-so Common-sense, Kendo Nippon, Aug. 2010) T…
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…
Gekken Kōgyō—The Public Fencing Shows
In order to save the martial arts from the crisis, Sakakibara Kenkichi, a former kenjutsu instructor at the Kō…