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Be like water (水五訓 )
水五訓 Mizugokun (Five Principles of Water) 自ら流動して他を動かしむるは水なり - Flowing by itself moving others, that is WATER. 障害に遭いてその力を百倍し得るは水なり -...

Don't let your thoughts inhibit your action.
The Story of Satori (悟) While logging in the mountains one day, a lumberjack came upon a Satori, a mind reading monster. The lumberjack...

Zanshin (残心)
In Iaido and many Japanese martial arts, there is a concept known as Zanshin (残心). It describes the mindset at the end of a...

What mustn't be forgotten
礼式 礼は武道の根幹である。武道は礼に始まり礼に終わる。礼とは人間の敬意に基づく心の品節である。即ちあらゆるものに対する尊敬の至情の発露で常に敬いの念を内蔵して初めて礼を得ることが出来る。礼は心、儀は式である。正しき礼儀により心を修め、正しい心は礼儀となって現われる。武道...


A 20 Year's Delay
I have been told to start an Iaido school in Hong Kong nearly 20 years ago by my teacher. I had all the excuses why I wasn't ready and...
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