Dewa Sanzan

Visiting sacred places has been an important component of my martial arts training over the years. It was in 2004, while visiting the Dewa Sanzan area, including Gassan Dai Jinja ( 月山大 神社 ) on Mt. Haguro and the Haguro-san Kōtakuji Shōzenin ( 羽黒山荒沢 寺正善院 ) Kogane-do in Haguro-machi associated to Haguro Shugendō, that I realized I needed to study classical and traditional arts instead of continuing to teach the modern goshin-jutsu I had learned in NYC.