Inner Dharma
Essays
Inner Dharma was a blog maintained for a period of twenty years. Below are some essays that resulted from that activity:
- Kiai is Not a Sound, :
Reflections on my practice of kenjutsu and how it has evolved over time.
- Divergence and Unification in Shinkage-ryū, :
Link to an essay on kata, heiho and shugyo, where I compare and contrast different surviving lines of Shinkage-ryū and reflect on my own practice.
- General Qi Jiguans's Jixiao Xinshu and Reflections on Claims of Martial Virtue, :
Link to an essay examining some older writings from Japanese koryū that reference classical Chinese military treatises and how practices described in those works may be represented in arts surviving today.
- Gogyō Exegesis, :
An essay describing my experience, thinking, and choices regarding attempting to practice multiple koryū and then deciding not to.
- Aiki and Internal Training, :
Collected thoughts on the historical influence of Chinese martial arts on Japanese jujutsu and how they relate to the topic of aiki in Aikido and Daito-ryu.