Peter Boylan
Martial Arts, philosophy, and living
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Switching Martial Arts Styles: Do You Really Have to Start Over?
Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2026
While browsing reddit, I came across a user who said they were a member of the Ki Society for ten years but had recently moved to an area without any dojos within commuting distance. They asked whether it...
In Koryu, You Can't Question Sensei. Can you?
Kiyama Hiroshi Shihan. Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2026.
In correspondence, Ray Ballisti said:
“The way in which pupils have to strictly follow the soke is dangerous for a democratic point of view in which different ideas can be discus...
Forging the Budo Kokoro
Kawahara Sadaichi Sensei working tamahagane steel in his forge in Hino, Japan. Photo Copyright 2026 Peter Boylan
I was talking with a martial arts colleague recently about how students develop and progress. He pointed out that a lot of stu...
Kokoro and Budo
There is a simple reason most budo writing from classical Japan has little or nothing to say about techniques. Experienced budoka (practitioners of budo) realized that technique means nothing if the kokoro (heart/mind) is not properly devel...
Going from Gendai Budo to Koryu
The vast majority of people practicing budo today are training in gendai budo. These are loosely defined as schools that were founded after the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1868. The first gendai budo, Kodokan Judo, was founded...
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Martial Artist, philosopher, writer. I've been studying and training in Japanese martial arts since 1986. I do Shinto Muso Ryu jo, Shinto Hatakage Ryu Iai Heiho, Kodokan Judo, ZNKR Iai, and ZNKR jo.
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