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Recently (23/3/2023) I have spent an extensive amount of time entirely rewriting the syllabus for the Seal Martial Arts Dojo. This specifically outlines what we expect from the students in order for them to advance all the way up to 7th Dan.  This has been necessary for a while as once the students hit Shodan they were confused about the usual advancement in the Bujinkan and being told to study Densho. Whilst there is a wealth of knowledge in the Densho that should be explored i have never found the expectations to be particularly clear for each grade. Simply saying...

A short blog post about my thoughts on the death of the Bujinkan and how the organisation needs to evolve in 2022.

When it comes to training in martial arts there are so many different styles to choose from that it’s often hard to know which path to take and whats worth pursuing. I often talk about how martial arts need updating for modern application online, especially when it comes to the Bujinkan as I have experienced firsthand where the pitfalls are in our particular art.  It’s easy to think that because things have been done one way for generations that tradition dictates that we maintain the lineage and don’t make any changes. Sometimes even in the face of logic such as...

A blog post detailing where to start when your ready to teach and want to run your own dojo. This is part 1 of what will be several blog posts.

A question I commonly get asked in the dojo is what is a Sageo 下げ緒 for and how do you tie one? This is usually after a student has bought their first Iaito and undone the Sageo not realising that they have no idea how to put it back into it original position. In this post i’m going to break it down into an easy guide so that its never an issue for anyone again. The first thing you need to do it understand what your working with, the diagram below will outline all of the parts of the Katana and...