Itten Dojo

  The August edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In this issue, guest contributor Edward Castillo (Salahuddin Muhammed) Sensei presents a convincing argument defining differences between martial arts and martial systems — “Tradition to Transmission: Distinguishing Martial Arts from Martial Systems and the Role of Pedagogy in Modern Martial Studies.” Download the newsletter by joining the Sword and Spirit group on Facebook, or directly from our website, at https://www.ittendojo.org/dbfiles/download/swordandspirit/pdf/94. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #judo #shodo

The July edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In this issue, Itten Dojo chief instructor Robert Wolfe presents a retrospective on the 2025 JMAC Crucible, the 12-hour, locked-in training event from which “Nobody Leaves Unchanged.” Download the newsletter by joining the Sword and Spirit group on Facebook, or directly from our website, at https://www.ittendojo.org/dbfiles/download/swordandspirit/pdf/93. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #judo #shodo

The June edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In this issue, guest contributor Edward Castillo (Salahuddin Muhammed) Sensei continues his series on dojo culture with “Creating Dilemmas in Martial Arts: Hot to Build Thinkers, Not Just Robots,” a methodology for instructors to “develop students that can thrive under pressure, not just perform under instruction.” This is one of his best-ever essays! Download the newsletter by joining the Sword and Spirit group on Facebook, or directly from our website, at https://www.ittendojo.org/dbfiles/download/swordandspirit/pdf/92. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #judo #shodo

The May edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “Loaded Guns,” Itten Dojo chief instructor Robert Wolfe responds to a recent and entirely unnecessary incident in the judo study group that resulted in injury, citing the fact that while in modern practice martial arts techniques have been “declawed” to make training safer for the general public, the claws have only been retracted, not removed, and are still present just beneath the surface. Download the newsletter by joining the Sword and Spirit group on Facebook, or directly from our website, at https://www.ittendojo.org/dbfiles/download/swordandspirit/pdf/91. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #judo #shodo

The April edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In this issue, guest contributor Edward Castillo (Salahuddin Muhammed) Sensei continues his series on dojo culture with an examination of “Pitfalls of Natural Talent.” Download the newsletter by joining the Sword and Spirit group on Facebook, or directly from our website, at https://www.ittendojo.org/dbfiles/download/swordandspirit/pdf/90. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #judo #shodo  

  The March edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “Back to JMAC, Again,” Itten Dojo chief instructor Robert Wolfe reports on our February visit to the Japanese Martial Arts Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for an especially intense weekend of training with Suino Sensei and our iaido, jujutsu, and judo sempai. Download the newsletter by joining the Sword and Spirit group on Facebook, or directly from our website, at https://www.ittendojo.org/dbfiles/download/swordandspirit/pdf/89. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #judo #shodo