Itten Dojo

The October edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “An Evening at JMAC,” guest contributor and multiple black-belt dojo alumnus Peter Hobart returns to share his impressions of his first visit to the Japanese Martial Arts Center and a meeting with Nicklaus Suino Sensei. 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/72. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #kenjutsu #shodo

The September edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “My Narrow Path to Itten Dojo,” guest contributor and multiple black-belt dojo alumnus Peter Hobart describes how he originally found this dojo and all that he undertook in order to be able to train here. 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/71. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #kenjutsu #shodo

The August edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “Why Nihon Jujutsu?” Itten Dojo chief instructor Robert Wolfe addresses the early insights that have made him decide to reorient the primarily unarmed component of training at our dojo to this remarkable art. 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/70. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #kenjutsu #shodo

  The July edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “Waka of the Eishin-ryu,” guest contributor Reg Sakamoto — a prominent Canadian instructor of aikido and koryu weapons arts — presents his translations of the philosophical poems related to the Tatehiza no Bu set of forms in Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu iaido. 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/69. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #kenjutsu #shodo

  The June edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “More Milestones,” Itten Dojo chief instructor Robert Wolfe reports on the recent trip to the Japanese Martial Arts Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the founding of JMAC, as well as be tested for rank in iaido and jujutsu. 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/68. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #iaido #jujutsu #kenjutsu #shodo

The May edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “Hydration and Training,” guest contributor Erika Wolfe discusses the roles of water in the human body and notes potential consequences should proper hydration not be maintained. 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/67. All back issues of Sword and Spirit are available at https://www.ittendojo.org/articles/swordandspirit. #ittendojo #japanesemartialartscenter #aikijutsu #jujutsu #kenjutsu #iaido #shodo

  Reasons to Choose Itten Dojo • You will be a member, not a customer (we do not use contracts). • You will train in authentic, heritage martial arts with fully documented lineages tracing directly to Japan. • You will have regular access to some of the most-accomplished, highest-ranking instructors in the world. • Our dojo is widely recognized as an exceptional source for traditional training, supported and endorsed by the Japanese Martial Arts Center (Ann Arbor, Michigan), the Reigakudo Foundation (Tokyo, Japan), Takeshin Dojo and the Nihonden Aikibujutsu Senyokai (Salem, Massachusetts), the Yamabushi Jujutsu Aikijutsu Ryu Association (Bronx, New York), the Shudokan Martial Arts Association (Ann Arbor, Michigan), the Japanese Budo Association (Tokyo, Japan), and  Bugeisha Traditional Martial Artist  magazine (Kane’ohe, Hawai’i). • We maximize the training benefit to members by offering 90-minute classes and frequent open-mat periods. • Our class sizes are small, ...