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This is a supplemental video to the episode Wild in The Mountains, a Perspective on Kyoketsu Shoge This episode is my own perspective on the uniqu...
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As we bid farewell to 2024, Yasuragi Dojo wants to extend our gratitude and share some of the incredible milestones and new program developments from the past yea...
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Keeping alive the history, truth and training of old school Judo.
I am thrilled to have the esteemed Joichi Hirao Sensei joining me in this epi...
Journals from my travels into the heart of Kenya to immerse myself in the ways of the Maasai tribe.
My purpose for being in Kenya, was to travel throughout the most poverty stricken areas to document...
There are 800,000 traditional buildings in Japan, some hundreds of years old, and the are abandon and being torn down at 10% each year. These incredible structures, forgotten representations of Japan'...
This is the video episode, recorded at the Shunpukan Dojo, in Noda-shi, following a week of training with Unsui Sensei. He sat us down to discuss how we should approach our study of traditional Japane...
Episode 11: Not Ignoring the Dao in the Traditional Martial Arts
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Today we sit down with Taoist Priest, Chinese Medicine practitioner and martial artist, Dr. Jac...
Episode 9: A dialogue on the Togakure Ryu, myth, fact the future of a Hidden Lineage
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Join me in conversation with Sean Askew, author of Hidden Lineage, founder ...
Kyo To: Currently the kata we are training in the Dojo, Takagi Yoshin Ryu Shoden Omote Gata.
Look at the hands.
One of the foundational points Unsui Sensei teaches in this form is a complete lack ...
Epsiode 7: Ikigai and unraveling it's profound meaning as the essence of life’s purpose.
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Nicholas Kemp, author of Ikigai-kan, Feel A Life Worth Living, emerges...
In this reflection, I share from a deeply personal and traumatic experience of being attacked and stabbed and exactly how this event shaped my perspective on knife defense as a martial arts instructor...
Episode 3:Â Uncovering Martial Arts Wisdom: Eric Shahan's Journey into Translating Japanese Books
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In this episode, I have a coffee with E...
 In this exciting kickoff episode of the Shugyo podcast, host Adam Mitchell welcomes you to sit beside him and his students, at a Dojo in Japan with his teacher, Manaka Unsui, to delve into the profou...
Episode 2. Unveiling the True Meaning of "Keep Going" in the Path of Budo Mastery
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In this episode of Shugyo, host Adam Mitchell delves d...
In this class, we drilled fundamental newaza techniques from the osae komi waza (pinning techniques) with a focus on shiho and kesa gatame (four corner and scarf hold locks). This is just a quick exce...
Some years ago, Unsui stood in front of a crowd of students and guests from around the world to make a toast. With a glass of Swiss beer in hand, and over a spread of fondue, his sentiment was heard b...
