Hi Everyone! In thinking about self defense it can be easy to focus on the physical aspect. What do I do if I get grabbed, someone tries to punch me ect. This is important but only a small part of self defense/safety. I would love to hear some ideas from everyone regarding self defense and safety. What do you think is really important for everyone? For me, trust my gut instinct. If a person or situation doesn't feel right I will go with that. My safety comes before someone else's feelings. Also I make it a habit to lock my car door and house door immediately. Always keeping a hand free. If you have not read The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker I highly recommend it. He talks about real experiences of his clients and things to be learned from those experiences.

Hi everybody, I hope you're having a fantastic weekend! I just finished going through all of our 2023 class recordings for inclusion in membership tiers and by topic. These recordings alone will add 80 resources to the Kenjutsu Online community. Each class video covers multiple topics, techniques, and principles with a common theme. We'll also continue to add "focus videos" and "train along videos" dedicated to introducing and teaching one particular topic like a drill or technique. Once these resources have been added, we'll continue to add more videos from 2024 and 2025, totaling hundreds of resources for you to learn Nami Ryu kenjutsu and more.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/11/magazine/interstitium-anatomy-acupuncture-medicine.html?smid=url-share Science has finally figured out that Eastern medicine might just have something to it. I just kept thinking, "they need to come to class."

Came across this quote today. It can apply to so many different things. Being a stand up person. Standing up for the right thing. From the kenjutsu standpoint this really hit home during a seminar i recently attended with Sensei Williams. If my posture was off or my feet not properly placed then I was far less successful doing kata. He said multiple times over the seminar we need to open our hearts. It was his way of explaining how to maintain our posture in a relaxed manner. If the samurai did not stand well in battle then surely they would not live. What are your thoughts? How does your posture effect your training and every day life?