He had aspirations of becoming a physician, but was also an aficionado of the martial arts. When he was 27 or 28 years of age, he became a disciple of Harigaya Sekiun. Ichiun studied the “Sword of the Non-Abiding Mind” under Sekiun and for five years, Ichiun applied himself to...
道場(Dojo) is written “a place of the way” in Japanese. We commonly associate it as a place to train martial arts such as kendo, judo, karate, and so on. From the Buddhist perspective, they add the conceptof enlightenment. I like to think of it as a place of learning where throug...