08/08/2026
A very good friend of mine got this cool jutte for me (the other items were for himself). Notice the barrel and ignition point.
Hoten Ryu Enten Dojo
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Hoten Ryu is a Japanese Sengoku Era (Warring States Period) art utilizing many weapons, but focusing primarily on swordsmanship (kenjutsu).
Training in Hoten Ryu in Tempe, AZ. This is the first Hoten Ryu study group outside of Japan. Training includes swordsmanship (kenjutsu), pole-arms (bojutsu, jojutsu, etc), flexible weapons (kusari, kusarigama, himofundo, etc), throwing implements (shurikenjutsu), and more. I am not looking to commercialize the art. I would like to build up to a class of only 6 to 8 students.
08/08/2026
07/18/2026
This small temple, Hoten-ji (法典時), is wholly unrelated to Hoten Ryu (法典流), but I stopped by simply because it uses the same kanji.
07/16/2026
Had some good training this past weekend.
07/04/2026
Map of the 38 most important sites on Ontake-san (Mt. Ontake). I've had a chance to visit only a handful of these, so I'll definitely need to come back.
07/03/2026
Mt Ontake has a very high density of shrines. This entrance to one of the smaller shrines is one of my favorites.
07/03/2026
Photo dump from today --
Traveling around Kiso-Ontake, the historic home of Hoten Ryu, hiking and visiting many shrines.
05/16/2026
An old article featuring our late Soke.
03/23/2026
As some of you may be aware, I relocated back to Japan over a year ago to take care of an ailing family member and to start a new job. My family joined me several months later. Here are some random photos we took over the last several months.
01/02/2026
Playing with an untethered momiji.
12/11/2025
This memory popped up on FB today. 16 years ago, but it sure doesn't feel like that much time has passed. I miss the experience of visiting Tachibana Soke early in the mornings to meet for training. I count myself very fortunate to have had that experience.
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