Welcome to Talking Budō

Talking Budo is your one-stop place online for all things linguistic related to Japanese martial arts.  Whether your interest lies in Aiki Budō, Aiki Jūjutsu, Aikidō, Iaidō, Jōjutsu, Judō, Jūjutsu, Karate-dō, Kendō, Kenjutsu, Kyūdō, Naginata, Sumō, or any other Gendai Budō, Koryū Bujutsu, or Kobudō, we hope you will find something useful here for your studies.

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Also, it would mean the world to me if you would check out my book The Language of Aikido: A Practitioner’s Guide to Japanese Characters and Terminology!

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Join me on a journey of budo, language, and thought. We will be talking about Japanese martial arts, the written and spoken language, and other interesting and (hopefully) related topics.

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