Budo, Kobudo & Japanese Artisanry - The Seido Blog

February 16th 2019, Tokyo, Tsukishima Station 1pm. Nicolas Nothum, responsible for Seido's BudoStudies program and Jordy Delage Seido's founder have a meeting with Yamamoto Takahiro Shihan of the Kenjutsu school Hyoho Taisha Ryu for a 3h Keiko (practice) and interview. Here is the story of yet another encounter with a Kobudo master and fantastic human being.

The 24th of March 2019, a group of non-Japanese Budo and Kobudo researchers and practitioners working and practicing in Japan organizes a unique series of lectures on Don Draeger's impact on the martial arts community and beyond. Lectures by four people who knew and succeeded him. As practitioners and working actively for the international promotion of Budo and Kobudo, and because we believe it is of the utmost importance to support events organized by the new generation that succeed to Donn Draeger, Seido and Guillaume Erard offered their assistance to capture and publish videos of the event.

If Budo are ways to self-accomplishment, a company run by Budoka should embrace the same values we strive for in the Dojo. In the continuity of our work with traditional craftsmen and our support to various Budo events throughout the globe, our BudoStudies program was founded in 2016. With this program, we aim at promoting Budo and Budo studies both in and out of Japan by producing Budo-related videos containing interviews and documentaries, as well as providing wide event coverage.

毎年、11月1日～3日開催の明治神宮で催される秋の大祭は、一年で最も重要な祭礼のひとつです。3日間通して、郷土芸能や能・狂言、邦楽邦舞などが奉納されるほか、明治天皇の生誕日である11月3日には、柔道、合気道、弓道をはじめとした各種武道演武、流鏑馬、また、古武道の各流派による「日本古武道大会」も奉納行事として盛大に行われています。秋の大祭での古武術奉納は、明治神宮が創建された大正9年（1920年）の11月1～3日の鎮座祭において大日本武徳会が古武術を奉納して以来の伝統があります。