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Bunbury Budokan

Locality: Bunbury, Western Australia

Phone: +61 467 002 111

Address: 31 Mary St 6230 Bunbury, WA, Australia

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22.01.2022 On the 4th and 5th July 2020, the last ever Jodo and Iaido Seminar and Shinsa was held at the old dojo in Canning Vale. On the 5th, Australia’s first ever Iaido... Yondan Shinsa (grading) was held without Japanese support. WA is the only Australian State that can conduct an Iaido Yondan Shinsa without having to import anyone from interstate. #budokan.academy #perthmartialarts #jodo #jodo.australia #jodoka #bokken #iaidoka #iaido #iai #iaijutsu #iaido.australia

20.01.2022 Another great day of learning for Bunbury budokans annual Iaido seminar. Many thanks to sensi Jerry for the knowledge shared and all of those who attended from other dojo’s .

19.01.2022 Do you know there is a place in Japan where you can experience the spirits of a samurai? Beyond Tokyo, and Nikko is Aizu. To this day, here in this land, the pe...ople, from children to adults, value the concept of "Rectitude " - the spiritual essence necessary for a samurai in order to live with morality and justice. Hoshina Masayuki was the first feudal lord of Aizu and declared that rectitude was the most important thing in all the world. He led the efforts to rebuild the city after the greatest fire disaster during the Edo period and restored normalcy to people's lives. It has also been said that he was the man who built Tokyo. Today, samurais from around the world visit Tokyo, Nikko, and travel further to Aizu, in order to experience this essence of rectitude.

18.01.2022 The martial ways are suppostly ways to promote peace, but how is this possible with Budo's bloody and violent past? What you think? Music Ronin by Jantrax - Ron...in Under Creative Commons license Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Music promoted by BreakingCopyright See more

17.01.2022 While most find excuses. Others find ways. Shugy with Leandro Diaz Napolitano .... Leandro lives, works and trains in Tokyo. See more

17.01.2022 Bunbury budokan is proud to announce we are now training weekly instead of fortnightly. Happy days .

13.01.2022 IAIDO : The Power of Self-Restraint Martial arts include an artistic beauty. Created by (Kojiro Hori)... Thanks to Niigata Iaid Association http://niigat-iaidou.net/ ()

09.01.2022 Limited places remain people . This years 2020 introduction class is on again folks. On Monday 29th of June at 715pm Bunbury budokan will be hosting a introductory class for Jodo and iaido. This will be a obligation free at no cost event with the purpose of demonstrating iaido and Jodo training . We encourage those genuinely interested to attend. Places will be limited so if your keen Please private message the page for further details and to confirm your attendance.

06.01.2022 Miyamoto Musashi Died On This Day, June 13, 1645. Being one of the most famous samurai of all time, Miyamoto Musashi’s reputation has grown to mythic proportion...s over the years, despite much of his life remaining a mystery. The undefeated swordsman, master of strategy, calligrapher, painter, writer and martial arts icon, Miyamoto Musashi was born towards the end of the warring States period. He took part in a great many battles and duels, created his own unique sword style and wrote one of the best known and widest read books on strategy, confrontation and victory Musashi was born Shinmen Musashi no Kami Fujiwara no Genshin, with the childhood names of Bennosuke or Takezo, in the village of Miyamoto in Mimasaka, Harima Province. His mother died soon after he was born, and he was raised by his father, Shinmen Munisai, an accomplished swordsman and expert in the jitte, a baton like instrument with a side protruding hook used for blocking, deflecting and trapping swords. At a young age, Musashi was sent to live with his uncle at a temple, where he was taught basic reading and writing skills. According to Musashi’s Book Of Five Rings, the Go Rin No Sho, Musashi had his first duel at the age of thirteen. His opponent was Arima Kihei a wandering swordsman from the Shinto-Ryu school. Musashi’s uncle tried to stop the fight on account of Musashi’s age, however moments into the bout, Musashi threw Arima to the ground and hit him with a wooden staff. Arima Kihei died vomiting blood. At 17, Musashi is said to have joined the army of Ukita Hideie fighting for the Toyotomi loyalists in the Battle of Sekigahara in October 1600. Following the battle, Musashi roamed Japan perfecting his fighting skills, enduring hardships and duels in an effort to better himself. Arriving in Kyoto, the 21 or 22 year old Musashi fought a series of duels against the famed Yoshioka Clan, respected instructors to four generations of the Ashikaga Shogun and founders of the Yoshioka style, one of the eight major sword styles of kenjutsu created around 1532 by Yoshioka Kempo. The first duel was against Yoshioka Seijuro, then head of the Yoshioka family and school and took place on March 8, 1604, outside the Rendai-ji Temple in Northern Kyoto. It was to be fought with a bokuto (wooden sword) with the winner declared by a single blow. As a part of his strategy, Musashi arrived late. Angered by this disrespect, the overconfident Seijuro lost his temper, and his concentration. In an instant, Musashi struck at Seijuro with his wooden sword, breaking his left arm. Having lost the duel to a nobody, Seijuro retired from samurai life and became a monk. Yoshioka Seijuro’s brother, Denshichiro, then became the head of the Yoshioka clan. Denshichiro was said to have been an even more able swordsman than Seijuro, and to avenge his brother and restore family honor, another duel was arranged. The second bout was staged at the Buddhist temple Sanjusangendo, in Kyoto’s Higashiyama District. Musashi, armed with a bokuto once again arrived late, and again was the victor, killing Denshichiro instantly with a single blow to the head. This further angered and embarrassed the Yoshioka Clan and their followers, who issued the next challenge in the name of Yoshioka Matashichiro, the 12-year old head of the clan. The Yoshioka honor and reputation was at stake, and so the school arranged for the following duel to be fought below the spreading pine tree on the slopes below the Ichijo-Ji Temple in the north of Kyoto. This time Musashi arrived at the designated area well ahead of time and waited in hiding. He was not surprised to find the young Yoshioka leader dressed in full battle armor and surrounded by a large contingent of retainers armed with swords, bows and matchlock guns. Musashi waited patiently as the boy took his position under the great pine tree and his men set the ambush. He emerged in the very middle of the Yoshioka trap, and cut the boy down, instantly ending the Yoshioka School. Within moments, the Yoshioka disciples were falling over each other in an effort to cut down their single enemy. Greatly outnumbered, Musashi fought his way out of the ambush in a manner unseen by the samurai of the time. He held his katana long sword in his right hand, and companion sword, the wakizashi, in his left, and so used both swords to cut his way out of the Yoshioka throng. It was a style based on his fathers’ teaching with the Jitte, using the short sword to block the opponents blade, allowing a decisive cut be made with the main sword. This style was to be known as Enmei Ryu, later the Nito-Ryu and Niten Ichi style of swordsmanship. Musashi’s greatest duel took place on the morning of April 13, 1612 against Sasaki Kojiro. The two arch-rival swordsmen, Musashi and Kojiro had agreed to meet on the island at 8am, however Musashi failed to arrive until a little after 10. As he was being rowed to the small island, Musashi is said to have fashioned a wooden sword from an oar, with the intention of fighting with that, instead of a real sword. As his boat approached the beach, Musashi nimbly jumped out into the knee deep water and faced Kojiro. The story goes that Kojiro snarled You’re late!, drawing his oversized sword and angrily casting the scabbard into the water. You’ve lost, answered Musashi. What makes you think that? spat Kojiro moving menacingly forward. If you were going to win, you’d need your scabbard again later, answered Musashi calmly striding out of the water and onto the beach, holding his carved oar behind him. With a roar, Kojiro made the first move, and in an instant Musashi struck him down. Rumour has it, that as Kojiro slumped to the ground dead, Musashi’s headband fell away, sliced by Kojiro’s near fatal cut. (Stories are great aren't they?!) Musashi then bowed to the official witnesses, returned to his boat, and was rowed away. It is believed Musashi was taken to a small castle that once stood on the opposite side of the channel overlooking the site of the Battle of Dan no Ura in 1185. From then, Musashi continued to travel the country, teaching his two-sword style of fencing, but never again using a real sword in combat, preferring to use just a wooden bokuto. He would later be employed by the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto Castle, where he spent his final years as a sword instructor and advisor to the clan. In 1543, suffering from suspected neuralgia or sciatica, he retired to the Reigando, a cave outside of Kumamoto, and wrote his treatise on strategy known as the Go-Rin-no-Sho, or the Book Of Five Rings. Not long after completing this, he died, aged about 60, of what is believed to be thoracic cancer.

04.01.2022 Saigo Takamori was born on this day, January 23, 1828. Referred to as the Last Samurai, Saigo Takamori was born in Kajiya-cho, in the castle town of Kagoshima, ...then known as Satsuma (Kagoshima Pref). Saigo Takamori was a low ranked official later sent to Edo to assist his masters, the Shimazu clan in reconciling the differences between the Shogunate and Imperil Court. The Ansei Purge of 1858 saw him sent into exile, recalled in 1861, but banished again before being pardoned in 1864, when he was sent by the Shimazu clan to Kyoto as an envoy to the Imperial Court. In late 1867, when the Shogun, Yoshinobu resigned, Takamori demanded all his lands and titles be revoked. During the Boshin War, Takamori saw action leading Imperial troops at the Battle of Toba Fushimi, and was present when Katsu Kaishu surrendered Edo Castle. With the advent of the Meiji Restoration, Takamori played an important role in the abolishing of the Han system and designation of the prefectures, and with organizing a modern army. Despite his moves towards modernity, he was against the changes being brought about by the new government. Returning to Kagoshima, he was followed by a number of disaffected samurai, forming a rebellion. Underestimating the Imperial forces strength and abilities, Saigo's numbers were rapidly diminished in a number of skirmishes, before the final showdown, a desperate battle known as the Battle of Shiroyama. He died aged 49, on September 24, 1877. At around 6am, when only 40 samurai remained, their leader, Saigo Takamori, badly wounded in the upper leg and possibly stomach by bullet fire, is believed to have committed seppuku with his loyal follower, Beppu Shinsuke, taking his head to keep it from falling into the hands of the Imperial forces. Another story suggests he was killed in battle, then later decapitated by followers to make it appear that he had committed seppuku. It is believed that the statue of Saigo Takamori in Ueno Park is mistakenly based on that of his clean shaven younger brother, as Takamori himself sported a thick beard.

03.01.2022 Happy new year everyone , first Monday night training class is back tonight, see you all then .

02.01.2022 This years 2020 introduction class is on again folks. On Monday 29th of June at 715pm Bunbury budokan will be hosting a introductory class for Jodo and iaido. This will be a obligation free at no cost event with the purpose of demonstrating iaido and Jodo training . We encourage those genuinely interested to attend. Places will be limited so if your keen Please private message the page for further details and to confirm your attendance.

01.01.2022 Bunbury budokan has ceased training for the year and will return on Monday the 18th of Jan 2021. It’s been a challenging year for us all , thanks for the support shown, knowledge shared and good times had by all past and present members and valued allies. Hope you all have a safe Xmas .