It's that time of year!

Happy Solstice to everyone who appreciates sunshine!

In the chaos of the holidays, here's a post about budo and stillness for you. peterboylan.substack.com/p/budo-and-s...

Today my friend, I am thankful for you.

I do all these crazy, ancient Japanese martial arts? What relevance can 17th century budo possibly have in the 21st century? You'd be surprised. peterboylan.substack.com/p/is-budo-re...

Only 12 days until the North American Jodo Seminar opens. Can't believe I'm hosting again! I hope to see you there! This is the only chance this year to train with 2 Jodo Hanshi 8 Dan from Japan! Don't miss it!! shinken.cc/event/2025-n...

This is my latest blog post, about some of the deeper aspects of budo that you can't see. peterboylan.substack.com/p/budo-is-no...

I did some budo writing. Just how basic are your basics? open.substack.com/pub/peterboy...

When you make our incredibly polite, friendly neighbors feel like this, you are doing some serious wrong. What can possibly be gained? www.facebook.com/615633898930...

I made the mistake of checking out a martial arts page on Reddit. The result is this Substack post on budo. [https://substack.com/home/post/p-157591064](substack.com/home/post/p-...)

Google is officially evil. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'm shooting off my mouth about budo stuff again. budobum.blogspot.com?m=1

Boosting for visibility. Even if you're not in Seattle, probably your local blood bank would also love to hear from you.

No need to support Jeff Bezos anymore for e-books! bookshop.org/ebooks?mi_u=...

Amazon has put me in the marked-down rack. Looks like a $3 discount. I hope I'm worth it. www.amazon.com/Musings-Budo...

Since the White House pulled the page on the US Constitution, a reminder that THE CONSTITUTION DECODED isn't just for kids. It's a plain language explanation of the text, side-by-side, so you can see for yourself. @workmanpubkids.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-consti...

Random thought. The thing with AI is not that it will go rogue and destroy humanity. The question is, given gene editing tools, what will AI decide to make humanity into?

Thinking about posting blog posts on Substack. Does anyone have any experience with that forum?

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde certainly walks her talk. www.amazon.com/How-We-Learn...

Thinking about posting blog posts on Substack. Does anyone have any experience with that forum?

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, rocks! You don't see this speaking truth to power like this very often! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI4h...

This is a clear-eyed look at the global problems we face. All of them are trans-national at a time with international cooperation is disappearing. And I'm afraid humanity is going to fail miserably at dealing with all of them. Buckle in, it's going to be a rough ride. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...

On your birthday Sir, we say "thank you". Even if it is a blustery day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._M...

Exactly. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

We're getting skinny saving up for this seasons field work. Still about $25K in debt from previous seasons it's been a rough ride. On our website you can see we're a 501c3 along with all our certificates and registrations. So please do consider a small donation today gofund.me/839ae416

#ShintoMusoRyu folks, most people are pretty familiar with the divergence between Tokyo-den and Fukuoka-den. On the Tokyo side, I can easily spot anyone from Nishioka Tsuneo lineage. Are there any other lines of transmission that are easily identifiable? #jodo #jojutsu

Starting to write for my blog again. Working on one for #c.e.gordon. In the meantime, you can lots of budo essays on my blog at budobum.blogspot.com

I needed to see this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTN...

These look like a lot of fun! www.amazon.com/stores/Gritt...

The president elect is currently out on bail. Sentencing is tomorrow morning at 9:30 am.

I found my way here, and I'm figuring out how to post. Looking for other folks who like to hit each other with sticks, or even the planet.