Hiden Budo & Bujutsu Magazine Oct 2025

This issue of Hiden includes articles on:

Rethinking Kyudo and Kyujutsu What the “Mighty Archers” and “Powerful Bows” of Past and Present Teach Us About the Art of “Piercing” Shots

Special Feature

Not Just Hitting, but Piercing! The Right Body Mechanics Guided by a Powerful Bow Drawing the “Mighty Bow”

• “Chronicles of Mighty Archers” – Ken Kurosu (Date Inzai School Kyujutsu Research Society)
• “Traditional Bows, Arrows, and Equipment Selection” – Eiichi Hasegawa (Hasegawa Bow Shop) × Keiki Takahashi & Tatsuro Moriya (Keishinkai)
• “The Great Release Shooting Method Seen from the Heavens” – Hiroshi Okazaki (Kyudo Hanshi, 8th Dan)
• “Martial Archery and the Examination of ‘Powerful Arrows’” – Kotaro Ando (Ando Kyujutsu Dojo)
• “Uncovering and Deepening the ‘Vertical Line’” – Tatsuro Moriya (Keishinkai)
• Column: Mighty Archers
  • “Master Toshimi Honda and Hajime Yamamoto” – Shogaku Ogi (Honda School, Shigezuan)
  • “The Unknown Hero, Takayoshi Kawashima” – Makino Matsuo (Coach, Tsukuba University Kyudo Club)

Opening Dialogue: This Month’s “Hidden Master”!

Journalist Ken Hamakawa Okinawan Karate: The Martial Art of Peace

Special Features and Series

• [New Series] Hitoshi Manahoku Tips for Mastery Learned from Taijiquan
• Itto Kato (Violence Victim Support Center) A Professional Bodyguard’s In-Depth Guide: “Dangers Lurking in Daily Life – Their Nature and Countermeasures”
• Yoji Hiramatsu (Body System Lab) The Key to Movement Lies in the “Tarsal Bones”!
• Masahisa Honda: Recollections of “The One-Strike Knockout Fist that Protected Emperors” The Martial Artists Who Upheld the Golden Age of Changchun Bajiquan
• Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu Rokuhokai Celebrating 100 Years Since the Birth of Master Masataka Okamoto and the 45th Anniversary of the School with a Headquarters Seminar Attended by Many International Branch Members
• The Flower of Chinese Martial Arts, Where Fists and Power Surge The 42nd All-Japan Wushu Taijiquan Championships
• Actor and Martial Artist Takaaki Enoki “The Soft Overcomes the Hard” in the World of Ancient Martial Arts
• Nihon Den Ryuheiho Honbu Kenpo & Honbu Gotente Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Former Headmaster Chosei Honbu and the Succession of New Headmaster Chogyo Honbu: The Lineage of a “Combat Titan” in the New Era of Honbu-ryu
• Mujinsai Araki-ryu – Masanori Ogawa Practical and Beautifully Resilient Movements Within Swordsmanship and Dance
• Keita Komori (CEO, Insetic Co., Ltd.) Change Your Subconscious, and Reality Will Follow!
• Founder of Kanmitsu-ji Ryu Jujutsu, Kunio Yasue A New Frontier in Martial Arts and Combat: “CHUCK-Arts” (Final Installment)
• Body Theorist Yasushi Fujimoto Meets Rolfer Kotaro Ogi Visiting the “God Hand of the Reiwa Era”! (Part 6)
• Sports Science Researcher Hideo Takaoka The Science of Martial Arts Drives the Hyper-Evolution of Sports (Part 16)
• Author Shunya Masuda “Untold Stories of the Seven Emperors’ Judo Saga”: The Daily Life of Hokkaido University’s Judo Club (Part 8)
• Sogen Shimizu The Unknown Judoka, Ryu Fukuda (Final Installment)
• Akira Hino’s “Martial Artist’s Walking Chronicle”

Language: Japanese