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SHINBUSHIDO ACADEMY

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Welcome to Shinbushido Academy, an online learning platform for martial artists!  

Our goal is to spread traditional Bushido ethics, spirituality and philosophy by creating educational courses (gaku) to be coupled with independent martial arts practice (shugyo). 

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All Gaku courses are available a la carte or through a monthly Shinbushido-Kyo membership via our online learning platform and cover a range of topics covering moral dilemas and self reflections rooted in Eastern ideology.  These courses and more are available HERE

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Additional Shugyo courses and challenges are also available through our Tetsujin-Kai club membership available HERE

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While many martial arts academies around the world focus on the physical aspects of martial arts, many martial arts masters of old strongly believed that physical training in the martial arts must also be tempered by spiritual and educational development as well.  Even Jigoro Kano, former college professor and the founder of Judo, stated in regards to martial arts:

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"I would says that it is an art the makes use of both the mind and body to the best possible advantage,"

-The Principles of Jujutsu, Jigoro Kano

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Our courses cover a wide range of subjects related to martial arts including ethics from classical works such as The Art of War, Hagakure, Book of Five Rings as well as touch upon spiritual and philosophical works related to Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Shintoism with more and more courses being added as time goes on.  These courses can be taken in any order and designed so that any dojo can require courses of their choosing within their martial arts curriculum for promotion if they so choose or be taken independently for your own edification.

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For Full Length courses on Udemy vists the links below:

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ONLINE COURSE

SHINBUSHIDO-KYO INTRODUCTION

A FREE course laying out the precepts of Shinbushido-Kyo, an ideological and pseudotheological belief system rooted in East Asian philosophy that has taken the precepts of Bushido and integrated them into a cohesive way of life honoring the martial spirit represented by Osu!

PRICE

FREE

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ONLINE COURSE

JITSUROKU ANTHOLOGY

Vendettas, honor, loyalty, murder and betrayal, key components of a classic and yet little known Japanese literary genre known as jitsuroku.  This course is a Guided Reading experience of these tales coupled with self-reflective questions ideal for martial artists and those seeking introspection framed around the ethos of the Bushido mindset.

PRICE

FREE

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ONLINE COURSE

BUSHIDO AS AN ETHICAL SYSTEM

Martial arts schools in the modern era have their teachings rooted deeply in Eastern thought and ideology. Learn how through the study of Bushido as an ethical system we can gain great insight into the mindset of martial artists and understand the philosophy that drives them.

PRICE

$39.99

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ONLINE COURSE

MARTIAL ARTS MASTERS

In an attempt to revive the philosophical components of traditional martial arts, included within this course are short biographies, quotes, anecdotes and precepts to facilitate internal self-reflection from:

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-Anko Itosu (Itosu-Ryu)

-Jigoro Kano (Judo)

-Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan)

-Morihei Ueshiba (Aikido)

-Chibana Chosin (Shorin-Ryu)

-Chojun Miyagi (Goju-Ryu)

-Kenwa Mabuni (Shito-Ryu)

-Choki Motobu (Motobu-Ryu)

-Tatsuo Shimabuku (Isshin-Ryu)

-Mas Oyama (Kyokushin)

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PRICE

$19.99

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