Curriculum

Students at the Hagashi Dojo are required to master a variety of disciplines that are both mentally and physically challenging. Course work includes:

• Understanding Bushido: The moral code by which a samurai lives and dies.
• Swordsmanship: Mastery of the long and short swords.
• Archery: Training to develop military prowess.
• Jujutsu: Proficiency in self-defense and personal combat. Includes instruction in twisting opponents’ arms, choking, and kicking.
• Horsemanship: Achieving control with grace.
• Seppuku: Ritual suicide as the preferred alternative to dishonor.