Donn Draeger and the Migration of the Spirit of ‘Bu’: Cultural heresy, hearsay or here to stay? by Professor Alex Bennett.

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Hunter Armstrong's presentation is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJOb7_iKF9w

The 24th of March 2019, a group of non-Japanese Budo and Kobudo researchers and practitioners working and practicing in Japan organizes a unique series of lectures on Donn Draeger's impact on the martial arts community and beyond. Lectures by four people who knew and succeeded him.

Alex Bennett was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1970. He spent a year in Japan as part of a high school exchange program where he first experienced Kendo, leading to a lifetimes dedication to this art.

Returning to Japan for graduate work, he received a PhD from Kyoto University (Doctor of Human and Environmental Studies) in 2001 and a second PhD from the University of Canterbury (Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese) in 2012. He has worked at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies and the Department of Japanese Studies at Teikyo University and is currently a professor in the Division of International Affairs at Kansai University.

Alex is vice president of the International Naginata Federation, a member of the International Committee of the All Japan Kendo Federation, International Committee of the All Japan Jukendo Federation, a Director of the Japanese Academy of Budo, and a head coach with NZ Kendo.

He founded and serves as editor-in-chief of Kendo World, the world’s only English-language journal dedicated to kendo and holds the grades of kendo kyoshi 7-dan, Iaido 5-dan, naginata 5-dan, tankendo 5-dan, jukendo 5-dan, and jikishin kage-ryu kenjutsu 3-dan. He also studies Tendo-ryu.

Alex is also a prolific writer in both Japanese and English on Japanese history and culture. Recent publications in English include Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai (Tuttle, 2014), Kendo: Culture of the Sword(University of California Press, 2015), Naginata: History and Practice(Bunkasha International, 2016), The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works (Tuttle, 2018), Japan: The Ultimate Samurai Guide (Tuttle, 2018)


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