Musha Shugyo: A Warrior's Journey
My fascination in the mindset of warriors both past and present has led me here, to creating this podcast. It is my hope that I will be able to explore many facets of martial culture through book reviews, my own musings and interviews of people I can learn from, with the ultimate purpose of sharing this all with you.
Musha Shugyo: A Warrior's Journey
Episode 51: Willow Spirit, Part 2.
Tobin Threadgill is the Shihan/Kaicho of the Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Kai and Honbucho of the Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu Honbu Dojo in Evergreen, Colorado in the United States of America. In 1985 he met and became a student of Takamura Yukiyoshi, the headmaster of the Obata/Takamura line of Shindo Yoshin Ryu. Threadgill sensei holds a Menkyo Kaiden issued to him by Takamura in 2001.
It was my great pleasure and honour to speak with Threadgill sensei about what it takes to lead and teach a koryu bujutsu (a classical Japanese martial art). This is part 2 of that interview.
You can learn more about Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu here.