The Japan Kobudo Promotion Association celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2025. Approximately 160 years have passed since the Meiji Restoration, and for much of that time, our association has worked to correctly convey the traditional Japanese culture of Kobudo.
Our association comprises approximately 1,000 members from 90 schools that originated before the Edo period. We practice daily according to the teachings of the founders of each school, and we widely exhibit the results of our training at various dedication demonstrations and other events.
We will continue to work to preserve and promote Kobudo, a traditional cultural asset of our country and an expression of the bushido spirit, as well as to improve our character and pass on traditional culture to the next generation.
The bushido spirit is the samurai's view of life, the inner and outer aspects of budo. The essence of bushido is righteousness and courtesy, and these are born from courage combined with the Five Constant Virtues of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trustworthiness.
In Atsuta Shrine, founded over 1,900 years ago, there is a sacred object of worship called Kusanagi-no-Mitsurugi: The Divine Grass-Cutting Sword. It is said that the princess Yamato-hime handed this to her nephew, Emperor Yamato Takeru, with the admonition, "Be thou circumspect, but by no means idle." Together with our members, I intend to pass down traditional culture in the spirit of the Divine Sword and to contribute to modern society.