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13 articles by Dr. Don Cunningham, recovered from the organization’s web archive and reproduced in full. Each keeps its original wording; editorial summaries are marked as such. Dates are the earliest archived copy unless a publication date is known.Source A5Source D36

  1. ImplementsFirst archived 2002-12-112,143 words

    Defensive weapons of the Japanese samurai

    Editorial summary: On the side arms and defensive weapons samurai carried in peacetime, with the author’s notes and references.

  2. Ethics and credentialsFirst archived 2002-12-112,535 words

    Dangers of self-proclaimed masters

    Editorial summary: A critique of martial arts teachers who claim unverifiable ranks, titles and lineages, and of the risks they pose to students.

  3. ImplementsFirst archived 2003-01-131,243 words

    Jutte

    Editorial summary: On the jutte: why Edo police officers relied on the iron truncheon, how it was made and used, and how jutte techniques survive in classical schools.

  4. Edo policingFirst archived 2003-01-13864 words

    Samurai police

    Editorial summary: An overview of the Tokugawa police in Edo — the magistrates, yoriki, dōshin and their assistants and informants — and the aim of arresting suspects alive.

  5. ImplementsFirst archived 2003-01-151,024 words

    Yawara-bo

    Editorial summary: On the yawara-bo, a short stick used in jujutsu, and the everyday objects townspeople used for self-defence when barred from carrying swords.

  6. Martial arts historyFirst archived 2003-03-162,223 words

    Belt colors and ranking tradition

    Editorial summary: Traces coloured belts to Kodokan judo, contrasts them with the menkyo licences of classical schools, and sets aside the “soiled belt” legend.

  7. ImplementsFirst archived 2003-04-211,242 words

    Torihimo

    Editorial summary: On the torihimo, the restraining cord used by Edo police officers and their non-samurai assistants.

  8. Martial arts practiceFirst archived 2003-04-221,968 words

    Martial arts sports versus combative styles

    Editorial summary: Why the author studied judo and kendo: a comparison of the goals of martial arts training, from sport to combat.

  9. CultureFirst archived 2003-08-071,968 words

    The Chicago Shimpo

    Editorial summary: A personal newspaper column on the author’s fondness for Japanese period dramas (jidai-geki).

  10. Martial arts practiceFirst archived 2003-08-081,393 words

    Self-defense hysteria in the martial arts

    Editorial summary: A critique of fear-based self-defence marketing in the martial arts and the moral questions it raises.

  11. CultureFirst archived 2004-02-27943 words

    The Chicago Shimpo-Human spirit

    Editorial summary: A newspaper column on cultural differences between Japan and the West, past and present, and what people share across them.

  12. Ethics and credentialsFirst archived 2004-05-281,155 words

    Academic titles and the martial arts

    Editorial summary: On inflated ranks and the borrowing of academic titles in the martial arts.

  13. Ethics and credentialsFirst archived 2004-06-201,388 words

    Do you really believe in the Tooth Fairy?

    Editorial summary: On invented styles and fictional lineages in the martial arts, and how online research has made them easier to expose.

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Sources for this page

  1. A5Edo Machi-kata Taiho Jutsu, “Articles”. e-budokai.com/articles/index.htm · capture 2013-10-01 · Original organizational material
  2. B31D. Cunningham, “Flakes and frauds in the martial arts and the dangers they pose”, Guelph School of Japanese Sword Arts proceedings, EJMAS. ejmas.com · July 2001 · Independent source
  3. D36Owner’s confirmation of permission to republish the organization’s and Dr. Cunningham’s texts, photographs and graphics. project record, docs/rights-and-attribution.md · 2026-11-03 · Owner-supplied file

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