Not-for-profit Japanese Sword School. We practice #Iaido #ryushinshouchiryu #budo #kenjustu #iai #budo #samurai Founded by Sensei Yoshiteru Otani in 1963. Japanese Budo School Ryushin Shouchi Ryu (柳心照智流) Iaido, Kyudo – Heki-ryū Chikurin-ha (竹林派). The New York Budo Association is a nonprofit organization (501(c) 3, whose mission is to practice and sustain the techniques, philosophies, and benefits of the Japanese martial arts. We are also promoting culture, physical and mental growth, health and well-being as well as non-denominational spirituality. These traditional Japanese arts are a “Do” (道) (or “Tao” in Chinese), a Way, through which one strives to reveal the true self. By bringing this true self forward, one is transformed, and so also is the world. Currently, our focus is the study of Iaido (居合道) and Kenjutsu (剣術), the art of traditional Japanese sword, specifically Ryushin Shouchi Ryu (RSR) (柳心照智流). NYBA is the main branch of RSR on the east coast of the USA. We also offer a weekly class in Kyudo (弓道), Japanese archery.