This week: can a martial art be a philosophy of life? Can it rise to the level of a religion?
Listen to the episode here.
Sources
Stalker, Nancy K. Prophet Motive: Deguchi Onisaburo, Omotokyo, and the Rise of New Religions.
So, Doshin. This is Shorinji Kempo. (note: there’s basically nothing academic on Shorinji Kempo out there, which makes many of the claims in this book and others difficult to verify).
Ueshiba, Kisshomaru. Aikido.
Images
![Morihei_Ueshiba_1939](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/morihei_ueshiba_1939.jpg)
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![sokaku-takeda-osaka-36-08](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/sokaku-takeda-osaka-36-08.jpg)
![Morihei_Ueshiba_Portrait](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/morihei_ueshiba_portrait.jpg)
![kaiso-around-1950s](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/kaiso-around-1950s.jpg)
![Doshin_So's_Instruction](https://historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/doshin_sos_instruction.jpg)