Free Resources
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Discover Your Self-Reliance Starting Point
FREE DownloadThis foundational assessment helps you identify your current relationship with Musashi's principles across five key areas. Understanding where you are is essential before charting where you're going.
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Dokkōdō Monthly Challenge Cards
FREE DownloadTransform understanding into practice with these monthly challenge cards. Each month focuses on integrating 2-3 related principles through daily practices, weekly progressions, and specific challenges.
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Dokkōdō Weekly Practice Journal
FREE DownloadTrack your progress with this structured practice journal. Record your intentions, applications, reflections, and insights as you work through Musashi's 21 principles with focused commitment.
Academic Foundation: The Original Research
Our Dokkōdō series is built upon the groundbreaking academic work of Professor Teruo Machida, whose meticulous translation and analysis of Musashi's original manuscript remains the most authoritative English interpretation available. Originally published as "The Last Words of Miyamoto Musashi — An Attempt to Translate his 'Dokkōdō'" in the Bulletin of Nippon Sport Science University, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2012, pp. 199–211, this scholarly work was translated into English by Vaughn Williams and provides the foundational research behind our modern interpretations. For scholars, researchers, and serious students seeking the complete academic context behind these timeless principles, we're proud to provide access to this essential work.