Why Did GHQ Ban Budo? — The Budo Senmon Gakko & Dai Nippon Butokukai
Before the black belt, before the national tournament, before the dojo down your street — there was one institution that built it all. The Dai Nippon Butokukai and its elite academy, the Budo Senmon Gakko (Busen), unified Japan's fractured martial arts, standardized ranks and rules, and trained the men who would carry budo across the country ...