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THE BUDO-CRAFTMANS ONLINE SHOP

​Handcrafted budo tools - where two ancient traditions meet. 
Budo, the Japanese way of the warrior. Sloyd, the Swedish way of the craftsman. 
Here you will find wooden practice weapons of varying kinds, each made with quality and heart, from wood chosen and prepared for both durability and aesthetics. These items are made by traditional methods, and by a single artisan, a woodworking teacher with many years of experience both in budo and as a craftsman in the sloyd tradition.

The budo-tools you find here are all an expression of Keiko - practice and exploration - along both the path of both budo and sloyd. The shape and feeling of the budo tools were guided not only by the craftsman´s own years of practice, but also by the collective experience and insight of an entire dojo; each model passes through the dojo in all its iterations. They are passed around, handled, discussed and tested in training, and any insight gained goes into the next iteration. Likewise, the actual crafting has been supported not only by the craftsman's own experience, but also by peers and elders of the sloyd tradition, who has provided insights ranging from the proper drying of wood to the nuances of surface treatment. 

All in all, owning one of these budo tools means not only to support a single artisan and Bujinkan practitioner, but also to hold the work of two venerable living traditions in ones hand - and feeling the difference.

Adam SPEICHER

Adamcraftr - The budo craftsman of the sloyd tradition​

My full name is Adam Speicher, and I have been a practitioner of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu since 2018, and before that I practiced Ju-jutsu Kai for seven years. My practice in crafting truly began 2011, with a two year education in woodworking at Vårdinge by Folkhögskola, where I trained in both traditional Swedish sloyd, and more modern and trade-bound carpentry and cabinetmaking. After my time at Vårdinge I reflected on the path my adult life had taken, first as a medic during my service in the Swedish army, then working first as a constructionworker, then as a personal assistant to a boy with CP for several years, and finally becoming a certified massage-therapist and considering becoming a nurse before deciding to switch tracks entirely and apply to a traditional woodworking-school… 
I arrived at the conclusion that I had been going back and forth between working with my hands, and working with people, and so I decided to become a sloyd-teacher in Swedish primary school. As it turned out, the only teacher-programme in that subject in my hometown of Stockholm was at the Konstfack university of arts, crafts and design, from which I graduated with a masters degree in art and sloyd education 2019. Since then I have been working as a sloyd-teacher, supporting a growing number of young souls in their exploration in the woodshop, as well as continuously honing my own ability, insight and curiosity in both the craft of teaching, and the craft of sloyd.
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CONTACT

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BUJINKAN STOCKHOLM​ GYOKURYU DOJO
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