Calligraphy Workshop

Facilitated by Zen Samurai

Learning Calligraphy improves the skills and mind of a Samurai. Samurai Calligraphy is meditation through art. Zen Samurai’s style is to express energy on paper, understanding how energy is used and how it flows, and how to use blurring that appears accidentally.

ABOUT Zen Samurai

Sensei Zen Takai’s life has been steeped in the ancient traditions of Japanese martial arts. Born in Kyushu, Japan, he comes from a distinguished lineage of 16 generations of Samurai and Ninja, descended from an elite team founded by the legendary Hattori Hanzo.

Trained by his father and through his own disciplined path, he mastered 18 distinct samurai arts, earning the title of Sensei. His work is deeply shaped by Zen meditation, the Bushido code, and Shinto teachings.

From these deep roots, he developed The Zen Samurai Way — a method he calls “Moving Meditation.” This approach is designed to awaken life leadership skills and reconnect us to the core of our being. First taught at the Samurai Ninja Dojo in Tokyo, where he guided over 2,000 students, the practice continues to ripple across the world.

As the last heir of his lineage and with no children of his own, Sensei Takai carries a sacred mission, entrusted to him by his father, to share this powerful tradition with the world.