Blogs by members of the KW team.
Upon my recent return from a whirl-wind trip overseas, I have found myself back into summertime trainings of Taidai…in full swing! The training menu does not appear to have changed much in recent weeks, but in preparation for the upcoming Kansai Team Champs on the 20th of September, the quantity of training has increased significantly. That is to say it has doubled! Well, at least the blistering heat has remained consistent! Arghhh! ...
Updated 5th September 2009 at 07:09 PM by kendo-bum
So here is the idea: there are plenty of information out there, so much more than there was 30 years ago and very much accessible. So I thought that it would be good to get a multimedia library for everyone who would want to watch it. Sure, youtube or dailymotion are good video libraries but it's full of.... everything! This video library would be about budo arts. This is a wide range idea still, going from the basics, the easy stuff to the lectures and other kendo/budo related videos. Some shiais? ...
Updated 9th December 2009 at 03:12 AM by hamish (Video links updated to new style.)
With my assignments all wrapped and training declared “offu” (off) for a week or so, I have finally had the chance to enjoy some hard earned R&R. Thus, I arranged to take the bus from my small town in Osaka, to another even smaller town, 3 hours out of Tokyo, to spend a couple of quality days with some quality people…take it from me, don’t bother taking the over-night bus anywhere! The price aint that different to the shinkansen, and 12 hours crammed into a tiny seat in the middle row is a major ...
Updated 12th August 2009 at 05:30 PM by kendo-bum
A blog, writing about kendo, not today's practice or tomorow's worries but something meaningful, not only to me but hopefully to others. Life is an experiment, sometimes it works and sometimes is doesn't. I think that kendo is just the same. We try, we fail, we try again and we are successfull (THAT'S A PICTURE!!!!! Try a hundred). What matters the most is what we come out with in our failures and the uplifting feeling coming out of our successes. I love to experiment and if it fails, ...
Did you realize that its nearly July? What that means to you, I can’t be sure. But for me it means an ever increasing humidity, consequent sleepless nights and the conclusion of the first semester in the university school year. Hooray! The warmer weather means that the 50mx50m plot of dirt next to my lodgings was recently filled to saturation point with water and rice plants. As I began to consider the money making opportunities that lay beside me, such as a car park building ...
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