Training ideas, methods
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After class (after muk song, sp?), some of the senior members approach the sensei and sit in front of him while he does a quick review of what they need to work on. My question is, how do you know if you should go up? Once, a few senior members went up and one of them encouraged us to go up...
A custom with many clubs and federations, the final keiko of the year and first keiko of the new year, toshi-goshi and shin-nen keiko respectively, are treated as special occasions. In my region, local federations typically have a joint toshi-goshi-shin-nen-keiko from late night December...
From time to time, people enquire about cross-training for kendo. This post is meant to compile a list of useful resources. This thread will be used to discuss and modify the list for a time, and then will be closed. Women's weight training - best beginner's page on the net for both men and...
Just a curios question. How long did it take for you to see the openings. In keiko when sensei or sempai opens the target for you, How long until you saw those. And what did you watch. Did you watch for the kensen to move, shoulders, hips, hands? Or more properly what did you see move? As a side...
I've only been to four sessions of Kendo (dojo only meets once a week and sometimes those days are off for a variety of reasons) and I really would like to progress faster than I am now. I understand that with Kendo, no one gets better overnight but I feel I am learning rather slow. Now, I practice...
In a men strike, when exactly should the arm(s) straighten out? On the way back/up over the head, or on the swing forward after passing over the head? Are both arms straight and parallel to the ground? The left arm should be fully extended with the shinai at an obtuse angle, correct? I'm just...
Is it ok to use powder chalk, the ones used for gymnasitcs on your feet and hands to avoid getting blisters when doing Kendo?
Hello everyone, Last practice my Sensei told me that I move like a high school kenshi, that my body weight is going up. He said that I should focus on my grounding. And when he showed me how to do this, his men got through my own men strike, even though I was pretty sure I was having a good...
Is that normal? It doesn't hurt its just sore when I wake up in the morning. (it doesn't bother me after Kendo class). I want to practice suburi today but I'm not sure if I should since it's sore. This happened a couple of weeks ago too, but then I took a week off (I had to leave the city so I...
Yeah, I just quit a Judo dojo, seeing as it wasn't really my type of martial arts. I've had an old bokken from my buddy for a while now, and I've always wanted to know how to use it correctly. I've been searching for a dojo for the past week and have found nothing. I live in Austin TX. I know...
I know that there is a national U.S. team, but are there regional or state teams in the U.S.? Or are there just dojo teams? Maybe this is a stupid question (I always assumed the answer was no) but then someone at my dojo said someting that made me wonder.
Pretty interesting article. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/phys-ed-why-doesnt-exercise-lead-to-weight-loss/
For the next months I have no contact to a dojo or a training partner. So I have to train on my own. What do you suggest, appart from suburis, running and strechting, as a useful training lesson?
Ever since I've gotten into advanced class, I've been noticing some pain in my shins AFTER practice, is this normal? Should I be loading up on calcium or is this something not really worry about?
Hello, I am apart of a new Kendo group still forming and just lost our Sensei. I am wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction of a Kendo Sensei near, Savannah Ga. Kendo practitioner Kung Fu Student "empty mind, determination and a learning spirit, that is my way to train."
Crazy question, I know, and it would have to be by accident since it's not a target but did you ever get blasted on the side of the neck by a shinai blow aimed at your head? I ask because I was thinking about some of the hand techniques from my kempo days and there's a lot of reliance on the...
Hi, I have an area in my backyard that is unpainted concrete without a roof so it's exposed to the elements. I'm looking to put down some sort of flooring over the concrete that will alllow me to train kendo/iai at home. I know I could just put shoes on, but I just started and want keep train...
How often do you do suburi on your own, outside of keiko? What do you use? How many do you do? I'd make a poll, but it's more interesting (and informative) to see all three pieces of information together. I don't do any suburi at all right now, though I've been thinking about starting...
I am looking for a year long Kendo training academy. I intend to send my new sales associates that have recently graduated college. We are an American company. I recently viewed a school on television that offered such a program but I have misplaced the name. Can anyone be of assistance, thank...
Hey everyone, This last 2 weeks I 've been training a lot but I wasn't eating right and/or sleeping well. Anyway It surprised me that during the last 3 trainings I started to feel very weak and started to get tired easily. Any ideas or anything on how to overcome this ? Of course I"ll...
I'm not counting other martial arts like iaido or other sword/weapons arts. I mean, compared to things like karate, Tai Kwan Do, MMA or whatever... is it me or is kendo just harder? (or maybe I lost brain cells since when I used to do karate). Maybe Aikido comes close, but even there... it...
Some pretty interesting stuff in here, including some research that suggests less flexible runners actually run more economically. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/phys-ed-how-necessary-is-stretching/
I know that this isn't a medical board, but I was wondering if anyone else had the same experience, as i am really demoralized right now. In december i had a snowboarding related injury. I did not land on my wrist like you normally would in a fall from a snowboard. I caught an edge while...
Ok folks, perhaps you can help me with something that has been bothering me. When performing the backwards men cuts during kirikaeshi, does the moment of impact occur while stepping back with the LEFT foot, or are you supposed to wait until the RIGHT foot has stopped? My understanding is that...
Hello all, About two weeks ago I slipped on some black ice, landing very ungracefully and breaking my left fibula just above the ankle. When I went to see the orthopedist he gave me the option to just have it put in a cast and let it heal, (6 weeks or so of the cast, then some physical...
I'm engaging more muscles in my legs, trunk and upper back in my efforts to execute fumikomi with good posture as well as execute a crisp, straight cut. As a result, I'm getting more tired during practice and have hardly anything left for keiko. Is this what should be happening? I would have...
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