Training ideas, methods
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...
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...
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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...
I have organized so many fund-raising events for the club - tonnes of sausages sizzles at the university and in the city, and raffles etc.. Sometimes we will do small demonstrations at the events like kirikaeshi, kata and balloon fights (coloured balloon on the men, first to pop it wins) but I...
I really want to learn kendo but the closes school is a 6 hour drive from where I live. I'm wondering if there are any good online resources,books or videos for learning kendo from home.
I was wounding, does anyone have any ideas to make a cheap training dummy, or any ideas on something to use (that wont beat up my shinai?) I have seen a lot of different ideas on the web, but a lot of them still take a lot of stuff to make. Thanks
I've been in bogu for about a month, and training for several. Every practice I go to, I come home with some nasty bruise from people hitting too hard, mostly on the kote (even though I wear a kote protector), last week on my side above where the do protects, and I think one spot under the do. ...
Okay, I'm trying to phrase this in a way that doesn't seem like naive rambling or simple impatience, I think you need to understand my background in Kendo to best assist me. I've been training for a year and a 2 weeks now and I've had 1 'real' match at mumeishi 3's last year(which I lost in 20 to...
After Sunday practice I had a younger student, not by age but experience, he came up to me and asked what was the easiest way to deal with the newly forming blisters on his feet I never tried to deal with them myself so I had no idea and naturally I was embarrassed about not being able to answer....
Hi I have been doing kendo for about a year now and I have recently thought about taking Iaido whilst continuing with kendo. What I wanted to know is whether this could effect my kendo in anyway and if it does, should I even try Iaido at all. I began my kendo late(1 week before my 16th birthday)...
Just had first class with Yamakage Dojo and it was great. It wound up being just me and one other person, but he took the time to show me the basics and that was definitely appareciated. It was also ... a lot more difficult than I expected. I mean I expected it to be difficult but it was...
I am Xinglin(星林)from China as a student in Hull universty, I just arrived UK for 1 week and I lived in kinston upon hull river,UK. I practice kendo for more than 3 months already when I was in China. I bring my shinai(竹刀) and Kendo equipment(ぼく) to British, I was wondering is there any Kendo...
i've been studying kendo for 3 years. i'm 19 and i don't have enough money to go to miami everyweek. i usually study kendo in japan when i visit my relatives.the people in japan let me train for free with mostly 7th dan senseis.but when i get back i have nowhere to train. i hope someone could tell...
Sooo tonight was the second week in a row that I wound up practicing alone. Not a problem, since right now is a busy time for anyone college aged. Just going ahead and practicing suri ashi and such, as I was shown. Buuuut ... does anyone have any suggestions on repetitions or time management or...
Hi, first time poster, just posting because I've been having trouble with my seiza and sonkyo because my weight distribution is all wrong because of the above issue and was hoping someone could help - has anyone else experienced this? What stretches should I do to help with my problem?
http://darrenclarke.info/ For reference, Crossfit workouts are short, very intense workouts,(The workout it self will vary), lasting around 12-20mins. A typical session is around one hour and includes warm-up (often fairly intense on it's own), a technical/strength bit and then the workout...
when doing Katate men uchi how do you do tenouchi? Do you bring your arm toward you at the moment of cut?
Hello, I'm new here, and thought about performing some thread necromancy, but couldn't find a thread that fit just right, so I figured I would create a new one. (I hope people don't mind). Anyway, I practice at Choyokan Kendo Dojo in the Chicagoland area, and have been for a little over a year...
To train my left arm for practicing Jodan I have took up Katate subori with 1kg suborito. with the grip do I grip the end of Tzuka like where I normally have my left hend. Will it still training my left arm when do subori gripping middle of Tzukawa? regard
How do y'all feel about spending an entire practice doing ji-keiko, no kihon? Last Saturday we started with kirikaeshi and then did an hour and a half of free practice. It was fun and challenging, but I could barely lift my arms by the end.
This is just to ask opinions, if you have take a break from kendo for more than six months in the past, can you please answer the following questions: 1) what's the reason you stop practicing, e.g. work, health, relocation...etc 2) what make you want to practice kendo again? 3) how long does...
So over the last 6 months or so I've noticed my achillies tendon getting tighter and tighter even though I stretch on a regular basis. It's come and gone but mostly come, it's feels so tight now that I'm more than a little concerned about tearing it. In the morning I have to stretch it just to...
I am posting this to gather oppinions about training and having combat with heavy kendokas, since I am light around 60 kg and 1.7 meters tall I am commonly overwhelm by taller and foremost heavier kendokas, therefore I have to keep my distance and avoid tai atari, more than once I have been sent...
I went to a ji-geiko practice last night, after a break of about a month (vacation + flu). I'm still coughing a bit, but the practice was fine. I got hit a couple of times sideways on the men, same side, and it did hurt a bit. I freaked out last night after finding blood on a qtip, the same side...
http://www.physorg.com/news198169672.html Previous studies have shown that variable practice improves the brain's memory of most skills better than practice focused on a single task. Cognitive neuroscientists at USC and UCLA describe the neural basis for this paradox in a new study in Nature...
May be of interest, though almost certainly ymmv. -Charles http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/nutrition/20best.html With This Rinse, Performance Improves By GINA KOLATA Exercise scientists say they have stumbled on an amazing discovery. Athletes can improve their performance in...
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