The feel the of the shinai also changes when you maintain it. So yeah, all I really do these days is match the nodes to make frankenshinai. Other than that, I don't worry too much about it.
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The feel the of the shinai also changes when you maintain it. So yeah, all I really do these days is match the nodes to make frankenshinai. Other than that, I don't worry too much about it.
Personally, I prefer working with Mr. Yamamoto at mail@japanesesword.net.
It is still under the Tozando umbrella, but he's much more through and responsive, IMHO.
So,
TOMOE series is designed for ladies.
TORA features sand-casted bubble free zinc aluminum blades with iron tsuba and brass fuchi gashira.
Fuji features silver plated fuchi/gashira.
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Yes, I saw your reply the first time. I was simply responding to the thread drift.
Well, here's the problem. What about all that fist bumping when people get on and off the court and when other dojo members shout "non-English" instructions to the competing team members thinking...
This is an interesting twist on the thread here.
1. That was a theorectical question.
2. In the spirit of being instructional, what would you rather have? A fake torikeshi said in a light tone...
Hi all,
An amusing situation came up while doing shinpan practice for the kids.
During a team match situation, one kid had a forfeit in the line up. When she jumped up and down after she left...
I would at least read the fumikomi article and the fundamental theorem article.
I'm a fan!
http://www.kingstonkendo.org/concepts.html
http://youtu.be/3QhrnMxM130
1) KHD11 Tame
2) KHD81 Cha Tataki
3) Yondan
Yeah, I know I'm not a typical case. I also started kendo on a whim because of a couple of movies and is still here...so another myth blown.
I wonder that of the subset of folks that rented bogu...
Hmm...is it important in the same way that being a shinpan for shiai in kendo tournaments is to a kendo person?
Or is there a "how to teach" element that being a shinpan doesn't quite provide,...
Not buying bogu until you are sure you are going to stick with it, buying bogu is not *always* a bad thing.
My parents surprised me by buying me a set of bogu for Christmas back in 1990 when my...
So, I’ve taken a couple of breaks of iai, the longest of which is the one since I got Nidan in 2005.
I can’t exactly remember when I started the break, but it was somewhere in 2005 and I...
Argghh...must spread more reputation around before.....
Hmm...it's actually a whole new world for me right now and things have been relatively exciting for me in the kendo half of...
...must spread reputation around. + 1 to Halcyon!
I've been in the 2-Dan graveyard for a while now...but with point #5, it's clearly just a long slump :P
Do you have an Iai version?
Someone said in a thread somewhere years ago that many Tokyo Police use Mori Budogu.
http://www.moribudo.co.jp/e-index.html
I don't know if it's true or heresay though.
There's always Hirano...
The lazy part of me just buy them oversized, nuke it in the dryer the first time I wash it...problem solved, at least for your future keiko-gi. You can't do this if they have that wicking lining on...
Nope!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/fullcredits
http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/9352-Shikai-Sensei-on-KROCK-92-3-FM-2-3-06-8-a-m-eastern-time
http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/25690-Sueyoshi-Akeshi?p=454030&viewfull=1#post454030
I'm not sure if it is the same thing, but I got good advice on this recently.
A sensei told me that I should start thinking and positioning myself in half an inch to an inch at a time rather than...
Jodan in Red got the morote kote...the judges initially raised the flag because of the relative position of the players and then realized it was red when he was walking back to his starting...