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"The wand chooses the wizard, Mister Potter..."

Ergh... E-bogu's descriptions of shinai are ....

Well, I just imagine that they're being read by some breathless perpetually optimistic and enthusiastic high-pitched female anime voice actress. ...

You have to use the Harry Potter wand method really.... descriptions of how shinais feel are pretty worthless in my opinion....

I'm wondering if I should start a new thread for this as it would be thread drift (should I?), but has anyone bought the Guardian bogu set from All Japan, and have any thoughts about it? I'm sort of...

Actually, during demonstration matches (mohan geiko) that I've seen, some of the 8th dans (i.e Tagawa and Kato) wear very distinctive do-dai.

"3) Don't wear fancy Do or Bogu. Especially higher...

Well... I don't really want to go further into detail here because I don't want to presume that the experience of a 2nd dan in iaido is equivalent to the same grade in kendo, I imagine that the...

Well, okay, I'm a nidan (in Kendo). I'll bite...I have been a nidan since 2007, and I began testing for sandan (after defending my Ph.D dissertation) in 2010. On average I have been testing 3-4...

In my opinion, Kendo is different from other martial arts in technical content, order of curriculum instruction, and philosophical intent. It is what makes Kendo, and its practice relatively unique....

I hear ya. My right elbow problems started several years ago with a new shodan who decided that she would always hit dou, regardless of whether there was an opening or not....

She'd just hit my...

I'll have to double check but I think I used:

"Metabolic response to kendo." Schmidt RJ, Housh TJ, Hughes RA. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 1985 Dec;25(4):202-6. (had to find the abstract floating...

I've been using a Zephyr, which is a bluetooth heart rate monitor that also measures cadence, distance and speed, synced to my smartphone for about a year and a half now, maybe two years, and I have...

According to the handy booklet it came with (it has a distressingly large instruction manual for a giant rubber twizzler) it also helps with plantar fasciitis...

So since I have Amazon Prime I bought one of these things, since I'm sort of a sucker for these kinds of things.

Its... weird.... It may work, I can definitely tell it does "something". Don't...

Yea, keep us posted. One or two other people in my dojo have also expressed curiosity as well. Apparently there is a wrist band made of this material as well.

I used to not be that interested in...

This is a bit off topic I suppose, but has anyone made a men pad with D3O material? I was sort of randomly shooting the sh*t with another kendo friend of mine and wondered if a men pad could be made...

Once, in college a few days before finals I had to come in to do some office work while there was a kid's TKD practice going on.

Within days I came down with adult onset chickenpox. Wasn't fun...

Once (last year), I was sick and decided to come to the dojo to "just to watch". I made everyone, and I mean everyone in the dojo for about 2 weeks, just before a critical shinsa. I have not yet...

^ that is my answer too... I'll talk to you more about it if you want, this question came up a few weeks ago and is worth going over

It may not be a rule, but I always turn and bow slightly, but not long enough to delay the flow of the match. It is the right thing to do.

Yes, I believe your understanding is essentially correct. Although I do not practice iaido, iaido at my dojo practices before kendo does and sometimes I get to see their practices. From my...

So, I looked at your profile and helpfully it listed the grade you hold in Kendo, as well as the grade you hold in other martial arts. This is going to be a reply that addresses some other things...

So last night I sort of, well, really chewed out the class I was leading because the students had gotten into the habit of either rolling up their sleeves or tumble drying their gi so that the there...

To be honest, at this point when I get my next dou, I'm getting my kamon painted on instead of using a sticker. Stickers don't work very well in my experience, and mine has been torn off in half for...

If my memory serves me right, the rule applies to the ability to take a test, not to compete, though its been a few years since I've been a member of that federation and the rule may have changed.

Been using a Olympus E-PM1 for this purpose. Its small, easily portable, and not over $1000 so I'm somewhat am less nervous about bringing it to events. Its not bad, recording video is pretty...