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Hi Kuri and welcome to Kendo World forum. I'm afraid the best I can do for you is this:
http://www.wakr.asn.au/clubs.htm which you've probably seen already. OTOH, WA Kendo is very strong, and...

Thanks for the video links guys.

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Personally I'm no fan of adrenalin sports, or seeing how close I can go to "the edge". On the one hand there's a strong case to be made that such pursuits are largely a male response to the lack of...

I was just re-reading my notes from a Sumi sensei seminar and he said that the Bokuto Kihon have 4 shikake, 4 oji and 1 basic kihon uchi kata. In that case, he must be thinking of hiki waza as...

There's no literal death in Kendo any more but there is still what I would call ego death. Ask anyone who is in a prolonged Kendo slump and wants to give up. That's ego-death. Overcoming that is the...

There are perhaps two different kinds of stress being debated here: one is stress over the well-being of the organism, which hl is talking about, i.e. life-and-death. The other is stress over...

Here is what I think is a much more beginner-friendly order for Bokuto Kihon:

Shikake waza
1. kihon uchi (men, kote, do, tsuki)
2. ni-dan waza
3. debana waza*
4. harai waza

Oji waza
5....

Back to answering the OP's original question, I find that a lot of this stuff is "case-by-case" depending on the individual's apparent kinesthetic ability and/or awareness. I'm also wary of...

Currently I'm experimenting with using it as the basic framework for teaching beginners in my dojo, but I am finding it problematic to use purely by itself so in general I agree with you. However the...

Yes, as it is, it is too much for beginners. But I think with some modifications in the order it can be made considerably easier. We are currently looking at it as a way of introducing into new areas...

I'm interested in (revisiting) everyone's experience of the Bokuto ni yoru kihon waza keiko ho, or bokuto kihon for short.

At what stage in your Kendo career were you taught it? Do you practice it...

I also like the saying, "Do your kata like shiai, and your shiai like kata." IOW you're kata should be intense and real, like something big's at stake. And you shiai should be... well it's hard to...

Well, the unarmed stuff aside, because I have no expertise in that area, what would I do if I found myself with a "teacher" would was making some fundamental errors in their Kendo teaching? Well if I...

I like how Yamamoto Tsunetomo used to say, "Be careful how much you bang on about all the stuff you know, because usually you'll just end up sounding like a dick." That's why most intelligent people...

...It also helps if you are independently wealthy and don't need to work.

Actually the 1,000/10,000 thing is interesting in the light of Japanese culture. 1,000 is a symbolic time frame that...

And make sure you don't get married, and especially don't have children.

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Marsten sensei said something right on the money. If your opponent is ready there is no opportunity. If he or she is not then you can strike men, kote, anything. The Spaminator is also right. It's...

Hang in there Rainmaker. Best piece of advice I ever got was from one of my sensei, a 7th dan, who said, "You know the secret is, just keep going." It's obvious but also quite profound. That great...

Perhaps a plait rather than a ponytail? I have also seen people use multiple hair-ties along the length of a long ponytail. Wasn't aware of why but perhaps they were having the same problem and this...

I've recently been reading this, and it's pretty interesting on what constitutes "fair" when it comes to a real fight. On a serious note, the quote in the original post sounds like a motto for...

Sorry for the very late reply. For anyone having trouble, I've linked them here. They're just jpegs.
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A Kumamoto-based bogu supplier sounds good... maybe Andy can do a good price on Hinokuni shinai! Looking forward to seeing the site go live.

Also, a little birdie told me that Eikobudogu in Tokyo...

Thanks for the news Aden. What a great accomplishment for those guys. b

Thanks guys! b

My club will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this Saturday. It will also be the day of our annual one-day Kangeiko, and at the moment, Melbourne is set to provide suitably kan conditions for us...