2023.1 KENDOJIDAI photo= Sasai Takamasatranslation= Pepijn Boomgaard The 64th All Japan Corporate Tournament was won by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (head office). It was the first time in 13 years that the company managed to seize…
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32nd European Kendo Championships 2023 Beauvais, France 2023 May 19th to 21st Junior Championship Junior Team Championship 🥇First PlaceFrance 🥈Second PlacePoland 🥉Third PlaceUnited KingdomSwitzerland 💪Fighting SpiritChatzopoulos, Theofanis (Greece)Roth, Catherine (Austria)Ćajić, Nemanja (Serbia)Sala, Simone (Italy)… -
2023.3 KENDOJIDAI Now that COVID-19 has become a part of our lives, many Kenshi wonder how the new way of practicing Kendo has affected them physically. Can you still do intense Kakari-geiko or Uchikomi-geiko with…
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2023.1 KENDOJIDAI Planning: Nishiguchi KunihikoTranslation: Jouke van der Woude “I aim to maintain a stable Kamae and to be constantly aware of striking accurately along the blade angle,” says Tanigawa Sensei, 8th Dan and senior…
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Kendo lessons of Nakamura FukuyoshiAi-men and Debana-Kote are Kendo necessities (Nakamura Fukuyoshi)
2023.1 KENDOJIDAI Photography: Nishiguchi KunihikoTranslation: Jouke van der Woude “In order to perform an Ai-men or Debana-kote strike, one must first move the opponent’s intent. It’s important to be in harmony with the opponent and…
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2023.1 KendoJIDAI Planning: Teraoka TomoyukiPhotography: Nishiguchi KunihikoTranslation: Jouke van der Woude “If you maintain contact with the opponent’s Shinai, you can control the center and kill the opponent’s Kensaki.” Funatsu Shinji, a Hanshi with two…