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    Top 10 Kendo articles of 2023

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    No.10 Overcoming the use of strength (Ijima Akira) Everyone probably has been told to relax their upper body and put strength into their lower body, but just thinking about this does not mean that…

    01/02/2024
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    Thorough footwork practice (Iguchi Kiyoshi)

    2023.6 KENDOJIDAI Iguchi Kiyoshi, who has achieved success at the highest level, including winning the team title at the World Kendo Championship and winning the individual title at the National Police Kendo Championship, has now…

    11/13/2023
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    The importance of Kata in traditional Japanese performing arts

    2023.7 KENDOJIDAI Interview, arrangement: Yamazaki EmikoTranslation: Anne Zwart Tahara Hironori Born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1940. After graduating from Yatsushiro High School, he joined the Metropolitan Police Department. Served as Deputy Chief Shihan of the…

    07/31/2023
  • COLUMN Solo training Stretching

    shoulder blades and hip joints

    2021.8 KENDOJIDAI Translation: Jouke van der Woude To improve the quality of strikes, it is important to increase the flexibility of the shoulder blade and hip joint area. Here are some stretches and training exercises…

    06/13/2022
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    Kendo and health: A survey regarding safety

    2021.7 KENDOJIDAI Hayashi Akito (Juntendo University Professor) Hayashi Akito graduated from Juntendo University School of Medicine and was an Associate Professor of Neurology at Wisconsin State University. He worked at the University of Tsukuba, and…

    08/02/2021
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    Kendo Research Office: Shinzato Chikano

    2021.1 KENDOJIDAI Apply Seme to the center to the very last second, then strike Men while suppressing your opponent When I was asked by Kendo Jidai to write an article on “Men”, I had a…

    02/01/2021
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    Strength in Numbers (Christopher Yang)

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    June 8, 2018.  Our first day of practice at Plano Kendo Dojo.  Initially, we scheduled practice once a week on Friday afternoons, and had two classes, a kids class from 3:45-5:00pm, and an adults…

    01/03/2021
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    Getting Started (Christopher Yang)

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    There are so many little things needed to start a dojo, and unfortunately, there is no book or manual that teaches you how to do it.  Fortunately or unfortunately, I had to learn everything…

    11/13/2020