2019.1 KENDOJIDAI Nabeyama Sensei teaches Kendo at Tsukuba University to students who have no prior Kendo experience. In order to make Kendo more appealing in the limited time available to them, he continues to devise…
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2019.5 KENDOJIDAI Last year, Hashimoto Keiichi won the 7th Dan Tournament with his sharp strikes from his clean Kamae, knocking out one strong player after another. We asked Hashimoto about his awareness of Kamae and…
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Kendo lessons of Kanzaki Hiroshi KENDO TRAININGUnity of offense and defense, left and right: The key lies in Kamae
2019.5 KENDOJIDAI “I think any Kendoka should aim for unity of offense and defense” says Kanzaki Hiroshi, who focuses on his Kamae to put this into practice. By reflecting on your Kamae, you will be…
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2019.5 KENDOJIDAI Kamae is among the basics of Kendo, and the right Kamae enables body movement that allows for both offense and defense with complete Kikentai-Icchi. Are you aware that your Kamae might have serious…
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In 2019 from August 2 (Fri) to August 4 (Sun) the annual Amsterdam Kendo Summer Seminar was held. In this report, the contents of the seminar will be presented in text and video. If… -
Kendo lessons of Yamashita Katsuhisa KENDO TECHNIQUEYamashita (3/3) Technique: increase the accuracy of your strikes and gain confidence
Published on KENDOJIDAI 2018.8 Yamashita-sensei, who has been very successful in competition since his childhood, encountered his greatest challenge in the form of his hachidan examination. How do you break through this obstacle? He…
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Kendo lessons of Yamashita Katsuhisa KENDO TECHNIQUEYamashita (2/3) Kamae : Consciously face your opponent
Published on KENDOJIDAI 2018.8 Yamashita-sensei, who has been very successful in competition since his childhood, encountered his greatest challenge in the form of his hachidan examination. How do you break through this obstacle? He…
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Kendo lessons of Yamashita Katsuhisa KENDO TECHNIQUEYamashita (1/3) Failing my hachidan exam made me realize that I had improve my tame
Published on KENDOJIDAI 2018.8 Yamashita-sensei, who has been very successful in competition since his childhood, encountered his greatest challenge in the form of his hachidan examination. How do you break through this obstacle? He…
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Good kendo comes with tame. If it is not sufficient, you will not succeed in either competition or examinations. The success of scoring an ippon depends on it. How can we successfully create tame?…
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Good kendo comes with tame. If it is not sufficient, you will not succeed in either competition or examinations. The success of scoring an ippon depends on it. How can we successfully create tame?…
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Good kendo comes with tame. If it is not sufficient, you will not succeed in either competition or examinations. The success of scoring an ippon depends on it. How can we successfully create tame?…
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8th Dan Kendo lessons of Onda Kouji KENDO TECHNIQUEThe essence of kamae that leads to seme and tame
Good kendo comes with tame. If it is not sufficient, you will not succeed in either competition or examinations. The success of scoring an ippon depends on it. How can we successfully create tame?…
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8th Dan Kendo lessons of Higashi Yoshimi KENDO TECHNIQUEHow to create a kamae to strike at any time
The puzzling relation between feet and valid strikes Don’t hit with your arms, hit with your legs. Don’t hit with your legs, hit with your waist. In any case the issue lies with the…