2011-04-13 22:20:00
I usually practice kendo at home once or twice a week, by myself, just stretching and doing suburi. Tonight made a nice difference with one of my sempai visiting for one-on-one training. We did suburi, went over kata #1 and the he let me practice some kihon on him wearing his bogu. Now, I need to remember the learning points we discovered today, because there were quite a few eye openers for me.
Thanks Martijn! I really appreciate your help and I enjoy our training tremendously. m(__)m
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Posted by Thomas
> Sound very valuable.
It is. Though Martijn has "only" been doing kendo for roughly a year he can pick up on the things that newbies like myself are doing wrong. Which helps out a lot :)
> I have no idea what all those japanese words mean
Why yes, I have an excellent glossary / list of kendo terms. It's published by the Renshinjuku dojo on their website and explains most of the terms we need to know in the dojo.
Also, often I'll try to find a link to a relevant article when using a new word in a blog post (like "tenouchi" above).
To quickly translate, this: "We did suburi, went over kata #1 and the he let me practice some kihon on him wearing his bogu." Means "We did cutting practice, performed the first of ten choreographed kendo routines and then he let me hit the crap out of him." ^_^
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2011-04-14 09:30:00
Posted by Menno
Sound very valuable.
I wonder though if you have a list of what is what in kendo? I have no idea what all those japanese words mean :).