Hello. This is Asuka.
It has been a week since I last practiced Kendo, because I traveled around Southern California. There were a fewer students than usual today. Since our Dojo is not so big, this number was actually ideal for our practice.
Unfortunately, I found that my size 39 Shinai was broken just before practice. So [...]
Hello, this is Asuka.
Yesterday, it was hot and humid in Irvine. Practice is not so hard, but everybody sweat a lots. But we had a good practice.
We usually practice for 2hours and have 3 parts like every Dojo does; 1 Basic Practice ,2 Waza Practice, 3 Ji-geiko. Ariga Sensei teaches us the tip for each [...]
Hello, I am Asuka Kondo. I am learning English now at UC Irvine in the USA.
Taro Ariga is my Kendo Sensei at the Butokuden Dojo, located in Irvine, USA. I will begin to write this Ariga Sensei’s blog, Kendo Magazine” as much as I can from my perspective.
I started practicing Kendo during my High School [...]