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    09/29/2009 KENDO Practice Diary

    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 [...]

    09/17/2009 KENDO Practice Diary

    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 [...]

    Introduction myself (by Asuka)

    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 [...]