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Dear Martial Arts Friends: I would like to extend my warmest greetings for the New Year of 2012. The year 2011 was a turning point for E-BOGU.COM. The 3/11 earthquake in northeast Japan, the worldwide economic crisis, the financial turmoil due to the European crisis, and the sudden rise of the Japanese currency have affected us both, [...] Some people had asked me how I made the wooden floor of the BUTOKUDEN Dojo, so today I will write now I made the Butokuden Kendo Dojo wood floor myself. Our Dojo used to have a plastic tile, which covered a layer of plywood. Originally, we rented this location, because it used to be used by [...] Hello. This is Asuka. We will have the All US Junior Kendo Open Chmapionships in July. We will start practice for Junior Tournament soon. This tournament is for children 18 and under. We have a few good Junior Kenshis in our Dojo. One of them has a very strong fighting sprit. He is 9 year old. One [...] Hello, this is Asuka. Last Week was the last practice with Esteban. He left to Colombia. Since it was the last practice with Esteban at BUTOKUDEN, I really wanted to beat him in Keiko, even though he is male and practices more than I do. I was sure we would have last Keiko with him. So I [...] Hello, this is Asuka. It was a great opportunity for me to meet these highly skilled for female Senseis. What was common among them was that they were all very humble. Watanabe Sensei told us that the secret to improve Kendo skills is that we should listen to what our Senseis say and try the lessons [...] Hello, this is Asuka. Happy New Year! In our Dojo, we already started our practice from January 5. We were very busy at the end of 2009. We had the Christmas party, Toshikoshi Keiko and my Birthday Keiko. My birthday is December 26th. As for the Birthday Keiko, I was happy that everyone remembered my Birthday and decided [...]
Hello, this is Asuka. Last week, we had Christmas party in our Dojo. In the afternoon, we had the Butokuden Dojo tournament and in the evening we had the party. This tournament is very memorable for everyone. In the Kids division, the smallest one, who would never be happy unless he is [...] On Sunday, we had the promotion exam for KYU to 4 Dan. There were around 60 people testing at the examination. I got 3 Dan a year ago, therefore I did not have the qualification to take test this time. I went to the examination as a helper. I helped as a timer, so I was [...] Hello, this is Asuka.
In our Butokuden Dojo, we practice Jodo before our Kendo practices, for about 30 minutes.
Jodo is often called ‘The way of the stick.’ This martial art uses a short wooden staff, called a ‘Jo’ or ‘Tsue’, to defend oneself against an attacker using a Japanese sword.
First Tsukidue Practice We started Jodo a [...] Someya Senpai (Kendo 7 Dan, Brazilian National Team Manager) came to our Dojo again last Thursday. He was travelling with his family to Grand Canyon, and came directly to our Dojo after his trip. We had a almost 3 hours long Keiko. At the end Someya Senpai and I had a Jigeiko. I though it was [...] |
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