Kendo Magazine

2012 New Year Message

taroariga — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:44:26 +0000

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, [...]

Inspiration

asukakondo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:33:29 +0000

Some comes to our Dojo and some left. Yes. It is our life.

Yesterday, one of our Sensei who just graduated from University in USA had the last practice with us. He will leave tomorrow. He will study in Japan again to be a teacher.

His Kendo is awesome. He has good posture and his [...]

Making of Butokuden Kendo Dojo wood floor

taroariga — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:17:30 +0000

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 [...]

Fighting Sprits

asukakondo — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:39:17 +0000

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 [...]

Last Practice with Esteban!

asukakondo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:53:27 +0000

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 [...]

Practice Diary 02/12/2010

asukakondo — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:55:58 +0000

Hello, this is Asuka.

In January, we had many new students who joined our BUTOKUDEN Dojo. Sometimes, I teach the beginners the basics. For an adult, it is very important that they enjoy Kendo. Even though they are just starting up, we have to give a variety of practice menu, in order to keep them [...]

Female Kenshi

asukakondo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:20:11 +0000

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 [...]

Practice Diary 12/26/2009 Birthday Keiko

asukakondo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:09:45 +0000

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 [...]

Christmas Party!!

asukakondo — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:49:41 +0000

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 [...]

Kendo Baka

asukakondo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:48:39 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

We now have one Kenshi from Columbia. He came to the USA in November, and he will be staying until February. He is crazy about Kendo. In Japanese we call these type of people “Kendo OTAKU” or “Kendo BAKA”.?Sometimes I carpool with him. Most of our conversation is about Marital Arts, Samurai [...]