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 [...]
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 [...]
Hello. This is Asuka.
Today I going to talk about Ariga Sensei’s story about World Kendo Championships in 2003 which I heard from him.
As he mention in his previous blog, he was born in Japan and grew up in Brazil and Canada, so he had many Kendo experiences all over the world. As I grew up [...]
Akemashite Omedetougozaimasu!
Happy New Year to everyone.
Every year, we hold a Toshikoshi Keiko at our BUTOKUDEN Dojo in Irvine. We started in 2004, and this is the 4th time. Every year, we have more participants, and everyone who loves Kendo is welcome to join. Everyone starts gathering at around 10:30PM on December 31st, and the Keiko [...]