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Practice Diary 10/19/2009 Syu-Ha-Ri

asukakondo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:25:53 +0000

Last 2 weeks, Someya Sensei came to our Dojo and taught us the tip of hitting Men. He told us that you should pull up the left hand, in order to bring the tip of the Shinai down, to hit the opponent Men more precisely and sharply.

Someya Sensei

After practice, one of students in our [...]

Practice Diary 10/07/2009 Someya Senpai

asukakondo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:14:40 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

This week, we have many guest Kenshis coming our Dojo. Besides the boys from Japan, we have Someya Sensei from Brazil. He is Ariga Sensei’s Senpai when he practiced in Brazil in his childhood. He has 7 Dan and was the Brazil Delegation Manager in 14th World Kendo Championships, last month.

I usually [...]

Practice Diary 10/06/2009 Young Kenshis coming!

asukakondo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:45:57 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

Today, we had two young Kenshis from Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The older brother is 15 years old and has Second Dan, and the younger brother is 12 years old and has Sho-Dan. Their father found our Dojo from our website and sent Ariga Sensei an e-mail last week. As they [...]

10/01/2009 Kendo Practice Diary

asukakondo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:26:46 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

Today, two female Kenshis came to our Dojo from Soka University. So, last practice was a very big group, and we could for a group of females to do the drills.. Usually we can’t make female group, since there are only a few female in our Dojo, and they all don’t come [...]

09/29/2009 KENDO Practice Diary

asukakondo — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:45:33 +0000

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 [...]

New Bogu

asukakondo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:42:24 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

Today, Ariga Sensei explained hot to hit Do, and we practiced Do many times. I was never very good in hitting Do. I find that hitting Do is too risky for me. Also, I do not like to go against a Kenshi who is good at striking the Do. I have no [...]