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 [...]
Every year, I go to Portugal to run a Gasshuku. Usually, I am there at the beginning of the year, but this year, it was last week, during the weekend of October 25 – 26, 2008. We had the Gashuku in a small [...]