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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 [...]

Practice Diary 10/20/2009 Last Practice with Someya Sensei

asukakondo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:51:58 +0000

Hello. This is Asuka.

We had last Keiko with Someya Sensei on October 20. He went back to Brazil on October 21.

This day was only Jigeiko. Of course, I went practice with Someya Sensei. I got very good advices. He told me that I should initiate the attacks using the legs, and not arms. Also, he [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]