T-Shirts Will be Sent Out Soon! KFL Newsletter August 2015 No.3

Published: Mon, 08/31/15

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42 years old! I have received a lot of birthday wishes from many people all over the world. I really appreciate that!

I really feel lucky.

Without people like you, I am no one.
With you, what I learned from my senseis will live. 

So I thank you!

My birthday wish for kendo is...
I wish some of the teachings of my senseis will live somewhere in the world.

Most difficult part of learning kendo is that the teachings must be performed. We should turn the teachings into actions. Without doing so, these teachings will not be passed onto the next generations.

I will strive to turn them into actions and hope you do the same!!
Fundraising T-Shirts Should Be Mailed Out Soon!​
Image​I  received a phone call from this local t-shirt place that the t-shirts are ready. So I will pick them up soon!

For this fundraising activity, many many people from the world showed their support. 

You don't know how much energy you guys gave me! So again, THANK YOU!!
Do you fine-tune your kendo?

This is not only about kendō so if you learn this you can use those for something else too.


These 5 steps are what I learned through more than 20 years of instructing kendō and being a student of kendō for more than 34 years.


The core of these steps is…


“Kendō is not about how to control your sword. It is about how to control yourself.”


So if you are a beginner or trying to reach at a higher level, these steps might help you to get there.

  1. Learn to feel how your body works
  2. Learn how you can move your body
  3. Learn how it looks like when you move your body
  4. Learn how to fine-tune your body
  5. Learn how your emotion affects your movements


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Enjoy Your Samurai Spirit Tee
Kendo For Life Samurai Spirit
I designed this samurai spirit t-shirt for the dojo I instruct kendo but the design is soooo cool, I wanted to have it on the Kendo For Life Tee!

You have Kendo For Life on the left front area and this Japanese character of Samurai Spirit on the back together with the English.  

I thought you would like this design too!

It is very simple yet meaningful. So I hope you would like it too!

This would be a great gift not only for kendo people but also those who like the way of the samurai.
Fumikomi is not something you should perform. It is a result.

I have been telling my students that fumikomi is not necessary. And recently I have read an article by Geoff Salmon sensei, the author of Kendo. It is calledFumikomi-ashi – not the only way. You should read this if you have not.


And many people think that ki ken tai icchi is about striking a target and with the right foot stomp at the same time along with kiai.


I do not disagree with it but I think ki ken tai icchi has more to it. And many kendoists know about it but not through being taught; through experience.


As it is written, tai means body. Not only the right foot. So I see this as a warning; “Do not execute a strike only with your arms‘.


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