| Keeping Your Sword Down Kihon with Alex Bennett sensei 2018 November |
2019-01-18 05:00:00-05
Alex Bennett sensei gave Indianapolis Kendo Club a seminar on shinai keiko and kata keiko. This is one of the methods he introduced us to improve our strikes. Hope this helps with your kendo study. His latest books' review is found at https://youtu.be/dsaCrkWZ5KQ.
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| Podcast 140 How Do You Know When To Strike in Kendo |
2019-01-19 06:00:00-05
This episode is an answer to a great question by a long-time member, Ming. his question was "Must I strike my opponent as soon as he (she) crosses my striking distance, even when he(she) has not yet moved his(her) kensaki off the center? Because there is no opening, even when my opponent has crossed into my striking distance. "
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| [PL] Hiro's Review: Tanaka sensei vs Sato sensei |
2019-01-23 10:42:19-05
Happy New Year!!!!!! Sato sensei from Suri-Kaburi. He is not a police officer nor a teacher at school. That makes him one of the rare 8-dan. Why rare? It is because he needs to make time to train. He doesn't train as much as police officers and teachers. I think he is really good at explaining kendo in words. Anyway, enjoy the vid!
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| Episode 141: How to Deal with Those Who Strike Super Hard |
2019-01-24 05:00:00-05
In this podcast, I want to share my thoughts on how to deal with those who strike super hard. Recently one of the members here posted some pictures of her fist after training. It was all swollen and purple. People shouldn’t strike kote that hard, and they shouldn’t hit the fist!
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| Chronic Pain Management: Alternative to Ibuprofen, Cherry vs Curcumin Product Review |
2019-01-25 05:00:00-05
Do you have chronic pain that you want to reduce? Did ibuprofen give you side effects? It did to me because I overdosed. I couldn't handle the pains I had after training. If you are looking for an alternative to ibuprofen, I recommend these two.
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| Episode 142: Kendo One Rank Above |
2019-01-26 06:00:00-05
This episode is inspired by Kendo Jidai Magazine, January 2019 issue (No. 560).
I thought I scheduled this podcast to be posted on a certain date but obviously, I didn’t! Sorry about that! Hope you like this new and first podcast episode of 2019.
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| [PRL] Hiro's Pick: Suzuki sensei vs Hayashi sensei |
2019-01-27 06:00:00-05
This is a tachiai at Kyoto Taikai. Hayashi sensei is (was, at least) a professor at university and Suzuki sensei is (was?) with Hyogo Prefectural Police Force. I will talk about the tachiai in Hiro's Review so watch this tachiai carefully.
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| [GLD] Hiro's Review: Hayashi sensei vs Suzuki sensei |
2019-01-29 16:53:26-05
I was so moved after watching this. This is an almost perfect tachiai for Hayashi sensei. Well, I don't really know if Hayashi sensei himself thinks so but to me this tachiai was so ideal. As a Kendo For Life Club member, you get a PDF file of my notes on this tachiai. If you are a platinum member, you have the video for download as well. Hope this helps.
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| Hiro's Pick: Iwasa sensei vs Yano sensei |
2019-01-30 05:00:00-05
They are young 8-dan. As of September 2017, Iwasa sensei was 47 years old (source: http://www.letskendo.com/posts/5367/). This video was taken at the taikai held on April 1, 2018. I assume that Yano sensei is about the same age.
Yano sensei executes a great men strike that you cannot miss. Please analyse it and probably you can compare his men strike with Hayashi sensei's.
Hope you enjoy the video.
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| [Kendo Study] Hayashi sensei's Men Strike Sequence |
2019-01-31 07:00:00-05
This is for Pearl and up members. This is a sequence of Hayashi sensei striking men; 1 is the start and 8 is the end.
- The yellow line is set to his top of the head when in chudan.
- The white dots are the approximate position of his right knee.
- The red line is set to his left foot.
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| Remove Wrinkles on Hakama Easily with iSteam Review |
2019-01-31 11:27:18-05
Have you ever had wrinkles that just won’t go away? I’m going to review and show you how to remove these wrinkles on a hakama with the iSteam!
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| Episode 143: For Old Dogs to Learn New Tricks |
2019-02-01 05:00:00-05
In this episode, I would like to share what I learned how old dogs can learn new tricks. Well, actually it is not only for old dogs, everyone. We want to master the kendo movements, right? Then we all need to know how to do it.
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| [PL] Hiro's Review: Yano sensei vs Iwasa sensei |
2019-02-04 06:00:00-05
I am now focusing on what happens before good strikes. We never know what is going on inside people's head but at least we can analyze what happens outside.
The details are in the PDF file but if you realize more, please share with us!
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| Totem Pole Kendo Kihon with Alex Bennett sensei 2018 November |
2019-02-05 05:00:00-05
Do you think you cannot reach your opponent's men? You're wrong. Try this Totem Pole Kihon method that Alex Bennett showed us. This training method will make you realize how much you can actually reach out to strike men. This seems helpful with Ki Ken Tai Icchi and fumikomi.
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| Hiro's Pick: Nabeyama sensei's Lesson on Men Strike |
2019-02-06 05:00:00-05
We all know about this but how many of us actually doing this? Of course, we need to be able to strike like he demonstrates. I will add my experiences when I make Hiro's Review on this video. Enjoy!
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| Systematic Way To Improve Your Kendo |
2019-02-07 14:07:20-05
From March 2019, I will devote my time and energy to cover one of these topics.
1. How to Pass 1 to 4 dans
2. How Adults Should Study Kendo by Reverse Engineering (to improve from beginner's level to intermediate)
Please come and vote!
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| Thank you for your support! |
2019-02-08 05:00:00-05
Thanks to your support, I purchased these books for me to study and share with you. Some of them were not available for the international shipping so I got them when I went back to Japan. I am sorry that I didn't thank you earlier due to my illness. And I was focusing more to catch up with the contents for you to watch.
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| [PL] Kendo Study: Putting Pressure: 5 Choices |
2019-02-08 06:00:00-05
You have 5 parts to point the kensen of your shinai against your opponent. Try them and see what happens. There are variations:
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| Podcast Episode 144: Understand the Differences in the Mechanisms |
2019-02-11 05:00:00-05
In this episode, I am talking about analyzing and understanding the differences in the mechanisms of the basic and the applied movements through reverse engineering. This is inspired by a couple of questions by Min, a long time member here, about my analysis on how an 8-dan sensei strike.
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| [PL] Hiro's Review: Nabeyama sensei's Lecture on Tōma and Okori |
2019-02-12 05:00:00-05
This is a very good lecture for all of us. We all know about this, right? I am sure your sensei tells you not to move your feet once you're in your uchima. But you do, don't you? :) If you don't, good for you! If you do, that's OK. Let's fix it! Nabeyama sensei is talking a bit more specific. Don't even shift your weight. You can but it shouldn't be a part of your "striking" ritual.
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| [KFL] Note: How to Empower the Kensaki of Your Shinai |
2019-02-13 06:00:00-05
This is a new thing for gold and platinum members. I am sharing my notes with the membres. Hope it helps you!
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| Hiro's Pick: Ishida sensei vs Kudō sensei |
2019-02-14 04:00:00-05
I found this video on YouTube and sharing it with platinum members and above so we can learn from them. Enjoy1
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| Episode 145: Abilities to Go Beyond – How a Top Athlete Challenges Himself |
2019-02-15 05:00:00-05
In this episode, I am sharing how a world top athlete challenges himself to fight other world competitors who are a lot stronger than he is. The athlete is Kōji Murofushi (Wikipedia), a former Japanese hammer thrower.
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