Mental Why Do I Practice with My Sensei?
The other day, during the last 30 seconds of practice, I did aiuchi-men practice (mutual men practice).My practice partn...
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Mental I’m on a journey to find my voice
When did it start?I wonder when I first began thinking about kisei...When I think about it, kisei is actually one of the...
Mental My Other Teacher: “🌸The Beginner🌸”
Lately, my blog posts have been getting longer and longer... Are you free right now?Are you sure it's okay to start read...
Mental Why Do I Compete in Tournaments?
Last week turned into a "mitori-keiko (watching practice) week" for me for the first time in quite a while.The reason wa...
Mental A Big Question: What Exactly Is Shinai Kendo?
Hello everyone! It's Haru, the Kendo Cat!For the past few months, I've apparently been known as the ♡Kiken-tai no Icchi ...
Mental Adult Method / Child Method
At last, I’ve started to even have nightmares about achieving ki-ken-tai no icchi in my dreams. This is Haru-chan, also ...
Mental The difficulty of letting go of past success
Wow—five days have passed since I made this blog public to the whole world.Even though the number of readers is still sm...
Mental What I can gain from Degeiko
Wow… yesterday I finally launched the Kendo Cat Blog ♡ to the whole world! My heart was pounding like crazy!But when I t...
Mental My Juniors and the Discipline Within
In kendo, there is a ranking system called “dan.”Even when we simply say someone is “yudansha” (a dan holder), the range...
Mental The Day I Thanked Kendo
Before I knew it, I had written 30 posts on the Kendo Cat Blog, even though I update it only irregularly.I had told myse...
Mental Is my kendo really mine?
At our dojo, every morning, after finishing Seiza -quiet sitting- while hearing the birds chirping, we bow to the Sho-me...
Mental New Year’s Eve Kakari-Keiko Cooking
The last practice of 2025 had safely concluded.And just as I was finally able to take a deep breath and relax, I began m...
Mental My Relationship with Kendo
Since injuring my lower back in late September, I haven’t been able to take part in regular practice, and before I knew ...
Mental The first joint practice of 2024
Our dojo, Meikyokan is for adult beginners and we usually only have practices with our own students to avoid too much va...
Mental How should I overcome my fear?
Today, as always, we did some warm-up exercises and suburi,and then we started kihon keiko with the command, "Put on you...