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Others The Kendo Cat Blog Is Going Global Meow!
I’ve accumulated around thirty blog posts now, so I’ve finally decided to release the Kendo Cat Blog to the entire world...
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...
Others What Is the Beauty of Kendo?
From time to time in everyday life, I find myself reacting to something I see with, “Wow—so beautiful,” or “Ah, this mus...
Others 2026 Kendo Resolutions
Happy New Year!This year again, it’s Haru-chan the Kendo Cat, continuing morning kendo practice.Now that I’ve finished e...
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 ...
Others Breaking bad habits – part 1
Hello, I'm the Kendo Cat, Haru-chan!Today, I'd like to share something I heard from my senior senpai (Celery-san) that m...
Body building Strengthening my body…It’s so hard
This is Haru-chan, the Kendo Cat.I am about 10 years old in cat age ... (don't convert to human age, please).Well, at th...
Others 2025 Kendo resolutions
A new year has begun.Starting this year, I've decided to use more this ‘剣道Cat’blog to keep records of my kendo practices...
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...
Others Visitors showed up!
One of my kendo resolutions for 2024 is to "recruit new students!"To my surprise, today, one person showed up to visit! ...
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...