Shinai practice
Shinai practice Breaking bad habits – part2
This is Haru-chan, also known as Kendo Cat.Today, I've made another new discovery, so I'd like to write about it.The oth...
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...
Shinai practice The pitfalls of the “dominant eye”
One day, my Sensei said to me, "Okay, Kendo Cat, let's do Ai-Uchi-Men!"So Sensei and I practiced Ai-Uchi-Men for about 3...
Shinai practice My long journey of Ki-Ken-Tai no icchi
One of the things that bothers people who have been practicing kendo for a few years, or even decades, is that they just...
Shinai practice Let’s do tsuki!
Today we practiced tsuki waza.Sensei showed three kinds of tsuki practice:the basic tsukitsuki where the kensen starts o...
Shinai practice The position of the left foot
Today, Sensei told us to pay attention to the position of the left foot.I feel like I'm finally starting to understand h...
Shinai practice The importance of the motodachi
Today, we had morning practice (7:00am-8:30am) as usual.Our practice usually starts with warm-up, suburi and foundation(...
Mental strengthening 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 strengthening 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...