Shinai practice
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...
Shinai practice Big men and Small men
I suspect that for most kendo practitioners, the very first technique they learned when they started kendo was probably ...
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...
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...
Shinai practice For Myself vs. For Each Other
While I was doing mitori-keiko, I found myself thinking about so many different things that I’ve had no shortage of blog...
Shinai practice Seeing the trees, Missing the Forest
Last week, my lower back finally felt good again, and I was just so happy to be able to practice normally that I was sec...
Shinai practice Practice with Care and Precision
As I mentioned the other day, this autumn I ended up spending a great deal of time simply watching practice, thanks to m...
Shinai practice Breaking bad habits Part 3
Hello!Another energetic morning practice today. It's Haru-chan, the Kendo Cat! ♪Today, I'm going to reflect on my practi...
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(...