Teaching adult beginners
Footwork Do We Ever Graduate from Beginner Practice?
My dojo is a dojo for “adult beginners.”It is a very small dojo, but every few months or so, a new student joins us.At m...
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...
Kata practice The Importance of Uchidachi
Every Tuesday is our Kata practice day.Our Sensei says, “Kendo Kata is not arranged in order of difficulty, so even begi...
Kata practice Two Roles in One: The Chopstick Method
One of the things I aim for, both in Nippon Kendo Kata and in shinai kendo, is “to feel the opponent.”The person standin...
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 ...
Others Tying, folding…
Phew, I made it through today’s practice safely again.Last time, Celery senpai guided me through a lot of things, and my...
Footwork Footwork in Kata
Once upon a time, there was a mother raising two children.The mother’s name was Suri-ashi.Her children were Okuri-ashi a...
Kata practice Teaching is learning
Today, we split into two groups for practice.I was assigned to teach the basics to two beginners.Well, it's not easy to ...
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(...