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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Kata practice Looking back on Kata practice 2025
With only one day left in the year, today was the final kata practice of 2025.How did a whole year go by so fast?Looking...
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...
Shinsa Why and When do I take Shinsa?
I traveled to Japan for about two weeks starting in early November to visit my cats friends, Mugi-chan and Mee-chan, who...
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 ...