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...
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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 ...
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...
Shinsa Shinsa preparation
We have a dojo member who will be taking shinsa soon.So today, we held shinsa practice at our dojo.Just like the real th...
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...
Kata practice The first 3 steps forward in Kata
At our dojo, we practice kata for an hour and a half every Tuesday.Today, I'd like to write about something I've been fe...
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...
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 ...