Kendo Podcast 21: How to Make Your Suburi More Effective

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Hiro

Do you want to know how you can make your suburi more effective? You can try these today and improve your kendo immediately.

Hope this helps!

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Kendo Podcast 20: The Meanings of Kakegoe and Kata

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Hiro

In this episode, I am sharing the meanings of kakegoe and thoughts on Kata.
Why do you think we take jodan in the very first kata? Why do you think we strike kote while your opponent’s sword is right in front of you?
Let’s give it a bit of a thought.

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Kendo Podcast Episode 19: Wanna Learn Real Kendo and Meaning of Ippon?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Hiro

Two interesting topics in this episode. This was a question from a sensei to a student, “Do you want to learn shiai kendo or real kendo?”. And also there was an interesting topic, “Does ippon mean a point?”.

What do you think, guys?

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Kendo Podcast Episode 18: Do We Need to Do Fumikomi?

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Hiro

Fumikomi is a big issue for a lot of kendo practitioners. Have you ever practiced suburi with fumikomi? Unless that kind of fumikomi suburi is made, we really don’t have suburi to practice fumikomi. OK, let’s get into the issue!

There are so many articles about fumikomi. You can search at kendo-guide.com!