Showing posts with label kendo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kendo. Show all posts

Monday, October 11, 2010

Heart of a Kendoka


Nito-ryu vs Itto-ryu
:)

"If your heart is in disarray, you will never become stronger in Kendo. 
To become a matured Kendo practitioner, you must mature your heart as well. 
You will never mature if you harbor any ill-will in your heart"
from: Tama-can no to-chan

Friday, August 06, 2010

Kendo Exam

..it's finally over! what a relief. have trouble sleeping the night before. glad that's over.


it was my last day of kendo class, and apparently gikeiko (combat exercise) was part of the final evaluation. i was up against mosley. generally, i was pretty nervous about it. after watching myself on video, i realize that i need to work on my turning. they suck! i look somewhat robotic too. but my coach praise me for my strong kiai, which actually made me feel a little better about my grade. :) thank you sensei minoru kiyota, mr kenoyer, tom and tia for teaching me this wonderful art.

i was thinking of putting a bgm for this video until i realized that i already have a bgm for my blog, which coincidently works well for this video. hooray!

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Kama-e of no Kama-e


killing the ego.

Photo from: Hizen Kendo Club

today we practise, tomorrow we fight.