Sunday, March 19, 2023

Archeologists Unearth Gigantic Sword In Japan

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  Archaeologists in Japan Have Unearthed a Gigantic 4th-Century ‘Dakō’ Sword That Dwarfs Any Blade Ever Found in the Country The s...

Yes, I'm still here! More than a year later!?

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 Jeez!  I can't believe it's been so long since I have made any kind of post. Well, I'm back now and plan on updating this site ...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

Japanese Kendo Kata with Kazuo Furukawa Senseiand Hideyuki Eiga Sensei

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Well, it's a new year, so let's start this one off right. With the holidays and all, I know I personally have gotten slack about sho...
Saturday, October 2, 2021

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 This popped up the other day, and now I'm finally getting around to sharing it. (I know: I'm slack!) Seriously though, it's a g...

Handbook for Kendo Shiai and Shinpan Management

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 The All Japan Kendo Federation just released this the other day. It is an English translation of their shinpan rules. It's not very lon...
Saturday, September 4, 2021

Fighting Spirit of Old Japan (YouTube)

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 This is from Iaido Channel on YouTube. Some of the narration is less than great, but it does at least give us some rare footage to watch. ...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

Grappling Techniques Of Kendo

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 Looking at the calendar, it's hard to believe that the dojo has been closed for a over a year now. I haven't posted much because th...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Some Old Videos of Kendo in the 1800's!

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I came across these videos of kendo taken around the year 1897 on the YouTube site Olden Days . Both have been restored and colorized for ma...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Tennen-rishin-ryu Gekiken from BudoJapan

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 I found this on BudoJapan's Youtube Channel and thought it was worth a repost. Tennen-rishin ryu (style) is a form of gekiken (histori...

All Japan Kendo Federation Basic Kata For Iaido

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ZNKR Iaido (Seitei) kata with Noboru Ogura Sensei (8th Dan Kyoshi).   For those who don't know, the seitei were created for those who pr...