Little Samurai - Kendo and me 2019

2019 Little Samurai Class

Beginners' reflection on "how Kendo has influenced my everyday life?"

Kendo makes me stronger and healthier.
~ David

Kendo makes me happy. It is fun to learn and hit with my shinai. I love to make friends at the dojo and learn from everyone.

~ Ava

Kendo gives me better balance and focus.
~ Seb

I have new friend. I am happy. I like play Kendo.
~ Monica

Kendo has influenced me in my life by making me more focused in my learning at school and out of school by having goals and life lessons. Kendo has given me confidence in myself to do tasks, and ask for help in needed.

~ Frankie.

I started Kendo because I would normally have a arched back. Now, I have learned discipline. Kendo also teaches me to work hard.
~ Elliot

Kendo has influenced me by making me into a better person. I can be more focused on thing I need to focus on, be ready to learn and improve on who I am, and be able to think about more stuff.
~ Randika

Kendo has influenced my everyday life by teaching me things like "don't give up" and respect.
~ Jennifer K.

Kendo helps me learn how to survive in the wild or in a battle. It will help my body motor rate faster. Help me do better in sport.
~ Jayden

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How do you practice seme?

Kobayashi Hideo Sensei – How to Seme (w/English CC) 小林英雄先生 - 攻め方 How do you practice S eme ? Very early on, I have heard of the “Three Opportunities to Strike”: strike when your opponent’s technique is about to start, strike when your opponent’s technique ends, and when the opponent is mentally and physically depleted. Since then, this line of thinking has given me a direction in how to train. In 2017, Utsunomiya sensei, 7-dan kyoshi, came to visit us and taught me the concept of “okori”. That reminds me of the conversation that happened 8 years before that in 2009 with Morioka sensei, also 7-dan kyoshi, who asked me: “What is the timing or reason of your strike?” I think most people are familiar with the idea that you should “ seme then strike ”. However, when do you strike after seme has been a source of struggle for most kenyu. That’s why when I saw the video from Kobayashi Hanshi where you seme for the purposes of creating “okori” , I felt this added a whole other d

Happy Rabbit Year 2023

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Having good Senpai is a wonderful thing in Kendo.

13/03/2016 Yesterday's training was really hard! I thought everyone there make effort to do kendo without sensei (going to Auckland for the Yamagami sensei's seminar ) . There were quite a few problems I met from the training, for example I was scared when Claire senpai and Kevin senpai was about to hit me, and let kensen move away from centre. It may take time for me to modify my psychology. And I should improve my posture in the following training. Thanks to Nicole senpai for telling me a lot about how to maintain boku. I felt her passion in Kendo is exactly the same when we were training together and chatting after class.

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