Author: kiai

Here’s the contents in brief followed by a detailed map of all articles with links to each.

Contents in Brief

• Body Maintenance & Development
• For Beginners or Kids
• For the More Advanced
  • How to Strike (a Hit or Ippon)
  • Seme
• Mechanics
  • Gripping the Shinai
  • Fumikomi
• Mind Management
  • Kendo Wisdom, Quotes
  • Managing Habits
  • Meditation, Mindfulness
  • Mushin, Flow-State
• Shinsa/Shiai
• Stories
• External Resources (Compilation)

Contents in Detail

Articles which overlap multiple categories are placed under a single, most related category.

• Body Maintenance & Development
  • Body Maintenance for Kendo – Deep-Tissue Self-Massage Therapy
  • Ways to Relax Tight Shoulders (肩に力を抜いて)!
  • Ways to Check and Improve Your Posture for Kamae and Well-Being
  • Plyometrics for Speed and Strength Development in Kendo
• For Beginners, For Kids
  • Resources for Beginners
  • Tips for Beginners and Common Issues
  • Resources for Teaching Children Kendo
  • A Neat Way to Teach and Learn Suri-Ashi – For Beginners and Kids
  • Witnessing a Transformation in the Demeanor of a Child in Kendo
• For the More Advanced
  • How to Strike (a Hit or Ippon)
    • Techniques Needed to Win in Kendo (Translation of 勝つための必要な技術 by こごろ一様)
    • How to See the Chance for an Ippon (Translation of 一本を取るチャンスの見つけ方 by こごろ一様)
    • On “You Want to Strike Men? In Order to Win…” (面打ちたい？勝つために。。。) – A Video by Fuku-Sensei
    • Programming the Opponent – To Adopt Short-Term Conditioned Responses
    • Really Seeing the Opponent and Opportunities to Strike – Erasing “Wagamama” Kendo
  • Seme
    • A Study of Hikidasu 引き出す- Drawing out the Opponent
    • Healing Kendo (癒しの剣道) by Nakamura Sensei (a seven-part article)
    • Resources on Seme (攻め)
    • Quotes on Seme (攻め)
• Mechanics
  • Fumikomi
    • The Chassé for Strengthening the Hikitsuke – A Tribute to John Yamamoto Sensei
    • Walking as if Kissing the Earth – for a Shinkansen-like Fumikomi and Seme
    • Hikitsuke (the Quick Follow-up of the Rear Foot) in Fumikomi – Some Pointers and Videos
  • Gripping the Shinai
    • Relative Grip Strengths – Between the Hands and Digits (Overview) (a five-part article)
• Mind Management
  • Managing Habits
    • Resources on Habits – to Change or Acquire Them
    • Additional Quotes on Managing Habits
  • Meditation, Mindfulness
    • Resources on Meditation (黙想 mokusou)
    • Quotes on Meditation and Mindfulness – Related to Thoughts and Thinking
    • Some Benefits of Meditation – Reflections
  • Mushin, Flow-State
    • Open-Focus, Mushin and Kendo
    • Resources on Mushin-no-shin (The Mind of No Mind)
    • Quotes on Mushin, Flow and Open-Focus – Overview (in multiple parts)
    • Some Quotes from a Documentary on Eiga Sensei and Mushin-no-Waza (無心の技)
    • “Soft Eyes,” A Way of Seeing and Being – Resources and Quotes
  • Wisdom, Quotes
    • Kendo-related Quotes
    • Kendo Sayings (Proverbs)
    • The Blown Feather Sword (吹毛剣) – To Cut Away Our Attachments and Shikai
• Shinsa/Shiai
  • Shinsa Preparation – a List of Things to Work on and Keep in Mind
  • Ways to Calm the Mind and Body for Shinsa and Shiai (Part 1)
  • Ways to Calm the Mind and Body for Shinsa and Shiai – A Deeper Look (Part 2).
  • Shinsa and Shiai – Quotes for Inspiration (Part 1)
  • Shinsa and Shiai – Quotes for Inspiration (Part 2)
  • On Kamae and Kiai for Shinsa – Components One Can Control
  • A Compilation of Shinsa Videos Identifying Those Who Passed
  • Focusing on the Process vs. Results for Shinsa and Shiai
• Stories
  • Kyudo and Kendo – “How Can They Be Identical?”
  • On Fire in Shiai – An Anecdote on the Power of Music
  • Kiai, Presence and the Second Circle
• Compilation of External Resources:
  • Kendo Articles Translated by Ted Imoto Sensei (with 15+ translated articles)
  • English Articles and Sites on Kendo
  • Japanese Articles and Sites on Kendo (日本語での議事などのリンク)
  • External Videos