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Why do you learn kendo?
Kendo teaches how to live with dignity. Kendo is derived from samurai swordsmanship. Samurai lived with dignity, honesty, discipline, respect and love. Kendo carries the samurai teachings, which samurai learned from dead-or-alive situations.
When can you start kendo?
Some start at 3 years old. Some starts in their 50s and 60s. Usually a dojo (training place) has their rules on age as well. My dojo in Japan used to tell us to start at the age of 7.
How do I start practicing kendo?
How to Learn Kendo at Home
- Set up a Studio. Establish an at-home studio for your regular kendo training sessions.
- Train Daily. Create a daily training regimen that combines basic stretching and strengthening exercises with the “waza,” or techniques, learned in kendo.
- Add in DVDs.
- Find a Partner.
Why is kendo so important to Japan?
In the 17th century, Japan entered a more peaceful era and, with time, samurai no longer needed real swords to fight battles or to keep the peace. Kenjutsu gave way to kendo, the way of the sword, which used bamboo swords as a means to train and strengthen the mind and the body.
What is Kendo focus?
What is the main focus of Kendo? Kendo means way of the sword. It’s full on attacking with a bamboo sword, that’s representing the samurai katana, but it’s a full contact sport where you attack and counter attack against an opponent.
How effective is kendo in a fight?
In Kendo competitions the Head and Forearm are targeted in the vast majority of attacks, and that skill absolutely would transfer to a real sword fight. I would say that it is moderately effective in that, kendo trains the correct muscles and correct basic concepts.
Do you know kendo history?
But without know kendo history, it is hard to grasp the benefits of kendo. Kendo is the way of the sword. It is derived from samurai swordsmanship. Kendo was a part of samurai training system. Why Do We Use bamboo swords and armour? Samurai used to train with wooden swords or bokuto.
What are the basic techniques of kendo?
Kendo techniques comprise both strikes and thrusts. Strikes are only made towards specified target areas (打突-部位 datotsu-bui) on the wrists, head, or body, all of which are protected by armour. The targets are men, sayu-men or yoko-men (upper, left or right side of the men ), the right kote at any time,…
What are the benefits of learning kendo?
Kendo is a good exercise for your physical health, and also samurai swordsmanship or philosophy is quite helpful to our daily life. You may have heard about Gorin no Sho: The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto. People still read the book even now and world-wide.
What is the history of Kendo Kata?
Soon after, kendo kata were developed from older forms from kenjutsu in a bid to better preserve the techniques and by 1936, most kendo schools were teaching a formalised version of the art.