Break
Hello all,
I thought I would write to see what everyone is doing with their week off from kendo. What do you do when you are away from kendo to keep motivated, in shape ect? As for myself, I find that doing at least 100 suburi a day has always allowed for me to stay motivated and somewhat in shape. I also like to read and reread some manuals and books on kendo to keep the fire there. The most important thing for me is to remained focus on what I was working on before I left and not to change it. Are there any things that you do to keep yourself in the right mental framework? Add it to the comments and let's see if we can keep our minds as sharp as our swords. Cheers!
I thought I would write to see what everyone is doing with their week off from kendo. What do you do when you are away from kendo to keep motivated, in shape ect? As for myself, I find that doing at least 100 suburi a day has always allowed for me to stay motivated and somewhat in shape. I also like to read and reread some manuals and books on kendo to keep the fire there. The most important thing for me is to remained focus on what I was working on before I left and not to change it. Are there any things that you do to keep yourself in the right mental framework? Add it to the comments and let's see if we can keep our minds as sharp as our swords. Cheers!
posted by eric | 3:12 PM
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I tried doing the suburi, but I kept putting dents in the ceiling so Joannée made me quit. But while we were on vacation I read "This is kendo" by Junzo Sasamori and Gordon Warner. It is an older book ca. 1965 but it was very interesting to note some of the changes in the sport since then. For instance in chudan no kamae they insisted that the shinai point directly at your opponents eyes and not tsuki. Also the kendoists seem to be more flat footed. It also has a good section on the development of sword arts in Japan and historical development of kendo.
Troy and I also practiced our kiai while in the tube of the water slide at Great Wolf Lodge. Unfortunately that has been about the best we could manage so far but we are going to try and get to U of M this weekend.
Talk to you guys soon, Perry
"Take arrows in your forehead but never in your back!"
I tried doing the suburi, but I kept putting dents in the ceiling so Joannée made me quit. But while we were on vacation I read "This is kendo" by Junzo Sasamori and Gordon Warner. It is an older book ca. 1965 but it was very interesting to note some of the changes in the sport since then. For instance in chudan no kamae they insisted that the shinai point directly at your opponents eyes and not tsuki. Also the kendoists seem to be more flat footed. It also has a good section on the development of sword arts in Japan and historical development of kendo.
Troy and I also practiced our kiai while in the tube of the water slide at Great Wolf Lodge. Unfortunately that has been about the best we could manage so far but we are going to try and get to U of M this weekend.
Talk to you guys soon, Perry
"Take arrows in your forehead but never in your back!"
Sorry Dudes!
I too wish I could say I did 100 suburi a day. but alas, I don't. I do manage to have one or 2 home bound suburi practices a week that last about 20-25 minutes each. The sessions are basically our warm ups doing around 40 - 50 of each cut we do during warm-ups. Luckily, I do have really high ceiling in my apartment hich makes cutting easy, but on the flip side, I am on on a second floor apartment. The neighbors below would not like it if I practiced my foot work to the full extent :)
I was able to do a little footwork on my pinewood floors and a few push-ups. also, some suburi with no sword, like we did with Tagawa-sensei at the last tournament? Just practicing the hands and feet and snap.
Gosh, I miss practice when we have a break!
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