Have been supremely busy with end of financial year tasks at work - and have even missed a few trainings! Terrible, I know, but work must come before fun...
I am going to finally post about the great time I had at the 34th Australian Kendo Championships on 11th April 2009, and have finally compiled the videos that I took. At the moment I will just post the 2 matches that I was in due to time constraints (because blogging is inherently narcissistic), but I got a few Kyu individual matches, especially of the South Australian team so if someone wants a copy please let me know. There was also someone at the Adelaide Dojo who was going to compile the video that they took into a nicely edited DVD of the Nationals and they were going to incorporate the video I took, but they have been busy/not at training the same time as me and so am not sure of the status of this project.
Video is uploading to Youtube as I type, though I am getting tired and may not post it today.
At the Seminar we had 2 visiting 8th Dans from Japan and I will write about a couple of the most important points that I picked up from them (I have several pages of notes, but most are probably boring/personal).
- There are many ways in which a person can be taught Kendo, and there is not necessarily a "right" way. There are many ways to climb a mountain, but all of the ways lead to the same summit/peak.
- It is important that the distance that Kendoka start away from each other is 9 paces. At that distance you are wary of the opponent. Further than that and you are not in danger. Once you are at 9 paces you each take 3 paces in and you are at To-Maai and are dangerous to each other.
- When you lift your Shinai you keep your arms in the same position as Chudan-no-kamae and do not move past where your shoulders naturally allow. Your strikes should be relaxed and natural
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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