Taos Kendo

01/03/2022

Kendo lessons of Sumi Masatake The state of Keiko (Sumi Masatake) 01/03/2022 Sumi Masatake, 8th Dan Hanshi Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1943. After graduating from Chikushigaoka High School, he moved on to Fukuoka Gakugei University (now Fukuoka University of Education). After graduation, he worked...

09/07/2021

Kendo lessons of Ota Tadanori Irimi: Close for you, far for your opponent, Part 1 09/06/2021 If the distance to the opponent is far, it is far for both. However, with Irimi techniques, we can achieve a distance that will be far for your opponent, yet close to you. Ota Tadanori, whose footwork is sha...

07/25/2021

Each generation helps the next. This is Kendo.

06/15/2021

A master kendo sensei discusses how timeless notions of stillness and movement come together through the modern lens of Japanese sword fighting. More on www.theavantgardediaries.com Directed…

06/08/2021

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Just over five years ago one of my sempai suddenly said – knowing I am a kendo book addict – that he was cleaning out some of his stuff and would I take a couple of boxes of kendo books…

05/15/2021

I’m sure the Budo practitioners know how “maai”(gap, space) is important in Budo. There is an appropriate maai between you and your opponent during the fight. Being too close or too far…