Essex – a wonderful county ...
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drunkenspanielPosted
Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:10pm
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“Kendo!” screams the woman, her eyes looking about the floor. I assume she’s calling some male child of hers, rather than the martial art. “Kendo – go and find err!”
Again, I... wanders off leaving three kids wandering about the store. The small boy (I’m guessing this is Kendo) is running and skidding along the polished floor on his knees, while
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Bushido and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education
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David K.Posted
Fri 21 Nov 2008 4:27pm
of the Samurai continues to influence Japanese moral development through the practice ofKendo, which is one of the "sports" practiced by many Japanese high-school students. Bushido has
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Fighting Gear
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John V.Posted
Tue 01 Apr 2008 12:43pm
of 12 oz. gloves.
On Okinawa, karate fighters occassionally wear bogu, which is the protective armor used in kendo (sword-art). Bogu includes a chest protector and a full-face
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Doctor's Orders--Really!
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Robin C.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:39pm
and would have something to teach him. The more obscure arts he sought, like iaido and kendo, eluded us locally, though we initially found an old website for an iaido school about 30
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Fighting Gear
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John V.Posted
Mon 21 Apr 2008 6:00pm
of 12 oz. gloves.
On Okinawa, karate fighters occassionally wear bogu, which is the protective armor used in kendo (sword-art). Bogu includes a chest protector and a full-face
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A few links to get you through..
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Amy H.Posted
Mon 27 Jul 2009 10:51pm
on his blog, Kendo. Here is an excerpt - drop by and read the rest. "There are many reasons why I run. The greatest of which are the health benefits. It took me ten years
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Breath, Ki and Altered States
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John V.Posted
Mon 19 Jul 2010 9:48pm
). Kiai (spirited shout) is a manifestation of this force that is not limited to karate. At a recent Japanese Spring festival I attended, a local kendo (sword way) school put on an exhibition match that featured players that liberally employed the kiai. I thought it was a bit much, but then I don't do kendo. Years ago, I took a jiu-jitsu seminar given by a renown
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Karate - is it really a martial art?
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Sue WhartonPosted
Mon 14 Sep 2009 9:56am
I don't know about you but whenever I am thinking about any of the different fighting forms, be it karate, jujitsu, kung fu, kendo or anything else I tend to lump them altogether under the generic title of 'martial arts'. But is it right to do so? When I wrote my last post about the origins of shukokai I learnt that karate was developed
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Why do we.........sit in Seiza?
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Sue WhartonPosted
Mon 14 Sep 2009 9:56am
kneeling and moving have been lost. However in the more bugei arts such as kenjutsu , kendo, iaijutsu and iaido the precision of the steps and position of the feet, knee width etc
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