This episode is inspired by Kendo Jidai Magazine, January 2019 issue (No. 560). I thought I scheduled this podcast to be posted on a certain date but obviously, I didn’t! Sorry about that! Hope you like this new and first podcast episode of 2019. For more kendo information visit at Kendo–Guide.Com and Subscribe to Kendo–Guide.Com for […]

In this podcast, I want to share my thoughts on how to deal with those who strike super hard. Recently one of the members here posted some pictures of her fist after training. It was all swollen and purple. People shouldn’t strike kote that hard, and they shouldn’t hit the fist! People shouldn’t hurt others […]

This episode is an answer to a great question by a long-time member, Ming. his question was “Must I strike my opponent as soon as he (she) crosses my striking distance, even when he(she) has not yet moved his(her) kensaki off the center? Because there is no opening, even when my opponent has crossed into […]

Etiquette Issue! How do you acknowledge ippon of your opponent? Do you need to acknowledge your sensei or senpai? What is the right way?? Good questions! Hope this helps you with your keiko! For more kendo information visit at Kendo–Guide.Com and Subscribe to Kendo–Guide.Com for Updates.More Podcast at www.kendo-podcast.com or listen to Podcast one week before it goes out to […]

Training hard is a good thing. But that is the baseline. Hard but how is more important for adults. Thanks to a member of this site, BH from RCN Kendo Club, I wanted to share my thoughts on how adults should train kendo. Hope this helps you too! For more kendo information visit at Kendo–Guide.Com and […]

It’s not “think out of the box”, is it? Well, sorry about that! Alex Bennett sensei visited the dojo I instruct over the Thanksgiving weekend. We did keiko as well. Two training methods will be definitely come to you in the Patreon members’ area. I have some kata videos as well. So please hang in there. [As […]

Have you failed an exam before? I have! When you fail, how do you deal with yourself? After that, what are you going to do? What is the exam in kendo or martial arts? Find out in the podcast! For more kendo information visit at Kendo–Guide.Com and Subscribe to Kendo–Guide.Com for Updates. More Podcast at www.kendo-podcast.com or listen […]

Do you think shinpan should be certified? I received a question from a member at Patreon.Com if there was a test for shinpan. I thought that was a great question! All the federations strive to hold shinpan (referees in Japanese) seminars and we attend to polish our shinpan skills. Isn’t that enough? I had a vote going at Facebook see […]

What do you think about not bowing to your training partners or opponents in shiai because of their religious beliefs? Thanks to the kendo community I enjoyed the discussion we had on this topic at Kendo-Guide.Com FanPage. You can see the poll on the right top corner of the video. For more kendo information visit […]

One of the members here at Patreon.com, Eric Favre, gave me good questions at the post, “Thanks to you!“. There are two questions. What are the benefits and traps of practising multiple martial arts and multiple kamae in kendo? Good questions, right? I hope you enjoy the podcast. For more kendo information visit at Kendo–Guide.Com […]