I have a question!Im beginning now to train in a kendo dojo and my master told me that the most work of swinging the sword makes the left arm/hand!At the first moment i tought that it would be not a problem for me cause im left handed!but if i train i feel that i use both arm same stromg for swinging the sword!Is there mabye a way to train my body to swing the sword with the left arm!(sorry for my bad english)
Basically you need to have strength equally in both hands. Mind you, kendo is derived from kenjutsu so when using katana, you need to have the right angle of the blade to cut. For more info about the left hand, www.kendo-guide.com/reasons-why-the-left-hand-is-more-important-in-kendo.html
Thanks for the great video! Excuse me for asking, but if practicing kendo katas alone, would you recommend practicing more often the role of the one who performs the last blow, or rather the aggressor who is on the loosing side? Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your comment and question. And sorry for the late response. I was attending the Nito seminar held in Idaho. The role with the last blow is called Shitachi, and the losing side is called Uchitachi. Uchitachi is a teacher side because it is actually controlling the distance and timing. Shitachi is a student side so it is actually learning the techniques. You need to learn both. But since uchitachi actually is difficult to do because it is in charge of distance and leading the entire kata, you need to learn the shitachi side. Hope this helps!
Hiro Imafuji Thank you very much for your reply! It helped a lot. Once I was practicing the kendo katas with someone with nearly no experience in kendo and I was shitachi. I was wondering why even though we managed to execute the kata it felt strange, it must have been the uchitachi not controlling the distance well. Thanks again for your reply and I hope you had a nice semina!
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Thank you Sensei for your great teaching videos and your time!
Thanks for your comment and you're welcome, TarTar ART! 😄
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Thank you, this is my personal hardest among the kata, so it's nice to have your translation of the sensei.
Thanks for your comment and you're welcome, CatSkinCap! 😄
Sorry that it took me so long to reply to you.
I hate number three but these videos make it a lot easier to get my head around
I have a question!Im beginning now to train in a kendo dojo and my master told me that the most work of swinging the sword makes the left arm/hand!At the first moment i tought that it would be not a problem for me cause im left handed!but if i train i feel that i use both arm same stromg for swinging the sword!Is there mabye a way to train my body to swing the sword with the left arm!(sorry for my bad english)
Basically you need to have strength equally in both hands. Mind you, kendo is derived from kenjutsu so when using katana, you need to have the right angle of the blade to cut. For more info about the left hand, www.kendo-guide.com/reasons-why-the-left-hand-is-more-important-in-kendo.html
Thanks for the great video!
Excuse me for asking, but if practicing kendo katas alone, would you recommend practicing more often the role of the one who performs the last blow, or rather the aggressor who is on the loosing side?
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your comment and question. And sorry for the late response. I was attending the Nito seminar held in Idaho. The role with the last blow is called Shitachi, and the losing side is called Uchitachi. Uchitachi is a teacher side because it is actually controlling the distance and timing. Shitachi is a student side so it is actually learning the techniques.
You need to learn both. But since uchitachi actually is difficult to do because it is in charge of distance and leading the entire kata, you need to learn the shitachi side.
Hope this helps!
Hiro Imafuji
Thank you very much for your reply! It helped a lot.
Once I was practicing the kendo katas with someone with nearly no experience in kendo and I was shitachi. I was wondering why even though we managed to execute the kata it felt strange, it must have been the uchitachi not controlling the distance well.
Thanks again for your reply and I hope you had a nice semina!
Thank you! And you're welcome! Yes, we had a great seminar!