Any People Who Practice Kendo? (Japanese Fencing)
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My dad practiced Karate when I was younger, though I can't remember which style, and I practically slept with his copy of Bruce Lee's Tao of Jeet Kune Do. I did Tae Kwon Do as an adolescent, and while I haven't had any formal training in a number of years, martial arts is something that played a defining roll in who I am today, and will always be in my blood.
I took a kendo class when I was in college, but haven't pursued it since then. I do still have my shinai stored away somewhere. It was too cool to get rid of.
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Both my parents practiced Kendo for a few years. They both still have their Bokken. Sadly I don't think either of them still have their swords.
Japanese and American friends of mine practiced Kendo, when I was living in Japan. I observed a couple of times, but I gravitated toward Karate.
I teach and train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. I also train Mixed Martial Arts and help our fighters prepare and train for upcoming fights when i can. Our Muay Thai program under my Kru is technically a striking program with a foundation and heavy emphasis in Muay Thai, but includes many other techniques from traditional martial arts, jeet kun do, boxing, filipino martial arts and other striking arts such as savate. We also have a Silat Kali program. We sort of live by Bruce Lee's concept of taking/using what is effective and what works from different martial arts and discarding what does not.
I studied kenjutsu years ago (late 1980’s?). I still have my katana above my fireplace and the boken is in the closet someplace. Of course not everyone in the class had a katana (expensive!) and most of the practice was done with the boken. However, when the sensei shouted out ‘shinken’ (live blade/steel) the rest of the class immediately stepped back while us few idiots who owned a katana would step forward and the other students just watched. Quite an experience... !
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