Kendo~

Thursday

We started drinking at 5am and finished at 5pm. We began the seminar at 6pm, and suffered.

Thursday evening we practiced kirikaeshi followed by kihon and gigeiko.

Mori Sensei had us practice big men followed by big kote men, he emphases the importance of motodaichi’s distance, timing and control.

Mori sensei told us we needed to swing tall and big and not swing too far back. Doing this will change our grip (weaken it). We also had to keep good posture, proper footwork and strong kiai.

We had gigeiko with sensei. (more…)