Kendo’s small World!

I have posted before about the pleasures of incorporating kendo into one’s business or holiday travel. As a subscriber to Linkedin’s “Kendo Business Professionals” group, I left a comment that I would be travelling to Hungary and Japan in the course of this month. These trips are specifically for Kendo. ( I was going to [...]

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Musha Shugyo

Having enjoyed the Christmas holidays, I was looking forward to my New Year kendo jump-start. I managed one practice before the snowy weather, or more accurately Britain’s inability to cope with snowy weather scuppered my plans. Today was scheduled for our national kangeiko and kyu grade taikai, which we had to cancel because of transport [...]

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Ko-ken-chi-ai v2.

I went with my wife to the Watchett seminar and grading 2 weeks ago and and on the drive back we chatted about our separate experiences over the weekend. I spent my time in the dojo and she spent hers sightseeing and shopping with the partner of one of the other instructors. She made the [...]

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Ko ken chi ai

Jose Vargas of Kendo Equador sent me a questionnaire covering a number of aspects of kendo philosophy. Being that time of year and feeling reflective, I decided to post my answer on “ko ken chi ai”. 4. – What do you think about: Ko Ken Chi Ai (交剣知愛)? “A) Difficult to translate precisely, but an [...]

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