Musha Shugyo

I am fortunate to be able to practice kendo regularly in the UK and to visit other European countries for kendo. However with the exception of the occasional practice with visiting sensei, I feel that my own kendo level is pretty much in maintenance mode. So, whenever I can, I try to visit Japan, to [...]

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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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