Back in the days when I started kendo, heavy emphasis was placed on the “shibori action” on completion of each cut. If you don’t know, shiboru is the verb meaning to wring out a cloth or napkin. When you visit a Japanese restaurant or coffee shop you are greeted with an oshibori; a hot or [...]
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Whatever happened to Shibori?
Posted in Tenouchi, tagged Kendo grip, Oshibori, shibori, Tenouchi on October 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Tenouchi
Posted in Tenouchi, tagged Tenouchi on November 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I touched on tenouchi in an early post on holding the shinai and in my report on Chiba sensei’s first UK seminar. I make no excuses for posting about it again, because it is an important aspect of kendo and in many cases, the final piece of the puzzle that decides whether or not a technique [...]
Holding the shinai
Posted in Tenouchi, tagged Kendo grip, Tenouchi on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were practicing kihon men yesterday and I could not help noticing how difficult it is for many newer, (and some not so new) kendoka to hold the shinai correctly. There seem to be a variety of problems. The most common fault is gripping too tightly with the front of the hand, causing the shinai [...]
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