Saturday, October 2, 2021

 This popped up the other day, and now I'm finally getting around to sharing it. (I know: I'm slack!)

Seriously though, it's a great video from Kendo World from May 2012. It features Toda-sensei versus Kondo-sensei. Toda goes in to dominate the match with nito-ryu (two sword style), but Kondo replies not only by staying aggressive in his stance of hasso, but makes a number of thrusts that look like they came out of jukendo (bayonet style)!

Enjoy!



Handbook for Kendo Shiai and Shinpan Management

 The All Japan Kendo Federation just released this the other day. It is an English translation of their shinpan rules. It's not very long, but if you don't have it, you should definitely download it. I would say it is worth having in any kendoka library.

Enjoy!

https://www.kendo.or.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Handbook_for_Kendo_Shiai_and_Shinpan_Management.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3QU-khfBshP0o-orPtGAceR4UgM11AWQZM3v8eiKvxFZ3RqhuEEW2TZJw