by Mark Kawabe | Nov 15, 2015 | Uncategorized, Unwritten Rules of Kendo
There’s an “unwritten” rule of kendo that one shouldn’t ask one’s sensei if you are ready to grade. If you have to ask, you probably aren’t. If you were ready, your sensei would have told you to get your registration in. Or...
by Mark Kawabe | Nov 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Over the past two weeks I subjected students at our dojo to one of the most challenging things in kendo. I asked them to watch videos of themselves doing kendo basics. Ooooh – scary!! Watching yourself doing basics is often an eye-opener. Thought your ki-ken-tai...
by Mark Kawabe | Sep 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you think you know something and then you get information that changes the way your perspective about what you thought you knew, that’s a valuable experience. To everyone who thinks they “know” their kata, you missed a valuable experience...
by Mark Kawabe | Sep 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to everyone who participated in yesterday’s SWORD Tournament! It was a great little tournament. Regrettably I wasn’t able to stay for the godo keiko afterward or attend the after party at Tremendous, but I’m confident a good time was...
by Mark Kawabe | Jul 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Toronto Kendo Club’s 18th Annual Summer Camp promises to be full of good spirit and fun for all. This year’s camp location, we will be in Peterborough for the training and tent camping. Sensei Kimura will be leading us in a weekend of spirit building, practice and...
