Here’s the “Contents in Brief” followed by the “Contents in Detail” with links to each and every article at KendoNotes.com.
Contents in Brief
- Body Maintenance & Development
- For Beginners or Kids
- For the More Advanced
- How to Strike (a Hit or Ippon)
- Seme
- Mechanics
- Gripping the Shinai
- Fumikomi
- Techniques, Exercises
- Mind Management
- Managing Habits
- Meditation, Mindfulness
- Mushin, Flow-State
- Kendo Wisdom, Quotes
- Shinsa/Shiai
- Stories
- External Resources (Compilation)
Contents in Detail
Articles which overlap multiple categories are placed under a single, most related category.
- Body Maintenance & Development
- Body Maintenance for Kendo – Deep-Tissue Self-Massage Therapy
- Ways to Relax Tight Shoulders (肩の力を抜いて)!
- Ways to Check and Improve One’s Posture for Kamae and Well-Being
- Plyometrics for Speed and Strength Development in Kendo
- The Achilles Tendon – Ways to Help Protect It
- The “Whispered Ah” – for Calmness, Muscle Relaxation and the Posture
- Bottled Rice – a Home-Made Bokuto to Help Develop Tenouchi
- Somatics for Chronic Shoulder and Neck Tension Relief – Videos
- For Beginners, For Kids
- Resources for Beginners
- Tips for Beginners and Common Issues
- Resources for Teaching Children Kendo
- A Neat Way to Teach and Learn Suri-Ashi – For Beginners and Kids
- Witnessing a Transformation in the Demeanor of a Child in Kendo
- For Beginners – Some Ways to Help Prevent Foot Blisters
- Teaching Kids – Boundaries, Models and the Child Whisperer
- Metaphors and Visuals to Help Learn and Teach Kendo
- A Fun Way to Teach Kids – Using Booboos
- Extending the Life of the Shinai (竹刀)
- Games for Kids Big and Small Learning Kendo
- For the More Advanced
- How to Strike (a Hit or Ippon)
- Techniques Needed to Win in Kendo (Translation of 勝つための必要な技術 by こごろ一様)
- How to See the Chance for an Ippon (Translation of 一本を取るチャンスの見つけ方 by こごろ一様)
- On “You Want to Strike Men? In Order to Win…” (面打ちたい？勝つために。。。) – A Video by Fuku-Sensei
- Programming the Opponent – To Adopt Short-Term Conditioned Responses
- Really Seeing the Opponent and Opportunities to Strike – Part 1: “O” Sensei
- Really Seeing the Opponent and Opportunities to Strike – Part 2: Reflections
- Really Seeing the Opponent and Opportunities to Strike – Part 3: In Slow Motion.
- Striking with the Legs and Near-Instant Hikitsuke (引き付け) for Sharp Strikes – Yamauchi Sensei
- Seme
- How to Strike (a Hit or Ippon)
- Mechanics
- Fumikomi
- The Chassé for Strengthening the Hikitsuke – A Tribute to John Yamamoto Sensei
- Walking as if Kissing the Earth – for a Shinkansen-like Fumikomi and Seme
- Hikitsuke (the Quick Follow-up of the Rear Foot) in Fumikomi – Some Pointers and Videos
- Forward Heel Action for the ‘Stomp’ in Fumikomi
- Synchronizing the Strike with the Hikitsuke (引き付け)
- “Ssssss-Tong” – Inspired by Komeda Toshiro (Kyoshi 8 Dan) and Nakamura (7 Dan)
- Gripping the Shinai
- Techniques, Exercises
- Kirikaeshi and “Large, Strong, Fast, Light (大強速軽)” – from a Seminar by Kamei Sensei
- Bokuto Ni Yoru Kendo Kihon-Waza Keiko-Ho (木刀による剣道基本技稽古法) – Tips to Help Memorize Their Order, Notes and Resources
- Men Kaeshi-Dou (面返し胴) – Quotes and Resources
- Resources on Gyaku-Dou (逆胴)
- Sequential Breakdown of the Small Men-Uchi (小さい面打ち)
- [Password Protected] Personal SCKF Kata Seminar Notes, July 17, 2022
- A Neat Tip to Help Develop Debana Waza (出鼻技)
- Fumikomi
- Mind Management
- Managing Habits
- Resources on Habits – To Manage Them
- Quotes on Habits – Shaping One’s Kendo and Life
- From Over-eating to Intuitive Eating
- A Paper Napkin and $50M Savings – Deautomization and Getting Unstuck
- Anger as a Gift and Alarm – Enriching Our Relationships and Life
- “Nothing is resisted, nothing is sought. Everything is allowed to be as it is.” – Surrendering
- Emotions as Gifts, Signals and “Action-Requiring Neurological Programs”
- My Life in Two States and Some Ways to Return Home
- The Alexander Technique – Quotes and Resources
- Ten Habits for Health (健康十訓)
- A Reminder to Myself: Chew, Chew, Chew, . . .
- Three Effective Ways to Create a New Habit
- Meditation, Mindfulness
- Resources on Meditation (黙想 mokusou)
- Quotes on Meditation and Mindfulness – Related to Thoughts and Thinking
- Reflections on Meditation – Part 1: Some Benefits
- Reflections on Meditation – Part 2: Some Experiences and Catching the Ninja
- Awareness and Who is this ‘I’? – Quotes and Resources
- The “Mirror” in the Heart of Master Swordsmen (and Jedi Masters)
- Self-Inquiry and ‘Who Am I?’ – Quotes and Resources
- Where is My Attention?
- Deep Belly Breathing and the Wim Hof Method
- Mushin, Flow-State
- Open-Focus, Mushin and Kendo
- Resources on Mushin-no-shin (The Mind of No Mind)
- Quotes on Mushin, Flow and Open-Focus – Overview (in multiple parts)
- Some Quotes from a Documentary on Eiga Sensei and Mushin-no-Waza (無心の技)
- “Soft Eyes,” A Way of Seeing and Being – Quotes and Resources
- “…ing” and Non-Duality – Quotes
- Progressive Relaxation: “Mother Knows Best”
- The Experience of ‘No Thought’ – Progressive Relaxation and Edmund Jacobson
- Quotes on Progressive Relaxation
- The Paradox of Efforting and Non-Efforting
- Wisdom, Quotes
- Managing Habits
- Shinsa/Shiai
- Shinsa Preparation – a List of Things to Work on and Keep in Mind
- Ways to Calm the Mind and Body for Shinsa and Shiai (Part 1)
- Ways to Calm the Mind and Body for Shinsa and Shiai – Part 2: A Deeper Look
- Shinsa and Shiai – Quotes for Inspiration (Part 1)
- Shinsa and Shiai – Quotes for Inspiration (Part 2)
- On Kamae and Kiai for Shinsa – Components One Can Control
- A Compilation of Shinsa Videos Identifying Those Who Passed
- Focusing on the Process vs. Results for Shinsa and Shiai
- Shinsa (Promotional Exam) Resources.
- Stories
- Kyudo and Kendo – “How Can They Be Identical?”
- On Fire in Shiai – An Anecdote on the Power of Music
- Kiai, Presence and the Second Circle
- A Furry Three-Legged Trooper Named Duke and Heijoushin (平常心)
- Yamaoka Tesshu – the Swordsman, Calligrapher and Zen Teacher
- Patrick Schultheis, Beginning Nito-ryu Kendo – An Experience Report
- Mushotoku (無所得), “The Cat’s Martial Arts Assembly” and Path to 10th Dan 😉
- Han Seok-Bong (韓石峯) – Tenacity, Practice and a Tiger Mom
- A Story on the Transformational Power of Kirikaeshi (切り返し)
- A Story on Releasing Tension from the Shoulder to Produce Crisp Strikes
- Compilation of External Resources:
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