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Kendo


I practiced Kendo for 3 years in my high-school days.
I have Nidan(2nd grade) right now.

It is said that the purpose to practice kendo is "the formation of character".
In the Edo period, there were Bushi which belonged to one of the social class,
and they practiced their swordmanship through kendo.
Kendo was a necessary accomplishment of a Samurai.
And the most important thing is to learn the spirit of Samurai
through the rigorous training of kendo.







When we do kendo we wear Dougi and Bogu and use Shinai to hit the opponent.
                                                       

←Men






←Dou


←Kote




←Tare




We can hit basically 3 parts of the body: head(Men), hand(Kote) and body(Dou).
 It is permitted for over high school students to hit a throat but it is so dangerous that we usually don't try to hit a throat.
In a competition, we can win if we get 2 points in 3 minutes.
When we hit the opponent we have to remind and do "Kikentai no icchi"
気ーfighting spirit(loud voice)
剣ーsword(shinai)
体ーthe proper posture
If we don't correspond these three things when we hit, we cannot get a point, so it's really difficult!

http://youtu.be/opt_ACw7qZQ


　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

                     
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