Kendo World 8.3

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Bunkasha International

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491_9784907009229

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Editorial: Letting Go…By Alex BennettIn this editorial, Alex describes the importance of “letting go” in keiko. In Japanese this is described by the word “sutemi”, which literally means “discarding the body”. The key to kendo improvement is sutemi, throwing yourself into every attack.The 64th All Japan Kendo ChampionshipsBy Michael Ishimatsu-PrimeA report on the 64th All Japan Kendo Championships which was won by Kanagawa’s Katsumi Yosuke.Kendo as Music; Music as KendoBy J. Michael SillsKendoka and guitarist J. Michael Sills explores the similarities between kendo and music and how they have helped him in his study of both. Perhaps the greatest similarity between kendo and music is rhythm, and if you can ascertain your opponent’s rhythm, you should be able to find an opening to attack.Uncle Kotay’s Kendo Korner – Part3: The Three InitiativesBy Uncle KotayKendo sage Uncle Kotay dishes out more kendo wisdom, the likes of which us mere mortals can hardly fathom. In this installment he talks about the three types of “sen”: sen-no-sen, sen-sen-no-sen, and go-no-sen.The Philosophy of Gorin-no-sho: Part 1By Uozumi TakashiTranslated by Jeff BroderickMartial arts scholar Uozumi Takashi of the Open University of Japan examines the philosophical underpinnings of perhaps the most-famed martial arts text ever written. “Although Miyamoto Musashi is extremely famous as a swordsman, for a long time, details of his actual life were not well known. It would also be very difficult to say that the aim and overall meaning of his Gorin-no-sho has been well understood. I have been working to shed light on Musashi’s ideology by examining five of his writings and his Gorin-no-sho, along with a re-examination of various materials from the Edo period that capture the true figure of Musashi in the historical context of that era. Previously, I have authored Miyamot

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