That kendo hype.

female - 27 - usa - 1st kyu

[pirandellohoodie]

Built a dummy to do some practice with.

[pirandellohoodie]

My mini shinai shiai

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[pirandellohoodie]

I MISSED THE SEMINAR WITH UCHIMURA I AM SAD EVERYONE SAID IT WAS SO EPIC DAMN MY ACHILLES.

[pirandellohoodie]

@gentlekendoist since I was sitting out and still need to practice for the tournament, he figured I may as well do some good ol' suburi practice ☺

@ghostsofkezan Kendo dojos do! It can be hit to signal the start and end of an exercise or in some tournaments, they hit it at the start.

[pirandellohoodie]

I sat out of team practice to heal my achilles

So my sensei said I owed him 500 suburi by the end of practice. A sensei from another dojo was kind enough to stop by every so often to adjust my suburi and let me hit him sometimes to check. I think my men improved a ton just from that. I don't know how many I did since I stopped counting after 500 but my arms hurt.

I also got to hit the dojo drum many times. I think that was the best part.

[gentlekendoist]

So this happened tonight.  Usually shinai survive this but here you can see the shard of bamboo flying off. Also, don’t mind my kakishibuzome keikogi/hakama set.

[tokyyo-aikido]

Flashback to me accidentally demolishing one of our cheap dojo bokkens 😅😅

[pirandellohoodie]

I'm so sad it's been dry here and one of my shinai had 3 snapped slats all of a sudden 😭

[pirandellohoodie]

I made a kendo diary instagram!

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First team practice and I want to run away to hide in a mountain

9 am - 12 pm.

Warm up:

100 joge-suburi

100 three-motion men

100 one-motion men

200 back-and-forth men

300 hayasuburi broken into 3 sets

Practice, rotating within your line until drum hit:

5 men + kirikaeshi

5 men-taiatari-hikimen + kirikaeshi

Men-kote-men uchi

Some other things that I can't even remember

15 minute break

Pair up for shikake-waza practice

Kakarigeiko repeated until drum hit

Kirikaeshi repeated until drum hit

100 hayasuburi

I'm tired.

[pirandellohoodie]

I can feel it coming...

The burn out. I've only just started extra sunday practices but I've had only kendo on my mind for so long that I can almost feel that wall that everyone has to overcome whenever they dedicate themselves to something.

I need to keep my focus on whatever it is that's on the other side, though it's hard because I can't see it right now. But I trust that it's there.

[pirandellohoodie]

OKAY LIKE. WHY.

Just not a fan of kaeshi-do right now.

[pirandellohoodie]

Signed up for a seminar with 3 time All Japan Kendo Championships winner, Ryoichi Uchimura. Not sure what it's going to entail but I'm also going with a bunch of friends so it should be a good time.

Of course I have a team practice the very next day, too. 頑張る。

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Jiu Jitsu Instructor Lets Adorable Little Girl Beat Him

[pirandellohoodie]

Did I ever post the rib shot I took at team try outs a few weeks ago? Had to stop the match for a hot second to hiss.

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[pirandellohoodie]

I survived my first sunday practice

Though to be honest it actually wasn't as bad as normal practice. There was a lot more variety like agility ladder, and variations of kirikaeshi, but because there were SO many people, enough that we had to line up in 3 lines across a 2 court dojo, there was a lot of resting while you wait for your turn.

It was oddly fun and even though I didn't eat at all, I had a surprising amount of energy. I did hear recently from a coworker that exercising while you're in a fast gives more energy though I'm not sure where that energy would be coming from.

Only got 6 more months of Sunday practice to go before the tournament.

[pirandellohoodie]

So weirdly enough...

Doing a horrifying amount of basics compared to the rest of the dojo and then doing very long jigeiko made me less tired than other practices. My sensei said he believes I can win the tournament but I really need to sell my hits.

See, when I strike, if it feels bad or my opponent blocks, I tend to stop and back up to a safe distance to try again because in my mind, it wouldn't get the point. But really, if I shouted a ton and really make it look like I believe I got the point, judges have a tendency to be persuaded to give it. So I guess I need to start being more dramatic and commit to whatever I do.

Which honestly is such a good way to live life in general.

[pirandellohoodie]

My FEET. They hurt. Feels like plantar facistis or something. I helped out with non-bogu today instead and just received. My sensei called me out and after explaining I couldn't do footwork nor put weight on my foot, he accepted it but he still looked disappointed.