Nidan

I passed my nidan (2nd-dan) exam in kendo on March 2nd. I’d been training for this since August and I…

Grateful for Practice

Until recently I found the end-of-class ritual in kendo of lining up in seiza and bowing to the sensei(s) to be…

I engaged in a lively and interesting debate online (via Facebook) about the pros and cons of working from home…

Any time that a show uses content from the classics I get excited because it implies that the writers care…

On Sunday I had a less-than-steller practice. It was a series of small things that add up to fundamentally failing.…

And back with a vengeance! The 3rd and final season of the epic show based on the historical slave revolt…

As part of my commitment to cleaning up my past training omissions and focusing on a higher level of kendo,…

In kendo class last night I felt slow and really off-the-mark, as it were. Viewing the class video…

Why do you train? What do you train for? I’ve been asking myself this question and the answer is one…

George Saint-Pierre (GSP to his friends and enemies) is a pure champion. His focus is single-minded. He avoids trash-talk and…