Starting from kamae ensure that you are not holding the mokuju too tightly. Perform the thrust with the hands moving in the straightest line to their final position. As the thrust concludes ensure that you have "shimeru". This is where everything is locked in position. From kamae to strike there should be no extra movements.... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 16-19
06-08-2017 Sunday – Day off As Nathan, an American guy, came to visit, we went for some sightseeing. Yesterday we went to the Cosplay festival and as our previous days off consisted of Osu Kannon and German Beer Festival, this was the first time we had the chance to see the Nagoya Castle. It wasn’t... Continue Reading →
Training basics: Kamae & Naore Part 2
Part 1 of "Taking Kamae" can be seen here. Moving into kamae your movements should be sharp and crisp but not jerky. Pay special attention to the timing of the hand movements. The first part of the movement accelerates towards the end of the movement then there is a slight pause before the second part... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 12-15
01-08-2017 – 11th training Yay, a new month of stabbing begins now. Though maybe I shouldn’t be that optimistic, as it means we’ve been here long enough for the trainings to start to be even more exhausting. There are some aspects of jukendo that are particularly frustrating i.e. the limited number of targets and their... Continue Reading →
UK Seminar – June 2017
Ouji Waza and traps: As Jukendo has so few targets there are many trapping techniques where you lead the opponent into perform an attack of your choosing and then perform ouji waza (counter techniques) to deliver your own attack. Omote harai omote. Take centre by pushing on the right side of the opponents mokuju... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 8-11
27-07-2017 – 7th training No jukendo in the morning, as sensei had to go to Osaka. It felt truly wrong to be sleeping until 8 am, to be honest. I was there thinking about the things I need to improve and wanting to work on them, as the previous day brought those little moments of... Continue Reading →
2017 AJYJC: Women’s Individual: Round 3: Match 111. Ewa Mienkowska vs Rina Ezure
Commentary by Shinji Terada The third match (opponent: Ezure Rina, 24 years old) The reason why she lost the match by 1 : 2 The opponent practiced budo when she was a university student, so she was good at maai and tricks. She always attacked before Ewa did. Because of that, Ewa seemed to tend... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 5-7
2017-07-24 – 4th training 57.8Kg, 28.6% bodyfat Slowly getting accustomed to boarding the train and going to Kasugai every morning. Or maybe I am lying to myself and the critical moment is still ahead. My body is doing some weird shit, as every single part started to move on its own without any control. More... Continue Reading →
2017 AJYJC: Women’s Individual: Round 2: Match 94. Ewa Mienkowska vs Yûki Taniguchi
Commentary by Shinji Terada The second match (opponent: Taniguchi Yuki, 19 years old) The opponent always attacked without pause but Ewa calmly managed it. She scored 2 points and won the match of brilliant close combat. Commentary by Tooru Sato Ewa agressively attacked her opponent and she scored uwado. Then she gained momentum and... Continue Reading →