We're back, in a slightly limited form. Currently no translations etc and the video editing is of a different style. Plus I never actually made a post on the site myself ahahahaha I am going to break everything probably! The Jukendo Renmei held the international seminar again and afterwards a bunch of the jukendo world... Continue Reading →
2018 Kasugai Jukendo Tournament : Womens Individual Match 4
https://youtu.be/_gh8ThEMbGo By Simon Larsen There are two good lessons I saw in this match. Both happen to be problems I had in jukendo. You can see several times Suzuki makes strikes which a few centimetres short of the target and seem slow (0:50, 1:01. 1:24, 1:52). When I had this problem it always felt like... Continue Reading →
2018 Kasugai Jukendo Tournament : Womens Individual: Matches 1-4
https://youtu.be/VtIXyiy0PVU By Simon Larsen This tournament was Ippon Shobu, 1 point matches. These are fairly common in Jukendo and they are pretty high stress affairs (for me anyway). You have to walk out into the match ready to go as a moment’s hesitation or uncertainty will often gift your opponent an easy win. As you... Continue Reading →
Training drill: Relaxing shoulder
https://youtu.be/uN49fjyZeqk By Simon Larsen and Emily Jackman It’s important not to be tense when training - this drill can help to release tension from the shoulders before and during strikes. Note that this drill is deliberately doing some things wrong in order to build up to a more correct strike. In normal kihon do not... Continue Reading →
Yamaguchi-sensei Lesson 4: Full technique
https://youtu.be/hH-bq61X9ww By Simon Larsen and Emily Jackman This is the full exercise which follows on from the work in the previous 3 lesson videos. Again, if you’ve not practiced the techniques from the earlier lessons it’s advisable to get those under your belt before adding this all together. The full technique consists of the shuugisha... Continue Reading →
Yamaguchi-sensei Lesson 3: Mae tsuki mae
https://youtu.be/9u2vuz8wSz8 By Simon Larsen and Emily Jackman Again, if you haven’t already seen and practiced the exercises from lessons one and two, it’s worth reviewing them before taking on this extension. In this exercise we’re now starting from outside of ma-a which requires an additional step in to reach distance before doing tsuki mae. If... Continue Reading →
Yamaguchi-sensei Lesson 2: Tsuki mae tsuki / Kaeshi tsuki
https://youtu.be/GBbtmVkG_rM By Simon Larsen and Emily Jackman If you’ve not seen the first lesson video, tsuki mae, then we definitely suggest reviewing and practicing the exercise from there before using the refinements and advancements in this second lesson. This starts with the same basic exercise as lesson one, the tsuki mae where the shuugisha makes... Continue Reading →
Yamaguchi-sensei Lesson 1: Tsuki mae
https://youtu.be/gLzG4KDCEeM https://youtu.be/gLzG4KDCEeM Yamaguchi Sensei had a lesson plan which was interesting and by starting small and adding new steps once the current piece was under control we ended up with a fascinating exercise that covers so many of the fundamentals of Jukendo and then shows how they are applicable in far more advanced waza and... Continue Reading →
Training basics: Dai Ichi Kyoushu
Dai ichi kyoushu is a renzoku exercise that consists of continuous striking in a pre-set series and can be considered one of the most fundamental exercises. You can have different patterns but the basic strike sequence demonstrated in this video is omote, ura, omote, shita, nodo (or omote if practicing without men and trying... Continue Reading →
Aichi Teams Match – Chuuken
Commentary by Simon Larsen Ewa is really good at maintaining constant pressure and doing kaeshi (returning strikes) techniques. I find kaeshi techniques are really annoying, it means I have to get away from her after a successful strike so much faster and with maintained covering against her. I believe it is entirely possible in tankendo... Continue Reading →