Commentary by Nuno Almeida As the internet saying goes…”this escalated quickly!”. After a day and a morning of trying to grasp the very basics of Jukendo – under the watchful and patient eyes of Terada Sensei – it was decided that Berlin would be the host of the very first completely unofficial and totally unrecognized Jukendo... Continue Reading →
Training basics: Drills
Note that many exercises do not have formal names and so different sensei may call exercises different things. These are what we call them. We always start (and end) class with Chokutotsu san bon of course 01:57 but there are a bunch of other exercises to do which keep things interesting. For all of the basic... Continue Reading →
What a ride! A journey in jukendo.
What a ride it had been! I cannot really look at those initial videos. Just the same, I can’t browse through the photos from the first Polish Jukendo seminar . Those clumsy moves, those basic mistakes, and the absolute lack of any clue what I’m doing on my face. Not that I don’t do stupid... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 70-74
2017-09-30 (Saturday) As the Tankendo All Japans are looming over for some people, Hisatsune sensei decided that the quantity of the short stick training should prevail over the long one – hence today’s session was held in the Aichi Budokan with a primary and only focus on tankendo. As I have already mentioned multiple times,... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 65-69
2017-09-24 (Sunday) As the plans to go somewhere for training did not work out, we did not despair and invited Hisatsune sensei to the dojo with, undoubtedly, the best view one can get around here – the ‘roof dojo’. As planned, we did tankendo, from the basics up to short fights – there is enough... Continue Reading →
2017 AJYJC: Women’s Individual: Round 1: Match 8. Sakika vs Nemoto
Commentary by Simon Larsen I am not a qualified judge in Jukendo. These are just my thoughts. This match to me showed the importance of the basic exercise Toma Tsuki where you start from standing still, run a short distance and strike the motodachi then perform Hiki Nuki zanshin. It also showed me the importance... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 62-64
2017-09-21 The news is confirmed and tomorrow we are going to have our grading. Hopefully everything will go all right and nobody will hold the mokuju with its butt facing forwards. As a preparation, we’ve done lots of basics with a special focus on the order of the exercises, the timing of the command and... Continue Reading →
Training advanced: Receiving Katotsu
Most of the elements in "Receiving Chokutotsu" apply here: The tiny step and receving of the strike The correct distance Posture while receiving The new things to focus on are how to draw the strike out of the student and how to make the opening correctly. To draw the strike create the opening by raising... Continue Reading →
Taipei 2017: Larsen vs Tavernier. Ishu jiai & having fun
After a couple of days seminar Sato Sensei said "it is important to have fun". So we did ishu jiai. As far as I am aware there are no official rules for ishu jiai and the important thing is to show your art in a good way. "Sportsmans Rules" in effect. Baptiste has learned many... Continue Reading →
A journey in Jukendo – Klara – Days 58-61
2017-09-17 Sunday – time for some cultural stuff! For today it meant travelling to Gifu, but not for training (I somehow regret that we didn’t, I had a blast last time!) – for sightseeing! The day was full of adventures, from getting into a Japanese cab to hiking 2.5 kilometres down the mountain on a... Continue Reading →