The art of the Japanese bayonet
By Emily Jackman At the August seminar in Yokosuka I was fortunate enough to meet a number of lovely people from all around the world who had come together to help bring jukendo and tankendo back to their own countries. Among them were Kelly and Edwin from the Hamachidori Dojo in Malaysia who planted... Continue Reading →
By Nuno Vieira de Almeida July 23rd 2018 This would be the first day of Jukendo training in Japan and, lucky me, we would be training with a group of people from the Japan’s Self Defense Forces (Jieitai) in the afternoon. Because of the intense heatwave sweeping Japan, hydration and preventing heatstroke and exertion... Continue Reading →
By Nuno Vieira de Almeida After a quick Shinkansen trip (if you are travelling with a lot of luggage, make sure you get a reserved seat or that you get in the right part of the train-car where you can store it behind the seats) I finally got to Nagoya! Right in the train platform... Continue Reading →
By Nuno Vieira de Almeida July 22nd 2018 After an airline delay (thank you, TAP, as efficient as ever) and a night spent at a Frankfurt airport hotel, I am finally on my way to Japan. First stop: Kansai International Airport! On my way to Japan…for real and for the first time. After... Continue Reading →
The group of people in this video were at the Belgium 2018 seminar and for many this was their first day with a mokuju. So this is not a criticism of them but rather these suggestions will hopefully aid the viewer in watching their own videos and deciding what needs to be fixed and maybe... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
2017-09-21 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 →
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 →