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Spokane Kendo Club [Kendo Links]

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Keiko: A Kenshi's Journey. This is an excellent blog by Chris Ruiz, a member of Spokane Kendo Club and Spokane Valley Kendo Club. It's a week by week, sometimes practice by practice, depiction of what the Kendo experience is all about. Not a philosophical description from a high ranking Kendo teacher, but refreshingly, from someone going through the inspiring struggle of developing Kendo basics, conditioning, and application of basics. Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation. All United States Kendo Federation.

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Mile High Kendo Journal: Monday, December 12, 2011 - Session 48

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Monday, December 12, 2011 - Session 48. Practice was exhausting tonight as well! Normally, my EIA (exercise induced asthma) is not that bad because our warm-ups help me into my refractory period. But tonight I really jumped right into it from the beginning and so I wound up feeling a little wiped. But I still felt great too! It was like a steam room in my men! Hopefully we will be able to get more people from the dojo in on the social time as well. That would be really nice. December 13, 2011 at 8:36 AM.

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Mile High Kendo Journal: Thursday, November 4, 2011 - Session 42

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Thursday, November 4, 2011 - Session 42. Tonight was wicked fun. It wound up being a somewhat lighter class than usual and this was good because I have been having some serious winter aches now that the weather has begun to turn. Lower back goes all angry and circulation is no longer my friend. I will change that though! Time for steam rooms and calisthenics! Anyway, tonight we devoted the class to nito! So even though I do not feel that nito is for me, it was fun just watching everyone else get excited ...

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Mile High Kendo Journal: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - Session 1

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - Session 1. Which is to say that I have not given up on Kendo at all. I have simply not been writing here because I have not felt all that motivated to journal about my classes. I am going to continue my break from writing about my Kendo training for awhile more. Give it until after May, which is when I will be testing for sankyu. The shinsa is on my birthday! I am certain that I will have something more to write about then. Until then. Men! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Mile High Kendo Journal: Thursday, November 18, 2011 - Session 44

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Thursday, November 18, 2011 - Session 44. I admit to being a clown! It also looks as though Werden Senpai has actually started up the Tuesday night practices at the YMCA that he had been thinking about. So now all I need to do is talk with my supervisors at work about starting my Tuesday night shifts a little earlier than normal so that I can attend. Some extra Kendo time is always good. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1 To perform Kendo that is beautiful. 3 To either win or lose in the attempt.

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Mile High Kendo Journal: Monday, May 7, 2012 - Shinsa

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Monday, May 7, 2012 - Shinsa. And we were pretty much steam rolled. The Kent team was the same team which would later take first place in the tournament. But I think we all learned a lot from our matches with them and I know for a fact that I learned several valuable lessons. Among them is that I need to better protect my kote! The final point against me (no points were scored by me) was the cleanest kote-uchi that I have ever received. And it was a very different experience! May 9, 2012 at 10:29 AM.

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Mile High Kendo Journal: Monday, January 14, 2013 - Tokyo

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Monday, January 14, 2013 - Tokyo. Is it safe to say that I have a potential wealth of Kendo experience and training within minutes, now that I am living in Japan? Sumasen, anata wa kendo desu ka? January 15, 2013 at 7:44 AM. Im looking forward to seeing you develop your kendo in Japan! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1 To perform Kendo that is beautiful. 2 To perform Kendo that is efficient and effective. 3 To either win or lose in the attempt. Southwest Kendo Iaido Federation.

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Mile High Kendo Journal: Monday, December 5, 2011 - Session 46

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Monday, December 5, 2011 - Session 46. Writing on a Monday evening! Much better than I had expected. Then came the keiko! Werden Senpai and I both decided to use the informal pickup practice as an opportunity to keiko with techniques we do not otherwise get to play with. He went in with nito and I committed the keiko to (judge me not! December 6, 2011 at 8:27 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1 To perform Kendo that is beautiful. 2 To perform Kendo that is efficient and effective.

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About | Aaron does kendo. A blog. Spokane, WA.

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Aaron’s Kendo story. Videos, podcasts, and writing. Aaron does kendo. This is his blog. Aaron Melton trains and helps teach at Spokane Kendo Club in Spokane, Washington. This is a blog about experiences, suggestions, opinions, and anything else kendo related. I’m 3 dan, and only somewhat Japanese. My observations could be taken with at least a few grains of salt. Keiko: A Kenshi’s Journey. By Chris J Ruiz, Kendo 3 Dan.