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Martial Arts Topics / Kendo
« on: December 16, 2005, 06:01:23 AM »
Thats great info, thanks very much. I will try to get hold of those DVD's when I have some spare money.
I was under the impression that modern kendo people treated it more like a stick instead of a sword simulator...but I could be wrong. As a stick would interest me more because its more applicable to instruments you might find in daily life. I think actually sparring with the bokken is rare in kendo because they use those light bamboo things. I guess it hurts to get whacked with a bokken!
There's a great bokken fight scene in the film "zatoichi", have you seen it?
What do you think of the kendo footwork and their strong side forward with a 2 hand weapon? I was having a look at some western staff/club vids and they all stood weak side forward and swung it like a baseball bat.
I was under the impression that modern kendo people treated it more like a stick instead of a sword simulator...but I could be wrong. As a stick would interest me more because its more applicable to instruments you might find in daily life. I think actually sparring with the bokken is rare in kendo because they use those light bamboo things. I guess it hurts to get whacked with a bokken!
There's a great bokken fight scene in the film "zatoichi", have you seen it?
What do you think of the kendo footwork and their strong side forward with a 2 hand weapon? I was having a look at some western staff/club vids and they all stood weak side forward and swung it like a baseball bat.
