Want to say congratulations to Salmon Sensei for successfully passing his Kyoshi exam. Geoff has always been a pleasure to train with and deal with regarding visiting Ireland. Constantly gives great advice on all things kendo, big and small. He also likes a

One advantage of Yokose ES. Two of the teachers do kendo! They can speak alright english and talk to me everyday. Trying to pick up some new words by translating a kendo manual. it's not an exact science as my Japanese is rubbish.

Take that winter. My disgustingly pink uniqlo room shoes. Yes yes yes. They had many other colors an patterns. But these were just so awful that I had to! And my everlasting "sheepskin" converse. With a good pair of socks these things are

Last night I practiced with the junior Highschool group again. It was really good and I feel a lot ether after it! First up was kirikaeshi, normal and then 50 cuts. After that we did a weird version! Alot of the time people

My new Kote arrive today, Tokuren Keishi Gata from Miayko Kendogu. Very happy with them after one keiko. The fist is shaped a lot more than normal kote, and fits very well. The trim around the fist that keeps the tenouchi-gawa on is

If you love someone, set them free.

Time flies! I've been here 4 months now since the 27th of June. In that short amount of time it seems my kendo club has taken on a few new faces. Looks like a really happy bunch! Can't wait to meet you all

Last night I went to omigawa for kata practice. This time with Kobayashi Sensei himself. I was a little wound up so I found it hard to settle at first. I kept taking the lead as shidachi by mistake. But, after a quick