The purpose of practising Kendo is: To mold the mind and body,To cultivate a vigorous spirit and through correct and rigid training to strive for Improvement in the art of Kendo; To hold in esteem human courtesy and honor, To associate with others ...
...with sincerity and forever pursue the cultivation of oneself. Thus will one be able to love his country and society, to contribue to the development of culture and to promote peace
and prosperity among all people.
There are estimated that about eight million people world-wide practice kendo...
Benefits of Kendo
Even though kendo was a part of the training of kenjutsu, it was and still is the way of the sword. Kendo carries the principles of samurai swordsmanship as stated in the Concept of Kendo. That is the beauty of kendo. How the heck do we better ourselves through samurai swordsmanship when we don't carry any swords around, you might want to ask. What is the point of learning kendo? What is the beauty of kendo? View article
Size Does Not Matter
By actually training with others we train our body and mental state of our mind and learn samurai swordsmanship. What a great benefit! Kendo and Health certainly go well together. Kendo does not require big muscles. Kendo does not choose us. It does not matter if you are small, tall, big or skinny, good thing about kendo... Size does not matter! View article
How Do I Apply Kendo Teachings to My Daily Life?
I personally believe if we cannot apply kendo teachings in our daily life, the value of kendo is decreased to nearly zero. It is very hard to discipline ourselves, but that is the main goal for those who practice kendo (kendoists). Don't you agree? Teachings of kendo are, of course, to improve our kendo and ourself. But how can we interpret something like "Zanshin" to use it in our daily life? What is zanshin? View article
Samurai Code and Daily Life
Learning samurai philosophies that is more like morality and how to deal with your life. You may have heard about Gorin no Sho: The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto. People still read the book even now and world-wide. That is one example that samurai philosophies can still be applied to our life. Modern samurai code... It sounds funny. I believe that samurai code (bushido) or philosophies should not be changed. But since samurai code and daily life should not be separated, we should adjust our attitude towards it a little bit. Why? It is because we don't live in the samurai era. Don't you agree? View article
Why Practice Kendo? --- Noma Hisashi ( 1909-1938 )
"Why do it?" Before starting any activity this is the first question that naturally comes to mind, and when one has fully satisfied oneself as to the reasons for doing it and the task is begun, not only does one feel reassured that one's efforts will not be misplaced, but one is also able to concentrate all one's strength on what is crucial for its achievement; consequently the task comes to life. Even so, if we must always be asking ourselves the question "why do it?" but embarking upon nothing until we have worked out the reasons for everything we will do, we are likely to run into problems.
"Why was I born?", "Why should I carry on living?", "Why do I have to work?", and so on. This line of thought is not necessarily meaningless but if we try hard to seek answers to "Why do it" then our doubts and confusion will only increase, resulting in an unmanageable situation. Honen Shonin (1133-1212), founder of the Jodo sect of Buddhism, is recorded to have said, "Just continue, single-mindedly with the invocation" is a shortcut to nirvana.
Again, surely it must be said that there can be nothing more detrimental to our endeavors than to consider as most correct our own shallow and immature ideas and to decide for ourselves all the answers to the question "Why do it?" During one's years of immaturity, one must be especially careful not to become a victim of one's own dogmatic attitude. When one's ideas and thoughts seem incomplete, seek the opinion of others or else just follow the instruction given by those who are senior to oneself; this must surely be the correct path.
It is the same with the question "Why practice Kendo?" View article
Training sessions are held at:
CHUO KENDO
Rafu Chuo Gakuan
202 North Saratoga Street. Los Angeles, 90033
Monday & Thursday 7:30PM-9:30PM
CHUO KENDO
American Martial Arts Academy
1313 East Los Angeles Avenue
Simi Valley, California 93065
Tuesday & Friday 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Saturday 9:00 am to 12:00 am
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