Kendo Sept 4th Osborn

since harding sensei gave me the go on 1 kyu exam. I'm going to turn my next 2 month of kendo into complete basic training: I'm going to stop using waza, and do very basic hits in slow but well rounded manner, and not stop and then going in, but to keep on going.

Kendo sept 2nd at Osborn

Harding gave me the go on taking my 1 kyu exam. he said that my first time kitikaish was pretty good. I slowed down a bit and was not trying to speed up by forcing myself to, and also i wasn't taking the 2 breath, but many breath. I think the timing of breath got me agitated to go faster than i can, and that was why my kitikaish looks stiff. Harding emphasized that you must fight relax, no matter if it's 10 min into the shiai or not, so that slowly your kendo become natural to you, and you do it as if it comes to you, not you try to force it happen.