It is time to get a little involved in the practice of kendo. Kendo is a martial art with the objective of getting more points by hitting your opponents in certain points with a bamboo sword named shinai. To do so, you have to hit your opponent in the men (the helmet), in the kate (the wrist), and in the do(the middle body). To every target there are so many techniques to attack. I am not going to cover those. Every attack and defense has a series of moves that you have to follow as best as you can. In a formal event, there are judges that are responsible of giving the points that decide who is the winner. These judges check the kendoist from entering the room until they leave it, and I mean everything, kendoist have a way to take away their equipment and leave the room.
Now I show you an interview with a 4th kyu rank student named Dario Chapa.
Why did you decide to practice kendo?
I was motivated because it was something completely new for me, and after every class I began to admire the elegance, the code of behavior needed in every exercise and the respect that you must pay to everyone. Also my sensei (teacher) and my companions were and are like a family so it was a very good place to be at.
What do you like most about kendo?
I like everything, but if I must choose I will pick that kendo is way to grew up, physically, mentally and emotionally.
Do you need something to begin or only courage?
Yes, only courage and will, but you must have always a good spirit and a proper behavior, because in kendo discipline, respect and honor are more important than strength and talent
What is the most difficult part about kendo?
The most difficult thing is to improve, it might sound weird but my first class was the easy one, of course this is because once you know how is really done you realize all your mistakes, and you never actually finish learning, this is one of the reasons of why this is a life style, there are less than 4 people in the world who actually can master kendo at a 100%
Thanks for your time Dario, I hope this motivates more young souls to join the kendo life style.
No problem men, everything to motivate people to do good things.
Well this is the end, for the next martial art we are going to have another specialist (well, she is a student but compared to me she is a specialist) but this time is for kung fu…or wushu, I don’t remember but I think they are related, so if you want to ask her some questions leave it in your comment. By the way, for those interested, there are kendo courses in the Gimnasio Nuevo Leon and the ITESM.
Special thanks to Dario for this wonderful interview. Check out his blog: http://behesef.blogspot.com/
hahahaha, Darío's interview is cool. :P
ResponderEliminarthanks for posting about kendo again :D
about the interview Darío's senpai "coolness" is fun, when we were at kendo classes and sensei wasn't present, so Darío was the teacher, we liked to make him angry, it was really fun, xD and that he also is always like wanting to look great and cool with the kouhais, we used to bully him for that. But thanks to Darío senpai, Chuy and I learned a really important thing: not to fight or play while training if another's doujo sensei is present, because it will bring dishonour to the name of one's doujo. U_U is sad.
The same as my senpai, my reasons for practice kendo were the same as him, but I also entered to it because I had always wanted to practice martial arts but my parents didn't let me. and this is the first and sole martial art I had practice in my hole life, and the cause that my father let me practiced kendo was that it is Japanese fencing, and my dad likes fencing.
Thanks for everything,
Goodbye,
GBU
Hey Edmar i liked "your" idea of interviwing Dario, he seems to know what he do, i agree with Dario in many things, for example that the easiest thing on kendo (or any kind of martial art or sport) is the first lesson, becasue yo dont worry about your mistakes, but about lerning how it is played. Good job Edmar.
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