[elalmhicabalp]

Hey fellas:

Does anyone have suggestions as to what exercises are most conducive to improving lower body strength, especially in one's lower legs (quads, etc.)? I know there's no quick-and-dirty method to doing this, but recently I have discovered that my swings and arm movements have become too fast for my feet to keep "in sync" with, which results in stumbling, slow suriashi, etc.

In other words, my fumikomi needs to be fundamentally taken apart and re-worked.

It seems to me now that it ultimately boils down precisely this - the foot work - and that one's ability to translate / apply all the other aspects of good kendo into, say, a shiai situation, is contingent on the feet being able and willing to cooperate...