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**GinaGomesz** · 01-09-2007, 07:05 PM

Masahiro, while I don't have huge forearms, I am a reasonably strong guy and I do believe that you need some muscle for katate-waza.

I do still occasionally play from jodan. I gave up full-time practice for a few reasons. First, my sensei is a pure chudan player, and so although he has been helpful, I think I need a more specialist teacher. Second, I am pretty isolated here and have a lot of teaching responsibilities. Playing jodan isn't too helpful to my club, other than occasionally letting them have some experience against it. Finally, and most importantly, I still feel I have a long way to go yet with my chudan kendo.

01-09-2007, 07:05 PM	#40
GinaGomesz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 558 Senior Member	Masahiro, while I don't have huge forearms, I am a reasonably strong guy and I do believe that you need some muscle for katate-waza. I do still occasionally play from jodan. I gave up full-time practice for a few reasons. First, my sensei is a pure chudan player, and so although he has been helpful, I think I need a more specialist teacher. Second, I am pretty isolated here and have a lot of teaching responsibilities. Playing jodan isn't too helpful to my club, other than occasionally letting them have some experience against it. Finally, and most importantly, I still feel I have a long way to go yet with my chudan kendo.
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