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**Ferrotoral** · 05-04-2007, 06:13 AM

The position of the feet in kendo is "natural" for only a tiny proportion of humans I would imagine. And yet a large majority can achieve it most of the time. Surely this is the purpose of practice. There are also a host of other postural/skeletal idiosyncracies that people work on in the pursuit of optimal biomechanics for kendo. I've been working on my posture quite conscientiously for the last 17 years. Recently, four words from my sensei have sent me back to the drawing board.

Your personal struggle to meet perfection halfway is what your kendo is. That's your "michi". A doctor's note may rob you of that.

I learnt from a nanadan sensei in Japan who was "lame" in one leg from polio. He did not wear any visible support and had adapted his kendo to fit his abilities. I also sense his abilities had been adapted (i.e. extended) to fit kendo.

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05-04-2007, 06:13 AM	#19
Ferrotoral Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 542 Senior Member	The position of the feet in kendo is "natural" for only a tiny proportion of humans I would imagine. And yet a large majority can achieve it most of the time. Surely this is the purpose of practice. There are also a host of other postural/skeletal idiosyncracies that people work on in the pursuit of optimal biomechanics for kendo. I've been working on my posture quite conscientiously for the last 17 years. Recently, four words from my sensei have sent me back to the drawing board. Your personal struggle to meet perfection halfway is what your kendo is. That's your "michi". A doctor's note may rob you of that. I learnt from a nanadan sensei in Japan who was "lame" in one leg from polio. He did not wear any visible support and had adapted his kendo to fit his abilities. I also sense his abilities had been adapted (i.e. extended) to fit kendo. b
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