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**replicaypu** · 04-12-2006, 08:00 AM

Hi Matsuda-sensei,

No studies regarding your query were available on PubMed, a fantastic database concerning life science research of all sorts, including sports medicine. There's more information regarding general supplement use and effects in athletes, but nothing specific to kendo. If you want some help searching through PubMed, just send me a PM.

Cheers,
Raiza

Thanks!!! I'll take a look at site

Arnold, do you think there would be a benefit to steroid (ab)use? Sprinters definitely benefit from it, and if kendo were just a contest to see who could get from kamae to point first I could see some of the same training/cheating methods being used. But as it's so much more than that, who would see enough benefit to warrant the risk?

As a related question: I see a benefit in my own recreational kendo from gym time. Do a lot of competitive kendoka hit the weights? How about the US team guys? I know it varies on the Canadian team side - some do and some don't.

Neil, actually that is my question as well...Is there really a benefit?

I recently heard a rumor that since the competition and the pressure to win so great that some highschoolers in Japan have taken steroids to succeed...of course that is just a rumor I heard...

The only benefit that I could speculate is that they may allow a person to become stronger and reach competition condition more quickly, thus being able to train for longer intervals and continue to maintain peak performance without fatigue...I have also heard that the muscle recovers faster so the duration between training can be shorter...

Regarding gym time, I think it was the same for the U.S. Team..some lifted weights...some didn't...I know that Moocow (Itokazu), Mikuni, and myself lifted...and others such as Danny Yang, didn't but he was probably the strongest out of everyone on the team.....

I was introduced to lifting weights when I was a freshman in HS and have continued to lift ever since... I think I will continue with it the rest of my life......When I retire, I want to move to Hawaii and lift weights in the morning, snorkel in the afternoon, and practice Kendo at night....my goal is to be the buffed old Kendo Sensei that looks like "Groundskeeper Willie"

amatsuda
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/sjkendo

04-12-2006, 08:00 AM	#5
replicaypu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	Hi Matsuda-sensei, No studies regarding your query were available on PubMed, a fantastic database concerning life science research of all sorts, including sports medicine. There's more information regarding general supplement use and effects in athletes, but nothing specific to kendo. If you want some help searching through PubMed, just send me a PM. Cheers, Raiza Thanks!!! I'll take a look at site Arnold, do you think there would be a benefit to steroid (ab)use? Sprinters definitely benefit from it, and if kendo were just a contest to see who could get from kamae to point first I could see some of the same training/cheating methods being used. But as it's so much more than that, who would see enough benefit to warrant the risk? As a related question: I see a benefit in my own recreational kendo from gym time. Do a lot of competitive kendoka hit the weights? How about the US team guys? I know it varies on the Canadian team side - some do and some don't. Neil, actually that is my question as well...Is there really a benefit? I recently heard a rumor that since the competition and the pressure to win so great that some highschoolers in Japan have taken steroids to succeed...of course that is just a rumor I heard... The only benefit that I could speculate is that they may allow a person to become stronger and reach competition condition more quickly, thus being able to train for longer intervals and continue to maintain peak performance without fatigue...I have also heard that the muscle recovers faster so the duration between training can be shorter... Regarding gym time, I think it was the same for the U.S. Team..some lifted weights...some didn't...I know that Moocow (Itokazu), Mikuni, and myself lifted...and others such as Danny Yang, didn't but he was probably the strongest out of everyone on the team..... I was introduced to lifting weights when I was a freshman in HS and have continued to lift ever since... I think I will continue with it the rest of my life......When I retire, I want to move to Hawaii and lift weights in the morning, snorkel in the afternoon, and practice Kendo at night....my goal is to be the buffed old Kendo Sensei that looks like "Groundskeeper Willie" amatsuda http://mywebpage.netscape.com/sjkendo
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