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**BalaGire** · 05-22-2006, 08:00 AM

Kendo footwork has changed in the past 15 years or so. A former instructor of ours told me this. She said that they used to teach students to life their front leg up much higher. This makes the kendoka look as though they are almost floating in mid-air while they attack. Pretty neat, but painful while trying to learn it.

anyway thats how she learned in Japan from her sensei (her father) and was still part of his class when thinkgs changed.

On a side note, she rocked at Kendo! She's a Sandan and went to university on a Kendo scholarship. Her University team was ranked 3rd in Tokyo. Now she's just too busy to do Kendo anymore....

05-22-2006, 08:00 AM	#15
BalaGire Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 452 Senior Member	Kendo footwork has changed in the past 15 years or so. A former instructor of ours told me this. She said that they used to teach students to life their front leg up much higher. This makes the kendoka look as though they are almost floating in mid-air while they attack. Pretty neat, but painful while trying to learn it. anyway thats how she learned in Japan from her sensei (her father) and was still part of his class when thinkgs changed. On a side note, she rocked at Kendo! She's a Sandan and went to university on a Kendo scholarship. Her University team was ranked 3rd in Tokyo. Now she's just too busy to do Kendo anymore....
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