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**appabessy** · 03-04-2010, 10:05 PM

THAT IS SOOO BADASS! I love it!!!

Has anyone heard of any clubs doing this just for fun??? (Not as part of there training, just to play with some old waza?)

It may be "badass" but it is dangerous. It's not even allowed anymore to be taught in the dojo now. I do think it would be neat to see a demonstration of it though. It would be educational in terms of how kendo has evolved through the years. Before WWII and the US occupation of Japan, those techniques were allowed, yes. Kenjutsu used those techniques, and kendo comes from kenjutsu. After the occupation and war ended, kendo was re-shaped to reflect a less combative nature in the art. I don't know much more about it though. I bet someone else here knows more and can elaborate on what I mean though. There also may be other information on pre-war kendo in the archives as well, in the history section.

There is at least one video floating around here on the forum of pre-war kendo in the archives. It wasn't as violent as I thought it would be, but it was definitely different.
But, that was just one video. I bet it could get pretty rough though. Too bad there isn't more footage that is available. I don't know where it is, though. I hate the search function... It never works for me.

I guess you wouldn't like getting slammed on the wood floor would you?? Know how much that could hurt? Owwwwww... Hurts just thinking about it.

And, it was on a daily basis that they did that. The rate of injury was probably pretty high, I imagine.

Hope that helps!

Kaoru

03-04-2010, 10:05 PM	#4
appabessy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	THAT IS SOOO BADASS! I love it!!! Has anyone heard of any clubs doing this just for fun??? (Not as part of there training, just to play with some old waza?) It may be "badass" but it is dangerous. It's not even allowed anymore to be taught in the dojo now. I do think it would be neat to see a demonstration of it though. It would be educational in terms of how kendo has evolved through the years. Before WWII and the US occupation of Japan, those techniques were allowed, yes. Kenjutsu used those techniques, and kendo comes from kenjutsu. After the occupation and war ended, kendo was re-shaped to reflect a less combative nature in the art. I don't know much more about it though. I bet someone else here knows more and can elaborate on what I mean though. There also may be other information on pre-war kendo in the archives as well, in the history section. There is at least one video floating around here on the forum of pre-war kendo in the archives. It wasn't as violent as I thought it would be, but it was definitely different. But, that was just one video. I bet it could get pretty rough though. Too bad there isn't more footage that is available. I don't know where it is, though. I hate the search function... It never works for me. I guess you wouldn't like getting slammed on the wood floor would you?? Know how much that could hurt? Owwwwww... Hurts just thinking about it. And, it was on a daily basis that they did that. The rate of injury was probably pretty high, I imagine. Hope that helps! Kaoru
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