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**streMunford** · 07-25-2006, 07:00 AM

Last April I attended a kendo seminar in Colorado Springs where these kata were introduced. Ota sensei explained their rationale as wanting to emphasize kendo as being based on a sword (indeed) and not being a sport. The idea is that using a bokken/bokuto to perform these kata will expand the sense of these actions when using a shinai.

07-25-2006, 07:00 AM	#21
streMunford Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	Last April I attended a kendo seminar in Colorado Springs where these kata were introduced. Ota sensei explained their rationale as wanting to emphasize kendo as being based on a sword (indeed) and not being a sport. The idea is that using a bokken/bokuto to perform these kata will expand the sense of these actions when using a shinai.
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