Kendo_Pod

Interview: Il Soo and Tammy, Team New Zealand

2009-09-30T23:53:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Here is an interview with two members of the New Zealand National team who went to Brazil: Il Soo and Tammy! They kindly accepted to answer my questions about their experience in Brazil. They will also be part of the next Rembuden Championship down in Wellington! Those are just machines!!!!!

Waki-no-kamae and Gedan-no-kamae

2009-09-29T03:08:00.000-07:00

Following and ending the series about kamae, here is an explanation about the two last kamae under the All Japan Kendo Federation: waki-no-kamae and gedan-no-kamae. Also, I explain the 'circle exercise' which helps practicing all the kamae together. Finally, great news: Kendopod is now part of the Sunboo project! Check out the fan page on facebook: Sunboo fan page.

If you want your kendo events aired on kendopod, wherever you are in the world, send me an email at
kendopod@sunbudo.com.

Jodan-no-kamae and Hasso-no-kamae

2009-09-15T20:31:00.000-07:00

Last week we talked about chudan-no-kamae, this week we'll follow the same train of thoughts with jodan-no-kamae and hasso-no-kamae. I do not go as deep as chudan, I just talk about the postures. I don't use jodan in fights and can't tell you what is the spirit linked to it and how to use it. I hope that'll help.

Kendo-pod: Chudan-no-kamae

2009-09-08T00:31:00.000-07:00

Chudan-no-kamae is the first and most challenging kendo posture that we learn. We start and finish a fight in Chudan, it is where we all start learning kiai, projecting ki, projecting the body, defend, initiate waza and more... Let's see what chudan is made of:

Kendo-pod: Strengthening exercises

2009-08-31T00:20:00.000-07:00

This week, I mean last week, I mean last week's podcast which comes one day late, is about Stregthening exercises. Yea, one day late, it seems that my computer was upset with me this week end and it still is. I am pushing it too much. But here it is anyway. There are some old news on it though. I announce some of the KWC results but now I'm sure that everybody knows.

Strengthening exercises to get the core muscles up and running, let's get into it then:

Kendo-pod: Special Edition - KWC

2009-08-23T03:46:00.000-07:00

Here is a special edition of Kendo-pod with an interview of the New Zealand team just before they get on the plane to go the Kendo World Championship in Brazil. Some members of the team were missing such as Alex and Blake Bennett, leaving from Japan as well as few more team members leaving from Wellington. For those who were here, I was glad to get a bit of their feelings before they take off.

Kendo-pod: Pushing Down

2009-08-22T20:57:00.000-07:00

We talked about pushing with your hara and now we'll talk about pushing down. That's a difficult concept to grasp sometimes: when we try to reach out, we tend to push upwards and not forwards. You'll find an easy exercise in this podcast that helps pushing forward and keep your feet close from the floor.

Kendo-pod: Push With Your Hara

2009-08-14T21:45:00.000-07:00

Hey folks,

We're one week in and it's time for the third episode of Kendo-pod. Before all, great news, I have an itunes channel! If you go to the itunes store and type 'kendo' in the search bar, you'll see a selection of results including 'Kendo-pod'. Check it out as for those of you having a hard time getting through the flash based player will get it easy through itunes.

So let's get talking on: Push with your hara!

Kendo-Pod: Mokuso

2009-08-09T02:11:00.000-07:00

You're at the top of the line and you have to call Mokuso for the first time... or not! In both cases, it is not always easy to know what's the right thing to do. Is there a right way to do it anyway? There's always many ways to do the same thing. I'm proposing one in this podcast, I hope that it'll help some of you who were unsure.

Podcast Station

2009-08-08T23:25:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if it's good to revealthe backstage so early in the game but as the old saying goes: 'Oh well, what the hell!'. So here is my podcasting station, I really like it ^^

Kendo-Pod Blog

2009-08-08T16:02:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, welcome to Kendo-pod blog. You will find here podcasts about kendo. Please comment and suggest, I would be more than happy to feature your comments and suggestions into the podcast. The idea is to get about one podcast each week with a different subject each time. But more than written words, let's get right into the spoken words: