Hidekatsu Inoue – Kendo Collection – Japanese Swordsmanship Vol.1

VOLUME 1 The first installment of a complete series on the art of Kendo. Among the contents are: Equipment Kendo-gi -Kendo-gi Structure and Names Hakama -The Hakama’s Structure and Names Men (Mask) (Mask) -Men’s Structure and Names (Mask) Kote (Glove) (Glove) -The Kote’s Structure and Names (Glove) Do and Tare (Hip and Chest Protectors) -The Tare (Hip Protector) and Do Structure and Names (Chest Protector) Shinai (Bamboo Sword) (Bamboo Sword) -The Shinai’s Structure and Names (Bamboo Sword) Bokuto (Wooden Sword) -Bokuto Structure and Names (Wooden Sword) How to Wear the Kendo-gi with the Hakama How to Put on the Tare and Do How to Put on the Tenugui How to Dress Men How to Put on and Remove the Kote Taking the Men Away How to correctly place and remove the Tare The Kendo-gi is folded. Making the Hakama Putting the Shinai Together The upkeep of the Shinai Etiquette Footwork Balance in Body Movement Bowing While Standing Three movements of sitting and standing Sitting and standing in unison Formal sitting posture seated bow Mokuso’s Meditation Idea and Method (Meditation) Chu-dan (Basic Posture) -Basic foot posture How to Use a Shinai Arm position and form in three movements Kamae and Osame in unison Osame and Kamae are standing. Fundamental method 1Natural stance -Continuous footwork -Steps on the sideway -Sliding stairs with a turn Variations in sliding steps -Walking step-Short step (joint step), measuring step-Stomping footwork-Sliding steps and Stomping footwork-Sliding steps and Stomping footwork Kukan-datotsu (striking an imaginary opponent) (striking an imaginary opponent) -Jo-ge (up-and-down) (up-and-down) Suburi (swing) (swing) Men, Kote, Do, and Tsuki attack in three different ways. -Men, Kote, Do, and Tsuki strike twice-Men, Kote, Do, and Tsuki strike once-Left and right Men strikes in three and one movements. Repeating Kukan-datotsu -Combination Strike: Kote-Men-Combination Strike: Kote-Do-Combination Strike: Kote-Men-Do-Repetitive Strike: Kote-Men-Do-Repetitive Strike: Kote-Men-Do-Repetitive Repetitive men’s strikes Men on the left and right strike Suburi (Practice swings with the shinai) (Practice swings with the shinai) -Swing up and down -Naname (diagonal) (diagonal) Suburi-Men takes a step ahead. -Both left and right Men strikes with a forward and backward stride. -Both the left and right men hit with sideways steps. -Squat suburi with alternating feet-Squat suburi with alternating feet -Choyaku (jumping) (jumping) Haya-suburi (fast) with alternating feet -Haya Choyaku -suburi with back-and-forth and left-and-right footwork -Haya-suburi with back-and-forth leaping Kukan-datotsu with stomping feet – Center Men, right Kote, right Do -Men-Men, Kote-Men, and Kote-Men-Men Short-range footwork with basic strikes – Center Men, right Kote, left and right Do, and left and right Men Fundamental strikes with stomping footwork – Center Men, right Kote, and right Do you like Kote-Men, Men-Men, and Kote-Men-Men?