Thursday 21 April 2011
Tough Night at Tora
Paid a visit to Tora kendo club this week... phew, it was a tough one.
A combination of reduced practice (holidays), warmest day of the year and the athletic kihon blew me out.
Its times when I visit Tora and UCL when I realise I need to improve my kendo fitness, they are able to handle extended kirikaeshi drills and kihon with enough energy for 15 mins of jigeiko at the end.
By this time I was a gonner with arms/ legs like lead.
I did gain something positive out of it though. For some reason my kirikaeshi has gone to ratshit over the last 6 months, my left hand is all over the place while my right remains centralised.
One of the seniors at Tora suggested my sayumen angle is too flat (coming in sideways) and so I should angle it up. This immediately improved my cuts. Now I know what to sort out I can work on cutting properly again.
I've also ordered a new men from Miyako Kendogu in Japan as my existing one is getting a bit manky. I have to wait a few months for it to be fabricated and sent over.
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Is it the Tokuren custom jissengata men? I ordered mine in December and if all goes according to plan it'll ship in a week. Considering how my current one is a clunky POS that doesn't fit properly, you could say I'm a teeny bit excited.
ReplyDeleteYeah, thats the one... wow, thats a long time. Saying that I had to wait a similar period for my urushi do from Chibabogu.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit apprehensive about my order, ive got a bit of an odd shaped head and it took me three purchases until I found my current men that fits okish. Joys of ordering online.
Let me know how you get on!
Bizarre heeeead! haha Giegers alien springs to mind!
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain with the lack of fitness.. a month on my back has destroyed the good work from Feb and March. Its going to be a killer a week on Monday.