The Annual Hawaii Kendo Federation’s
Youth/Novice Kendo Training
Kaimuki Honbu
The invited participants from all dojos began to assemble early at the Honbu Dojo in Kaimuki. With their parents in tow, the students of various ages and stages of experience showed up with the enthusiasm
to learn the basics of kendo.
The
participants observed the HKF Iai-bu
group perform iai-do.
The HKF Vice President Yukimasa Furutani Sensei opened the program with an overview of the program. Dick Teshima Sensei lead the instructions to the enthusiastic students. The program included the following subjects:
Reihou, Sahou, Chakusou- “the right posture”
Entering
the dojo, greeting Sensei, senpai and each other
How
to sit in Seiza, stand from seiza
Proper
dress in kendo gi and hakama
Concept of Kendo- “the right heart”
Kendo
is a way to discipline the human character through the application of the
principle of the katana. AJKF 1976
Let’s
train our bodies, purify our hearts, devotion to our parents, value proper
manners and work for the others and the world.
Dojo
slogan from the Kobukan dojo in
About Katana by Dr. Jinichi Tokeshi
Brief history, construction and the relation to the
shinai. Viewing of a “live”
blade
Newspaper cutting with Bokuto
Chudan no kamae, Furikaburi, Kirioroshi, Te no uchi
Kihon Kendo Skill Training with Bokuto-“the right kendo”
Ippon Uchi no waza: Men, Kote, Do
Nidan no waza: Kote-men
Harai waza: Harai men
Nuki Waza: men, nuki-so
Uchikomi
Fumikomi ashi, Ki-ken-tai no itchi, follow
through in suriashi
and okuri ashi, zanshin
The participating students included Kainoa Buntin, Todd Polk, Jason Kim, Chase Takenaka, James Okada, Mathew Ito, Connor Zalewski, Sam Knuth, Ivy Ka, Robert Kim, Anolani Bennie, Brandon Imamura, Won Cha, Eins Ka, Adam Kiyosaki, and Chul Woo Kim. The students received gifts for attending the event.
The HKF President Terushi Ueno closed the event with some remarks of encouragement to the students.