Wrocławska Sekcja Kendo, Iaido i Jodo

Karolcham

Oto ciekawe artykuły na temat jigeiko i shiai napisane przez trenera kadry narodowej w Wielkiej Brytanii:
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Julek

bardzo ciekawe i pożyteczne

mCampus

Julek to Ty znasz angielski? Porzadna firma jestes:D

Innokis

Co do ciekawych rzeczy, które warto przeczytać, to tak z angielska, wykład z 2001 roku z Kanady, o duchu Kendo

KENDO AND HEART

By Teruhiko Kurasawa (Kendo Hanshi 9th Dan)

Koji Tawigawa, who is the highest ranking master in Shogi (Japanese chess), says “Shogi is a battle between one individual and another. If you are not refined as a person you will not be able to win.” He is a young man in his mid-thirties, and I will never forget how he is full of great confidence, with a heart on a great scale.

When you transpose that thought to our essence of character development in Kendo, and I look back to when I was in my thirties until now, I feel that I have not reached his level of accomplishment.

From the outside, Kendo can be seen as an expression of combat where one must train to beat the opponent. However, one must also train one’s inner self to become pure hearted. To the untrained person, the blows to the head and jabs to the throat may seem like a form of violence. At times it is easy for our emotions to get the better of us and we may develop violent intentions. This is a shameful and it is vital to keep a straight and pure heart.

When doing Kendo, we must keep in mind that we require an opponent first. It is only when we have an opponent that we are able to enjoy and better our Kendo. Thus we must care for the opponent, and appreciate their help in our training. This should then develop into mutual respect.

Great people in the past have said that if in Kendo you simply beat each other with a vengeance from beginning to end, it is just a brawl - a shallow act of barbarism. Just improving on one’s ability to hit is not the way of Kendo. Otherwise, basic important human attributes such as caring, appreciation, and respect would not be formed. Ones heart should be dedicated, half to the development of the opponent and half to oneself.

So, it goes without saying that utmost care must be taken when training children, beginners, and people of lower rank. By only caring in our hearts about hitting, winning and not losing, glory or victory, it is not possible to care for each others well being. The attitude of hoping for your opponent’s development is all a function of the heart, we must heighten our sense of caring. It is wrong to say we have to win at all costs, and to say our efforts will mean nothing if we don’t

In Kendo training, results are important, however the true importance and value is in the path we take to achieve a pure form of Kendo. If you practice with a tainted heart, you too will become tainted. If we are pure-hearted the goodness in our character will be further improved

In closing, I would like to say that I hope that everyone will endeavour to train their heart, and I hope for your further development in Kendo.

In the late 1600’s a great swordsman by the name of Shimada Toranosuke said The sword is the heart. If you wish to learn the sword, first you must make your heart pure.