Great video. I had to stop practicing Kendo several years back due to a variety of circumstances, (relocating to a place with no nearby dojo, and a major back injury), but I'm now in a position to start to be able to think about coming back into the fold so to speak in the near future. I've been watching a lot of your videos to just start to get my head in the right place, and just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate having high quality content like this available for kendoka. Seme is a tough concept to understand and apply, and you lay out the essential points in a very cogent fashion here. Thank you and please keep up the great work!
Perfectly clear explanation, I've always wondered about this aspect and as I learn in a non-native language it's something I've struggled with a lot. Cheers for keeping it short, sweet and to the point without losing nuance!
I tried this in shiai and it worked well, I could push his buttons well, but I could not anticipate the exact moment he strike so I missed the follow-up strike.
I had a chance to do a little Kendo in Hawaii as a child and was supprised how much it hurts, many years later a Tai Jitsu Club showed up to my MMA gym and brought their weapons with them so I finally had a chance to get back to weapons combat albeit in a much less formal way, after growing up in what amounts to rural Asia and being involved in all types of martial arts it's clear that kendo has become overburdened with rules much like Judo Certainly is a shame that all Kendo doesn't use more sweeps trips and throws plus strikes to the legs... I guess old school Kendo and Judo will always be wildly Superior in my worldview
I am probably not gonna practice kendo, yet this is informative for me. Cause it could be applied to other duels. Or in my case lightsaber duelling with friends.
This was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! We have a club in Wisconsin and I am the highest ranked student (with no Sensei) at 3rd Dan. I will be showing this to my students and I am sure this will help me pass my yon dan test. Thank you so much and I will be shopping at your store shortly.
Dear Andy, I love your video's and was wondering how you feel about making a video about dealing with sustained kendo practice in a mental or motivational sense. I feel like a challenge which is especially prominent in kendo is keeping yourself motivated for weekly or even daily practice. On the one hand, things can go 'well' and you may feel elevated only to crash down harder when things all seem to 'fail' again. On the other, things may not go well at all and you wonder whether your are practicing correctly or improving at all. For me personally, this struggle in kendo is unlike I have seen anywhere else due to the unique combination of high pressure yet also very technical and emotional or perhaps even 'spiritual' demands. After keiko, I feel not only physically exhausted (as I would with my previous love, boxing) but also mentally exhausted. My discipline has as a result been waivering, coming in and out of practice (this is not an excuse, of course!). And I was wondering to what extent other people experience similar issues, and if so, how they succesfully deal with it. In any case, thank you very much for your time and attention!
Really enjoyed this video, cool to see you take something from the basics to the advanced. Will help practice but also my own video analysis! Cheers Andy
Great description of seme. I like the breakdown of seme into the 3 components. The first 2 are trainable, but the third (spirit) comes over time with experience and is hard to verbalize. Like you said, when you face an 8th dan or similarly trained practitioner, there is an immediate feeling of pressure, confidence, calm.. what ever you want to call it. That's when you understand what that feels like. Thanks for the great demo/info.
Hello Andy. Thanks for this great video. I've been experimenting with the right foot seme-ashi for a few months now and I found some very helpful pointers in your explanations. I feel however that there might still be something missing. Isn't there a kind of correct opportunity to use this "moving-in" the opponent's space to apply seme ? I've experienced in keiko that if the other is ready and set to pounce, if I move in at that point for a debana-waza, he will attack with is own debana-men and beat me to count, no matter how small my step with the right foot, because he is attacking while I'm moving forward. I may still be able to use oji-waza, but that's not easy. I'd like to know your thoughts on this.
Hello Andy, Nice vid as always! I was wondering how do you deal with blisters? I train on 3 different floors a week (wood and 2 gym hall floors) so some times my feet have a bit of a difficulty to get used to the floor. Do you tape it, let it dry out, stick a clean needle in it to let the liquid out? Whats your thoughs about it? With kind Regards René
I have a question. Im studying Kendo afew days now, im a left handed and i wounder if inthe case of the foot and the hand on the sword always have to be the same way as a righthand person or i have the freedom to use my own side?
How to block a tsucki? I have been struck countless times there and tsucki tare can't resist the force of the sword and I often fall back when people hit my tsucki. Are there any vids about blocking? Or do I just prepare to doge a tsucki?
![[THE KENDO SHOW] - Debana Waza (Debana Men & Debana Kote)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/h17FsYasHTo/mqdefault.jpg)
5:45 RIP headphone users
Yeah, that completely caught me off guard XD
This is totally what occurs in fencing all over the world :3 I love to see such similarities
Does fencing have a specific name for this concept also?
@@tramarthomas6105 in historical fencing in bolognese tradition are provocations.
Excellent kendo video in English on seme thank you
Even though I am a beginner I like watching these level videos just to get a big picture of what’s to come
Great video. I had to stop practicing Kendo several years back due to a variety of circumstances, (relocating to a place with no nearby dojo, and a major back injury), but I'm now in a position to start to be able to think about coming back into the fold so to speak in the near future. I've been watching a lot of your videos to just start to get my head in the right place, and just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate having high quality content like this available for kendoka. Seme is a tough concept to understand and apply, and you lay out the essential points in a very cogent fashion here. Thank you and please keep up the great work!
Perfectly clear explanation, I've always wondered about this aspect and as I learn in a non-native language it's something I've struggled with a lot. Cheers for keeping it short, sweet and to the point without losing nuance!
You are very good sensei. Actually I am going to join 4th Dan exam soon. This video is helpful a lot to me.
Thank you so much !!
I know nothing of kendo. And this morning I’ve learnt something
Interesting topic and video. But I think a top down camera angle might better demonstrate your hand positioning on some of those counter strikes.
I tried this in shiai and it worked well, I could push his buttons well, but I could not anticipate the exact moment he strike so I missed the follow-up strike.
Great one! Very usefull for all kendoka. Thanks Andy!
Looking at joining a Kendo club the nearest to me is Bedford, watching your videos has given me a lot of inspiration to give it a go
Great Lesson !! Thanks Sensei.
I had a chance to do a little Kendo in Hawaii as a child and was supprised how much it hurts, many years later a Tai Jitsu Club showed up to my MMA gym and brought their weapons with them so I finally had a chance to get back to weapons combat albeit in a much less formal way, after growing up in what amounts to rural Asia and being involved in all types of martial arts it's clear that kendo has become overburdened with rules much like Judo
Certainly is a shame that all Kendo doesn't use more sweeps trips and throws plus strikes to the legs...
I guess old school Kendo and Judo will always be wildly Superior in my worldview
I am probably not gonna practice kendo, yet this is informative for me. Cause it could be applied to other duels. Or in my case lightsaber duelling with friends.
Great resource!
Could you please make a video on oji waza? Especially kaeshi techniques.
This was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! We have a club in Wisconsin and I am the highest ranked student (with no Sensei) at 3rd Dan. I will be showing this to my students and I am sure this will help me pass my yon dan test.
Thank you so much and I will be shopping at your store shortly.
Thanks Joel! Best of luck with your 4dan test - Andy
The Kendo Show thank you! By the way, your Kendo is obviously at a higher level than mine, what rank are you current at?
@@jinden33 I am currently 6th Dan :)
The Kendo Show congratulations! Thank you again. I look forward to your next video and I will be going over your channel to watch even more.
Wish I had the confidence to kiai like that when I trained karate. That shit is legitimately terrifying.
Great video as always Andy.
Dear Andy,
I love your video's and was wondering how you feel about making a video about dealing with sustained kendo practice in a mental or motivational sense. I feel like a challenge which is especially prominent in kendo is keeping yourself motivated for weekly or even daily practice.
On the one hand, things can go 'well' and you may feel elevated only to crash down harder when things all seem to 'fail' again.
On the other, things may not go well at all and you wonder whether your are practicing correctly or improving at all.
For me personally, this struggle in kendo is unlike I have seen anywhere else due to the unique combination of high pressure yet also very technical and emotional or perhaps even 'spiritual' demands. After keiko, I feel not only physically exhausted (as I would with my previous love, boxing) but also mentally exhausted. My discipline has as a result been waivering, coming in and out of practice (this is not an excuse, of course!). And I was wondering to what extent other people experience similar issues, and if so, how they succesfully deal with it.
In any case, thank you very much for your time and attention!
very nice information thank you and more kendo thanks to kendostar of course :)
Great video, thanks Andy!
This is very good illustration and explanation of "seme". I've keiko for quite awhile and I did not understand it much while practicing in Japan.
Good video. Really helpful.
I loved It!!!! Your videos help me a Lot!!!!
very helpful instruction!
Really enjoyed this video, cool to see you take something from the basics to the advanced. Will help practice but also my own video analysis! Cheers Andy
Great description of seme. I like the breakdown of seme into the 3 components. The first 2 are trainable, but the third (spirit) comes over time with experience and is hard to verbalize. Like you said, when you face an 8th dan or similarly trained practitioner, there is an immediate feeling of pressure, confidence, calm.. what ever you want to call it. That's when you understand what that feels like. Thanks for the great demo/info.
Great video as allways Andy! thank you very much! I just got a quick question, how does shinai seme aply in Jodan no kamae?
thank you!
thank you for the video
Your videos are great, I would like to contribute with subtitles but I do not know how to do it. :c
Thank you so much
good for us beginner's like me.
Wow... your kiai actually left me frightened. Good video sensei!
Hello Andy. Thanks for this great video. I've been experimenting with the right foot seme-ashi for a few months now and I found some very helpful pointers in your explanations. I feel however that there might still be something missing. Isn't there a kind of correct opportunity to use this "moving-in" the opponent's space to apply seme ? I've experienced in keiko that if the other is ready and set to pounce, if I move in at that point for a debana-waza, he will attack with is own debana-men and beat me to count, no matter how small my step with the right foot, because he is attacking while I'm moving forward. I may still be able to use oji-waza, but that's not easy. I'd like to know your thoughts on this.
Perhaps making sure that you took the center before moving the right foot would be helpful
Thank you, your videos are great, even seme you can simplify. Great even for us kendo beginners
Hello Andy,
Nice vid as always!
I was wondering how do you deal with blisters?
I train on 3 different floors a week (wood and 2 gym hall floors) so some times my feet have a bit of a difficulty to get used to the floor.
Do you tape it, let it dry out, stick a clean needle in it to let the liquid out?
Whats your thoughs about it?
With kind Regards René
René Bloemheuvel I use a needle to blow... and then some ice.
I have a question. Im studying Kendo afew days now, im a left handed and i wounder if inthe case of the foot and the hand on the sword always have to be the same way as a righthand person or i have the freedom to use my own side?
Hi! I have made a video about this subject here - th-cam.com/video/g-qA7O_ITpc/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps!
Great thanks
Great video as always!!
Nice!
Great, learning a lot.
The ancient art of (come at me bro).
How to block a tsucki? I have been struck countless times there and tsucki tare can't resist the force of the sword and I often fall back when people hit my tsucki. Are there any vids about blocking? Or do I just prepare to doge a tsucki?
Oh yea hand plus when I try to doge the opponent's sword will always be stuck inside my men by the opening between the tsucki tares
thank u I was looking for
can i have vietsub ?
Your dynamic text intro moves too fast for my taste. Please make it slower.
ANDY！かっこいいぞー！
Thanks! :D
Using the Japanese words along with the English words confuse the crap out of this.