virginia tech kendo

tournament matches

Yale Singles Matches

TEAM FINAL: Osamu vs Garrett
TEAM FINAL: Nick vs Mana Part 1
TEAM FINAL: Nick vs Mana Part 2
TEAM FINAL: Peter vs Kumdo Guy
TEAM FINAL: Fred vs Max Part 1
TEAM FINAL: Fred vs Max Part 2
TEAM FINAL: Sanghun pwns Sean
Christie
Fred's win
Midget > Fred - Part 1
Midget > Fred - Part 2
Sunghun 1
Sunghun 2
OMG Peter scored!
Judges decision: Peter sucks!

Virginia Tech A vs Shidogakuin DC

Nick vs Summerlin
Osamu vs Crymble
Sean vs Kobayashi
Jason vs Taylor
Peter vs Wright

Virginia Tech A vs GWU A

Nick vs Garrett

kata

Historically, practice with bokken were the only way samurai could safely practice swordmanship. Today kata greatly complement training using shinai as a way to highlight important lessons and improve your Kendo as a whole. In addition, kata are a prerequisite for rank testing.
Two sets of clips are provided: one shows modern kata demonstrations, and the other their historical equivalent. Note the differences, and study the videos to perfect your technique.

Contemporary	Historical
First kata	Ipponme
Second kata	Nihonme
Third kata	Sanbonme
Fourth kata	Yohonme
Fifth kata	Gohonme
Sixth kata	Ropponme
Seventh kata	Nanahonme
First short sword kata	Kodachi ipponme
Second short sword kata	Kodachi nihonme
Third short sword kata	Kodachi sanbonme

waza

These clips are provided by the AJKF and demonstrate many important techniques. The voice over is in japanese.

Ippon uchi no waza
Kote men
Harai men
Men ichi do
Men nuki do
Kote suriage men
Debana kote
Men kaeshi do
Do uchiotosi men