{"id":78,"date":"2026-03-04T20:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:07:27","slug":"78-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/78-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendo Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are lots of good teachings, training videos and written content available online now. Just one word of caution, there are many teaching methods (many paths to the top of the mountain), they may be different to what \/ how you’re being taught in the dojo but you should always follow what your dojo leader \/ coaches are telling you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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    Tenugui\u00a0 – Shudokan calligraphy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Club Armour Loan Form<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Kendo – the perfect ippon<\/span><\/a>. A longish video, from Japan, explaining what Kendo is all about. We\u00a0 don’t do tachikiri-jiai (the endurance training)!!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Beginners Course Syllabus<\/span><\/a>\u00a0The start point for all newcomers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Beginners Quick Guide<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 A quick overview of what to expect in the dojo.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Parts of the Shinai and How to hold it.\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    How to put on your kendogi and hakama<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    How to sit in seiza<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(video from Alex Bennett Sensei)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    How to put on your bogu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Beginners Guide to Kendo by Terry Holt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    How to fold your kendogi & hakama<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    How to put away your bogu for carrying<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Reiho at the start and end of practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Bokuto Ni Yoru Kendo Kihon Keiko Ho 1-9<\/span><\/a>, demonstrated by Sumi Sensei<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Kendo Basics, okuri ashi practice (footwork<\/span><\/a>) from the Kendo Guide YouTube channel.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    All Japan Women’s Kendo 7th Dan Tournament Nippon Kendo Kata-Enbu (demonstration)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Seme, the lifeblood of Kendo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by Gary O’Donnell Sensei, Nanadan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Andy Fisher Sensei has an excellent set of videos, full of tips and instruction\u00a0 on\u00a0<\/span>The Kendo Show<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 “Zero to Shodan” is well worth a watch\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Masahiro Imafuji (Hiro) also has an excellent website,\u00a0<\/span>The Kendo Guide<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Again, lots of useful tips and instruction. Imafuji sensei regul<\/span>arly comes to the UK at the Kodokan Seminar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The Kendo Guide is also on YouTube<\/span><\/a>, great selection of teaching video. And all in English, bonus.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Sadly no longer with us, Geoff Salmon Sensei’s family agreed to leave Sensei’s blog online. A mine of\u00a0 knowledge left for us, you can find it\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Shin Ki Ryoku, the heart of refined Kendo\u00a0<\/span><\/a>by Gary O’Donnell, Sensei, Nanadan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    AJKF\u00a0<\/span>Kendo Kata<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \u00a0In depth Kata teaching<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Masayoshi Miyazaki sensei<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0Hiro Imafuj\u00a0<\/span>sensei (2015)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shudokankendo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}