Here's a nice and inspirational article about 68-year-old Jimi Hadley from Oklahoma City who is in full swing doing taekwondo and kumdo (Korean kendo).
Apart from the utter rubbish of someone being graded second dan black belt (and apparently soon testing for third) after just four years or so of training, this is a good read. It shows that you do not necessarily need to start thinking about the couch even though you're considered a senior citizen.
This is one active and inspiring woman for sure!
Showing posts with label kendo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kendo. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Samurai Granny
Don't underestimate 5 feet tall Kiko Wakabayshi: She's a master in jujitsu, jojitso (sic), kenjitso (sic), judo, kendo, and karate.
The 77-year-old martial arts expert, also known as "Samurai Granny," has been hired by the Italian military to train their recruits in hand-to-hand combat, according to nydailynews.com.
The 77-year-old martial arts expert, also known as "Samurai Granny," has been hired by the Italian military to train their recruits in hand-to-hand combat, according to nydailynews.com.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
More Fitness Fads
Guess it had to come. And from New York - who would have guessed...
For those who likes to try out anything that is "new", "exciting" and "cool", but really don't want to learn anything properly (not to mention having to touch other people - yuck!), here's another opportunity to work it out with a fitness instructor shouting into a microphone.
What's next? "Fixed Martial Arts", Mixed Martial Arts with absolutely no contact (we all know contact is bad for the fitness people) and disco music?
Story:
The Samurai Sword Workout is attracting standing-room only crowds in swank New York City gyms. Now it's made it's way to Virginia Beach.
Here, in an expansive mirrored room, the instructor twice a week leads these hour-long, total body, no-impact workout classes that combine the basic elements of two Japanese sword fighting techniques - Kendo and Aikijujitsu.
From martial arts? I just had to try it.
Source
For those who likes to try out anything that is "new", "exciting" and "cool", but really don't want to learn anything properly (not to mention having to touch other people - yuck!), here's another opportunity to work it out with a fitness instructor shouting into a microphone.
What's next? "Fixed Martial Arts", Mixed Martial Arts with absolutely no contact (we all know contact is bad for the fitness people) and disco music?
Story:
The Samurai Sword Workout is attracting standing-room only crowds in swank New York City gyms. Now it's made it's way to Virginia Beach.
Here, in an expansive mirrored room, the instructor twice a week leads these hour-long, total body, no-impact workout classes that combine the basic elements of two Japanese sword fighting techniques - Kendo and Aikijujitsu.
From martial arts? I just had to try it.
Source
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Reporters...
What can you say? Only misses with 1550 years or so, and suggests that TKD is "similar to karate, kung fu, kendo, hapkido, jujitsu and judo". Similar in what respect?
Sure - fighting with a kendo shinai is similar to the grappling moves of judo, or the kicks and punches of karate. How about getting your statements at least close to straight?
Any article portraying the martial arts in a positive way is great to see, but it is also nice when you can read something that has at least a vague * reminiscence* to the facts!
Story:
Taekwondo (often spelled tae kwon do or Taekwon-do) is a form of martial arts, originating in Korea over 2,000 years ago. It is similar to karate, kung fu, kendo, hapkido, jujitsu and judo. Yet, the discipline has grown rapidly in the United States over the past 20 years as more people find that the Korean term "punch, kick, way of life" goes far beyond its English translation.
Source
Sure - fighting with a kendo shinai is similar to the grappling moves of judo, or the kicks and punches of karate. How about getting your statements at least close to straight?
Any article portraying the martial arts in a positive way is great to see, but it is also nice when you can read something that has at least a vague * reminiscence* to the facts!
Story:
Taekwondo (often spelled tae kwon do or Taekwon-do) is a form of martial arts, originating in Korea over 2,000 years ago. It is similar to karate, kung fu, kendo, hapkido, jujitsu and judo. Yet, the discipline has grown rapidly in the United States over the past 20 years as more people find that the Korean term "punch, kick, way of life" goes far beyond its English translation.
Source
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Deadly iaido?
Great, now even iaido (the art of drawing the sword) is deadly too!
What's next - deadly knitting? How about deadly chess, or even better: deadly poetry?
And what about the the really deadly arts (aka. teh de4dly arts), like (shutter...), tai chi, karate and judo? What are they - absolutely, really, terribly, utterly, over the top, instantly deadly?
Again, silly old me! I was kind of lead to believe that a graceful, zen art like iaido - most of the times practiced with a non-sharpenend sword called iaito - was anything BUT deadly. The real warrior art of iai-jutsu on the other hand...
And it gets even better in this "how far off can we possibly get" article. There's a picture of people doing kendo with bamboo "swords" (called shinai). Under it is written this pearl of infinite wisdom: "Ross Goulet shows his skill with the kantana during a demonstration at iaido class".
Wow...
I mean, it's quite fair to be ignorant about a subject, but could we just ask for at least one tiny piece of fact from time to time? Can we have that, pleeease...
Story:
It's not a word that flows easily off the tongue, but iaido is fluid and graceful in practice. It can also be deadly.
The martial art is done with swords called kantana, which is a long sword. The swords are used by samurai soldiers in battle.
Source
What's next - deadly knitting? How about deadly chess, or even better: deadly poetry?
And what about the the really deadly arts (aka. teh de4dly arts), like (shutter...), tai chi, karate and judo? What are they - absolutely, really, terribly, utterly, over the top, instantly deadly?
Again, silly old me! I was kind of lead to believe that a graceful, zen art like iaido - most of the times practiced with a non-sharpenend sword called iaito - was anything BUT deadly. The real warrior art of iai-jutsu on the other hand...
And it gets even better in this "how far off can we possibly get" article. There's a picture of people doing kendo with bamboo "swords" (called shinai). Under it is written this pearl of infinite wisdom: "Ross Goulet shows his skill with the kantana during a demonstration at iaido class".
Wow...
I mean, it's quite fair to be ignorant about a subject, but could we just ask for at least one tiny piece of fact from time to time? Can we have that, pleeease...
Story:
It's not a word that flows easily off the tongue, but iaido is fluid and graceful in practice. It can also be deadly.
The martial art is done with swords called kantana, which is a long sword. The swords are used by samurai soldiers in battle.
Source
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Tangsoodomigukkwah
Talk about getting things wrong!
Presenting Korean arts in a presentation on China and Japan is one thing.
But the spelling... Tangsoodomigukkwah :-)
I assume this is trying to say Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan?
Story:
As David Berube began swinging his sword, teacher Patty Miceli moved a couple of students out of harms way.
Berube -- an adult hall monitor at Oakdale School -- was demonstrating haigumdongdo, Korean sword art.
Berube, who also has been studying tangsoodomigukkwah, a Korean form of karate for 22 years, was part of an informational presentation on China and Japan Tuesday night presented by four fourth-grade classes for their parents.
Source
Presenting Korean arts in a presentation on China and Japan is one thing.
But the spelling... Tangsoodomigukkwah :-)
I assume this is trying to say Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan?
Story:
As David Berube began swinging his sword, teacher Patty Miceli moved a couple of students out of harms way.
Berube -- an adult hall monitor at Oakdale School -- was demonstrating haigumdongdo, Korean sword art.
Berube, who also has been studying tangsoodomigukkwah, a Korean form of karate for 22 years, was part of an informational presentation on China and Japan Tuesday night presented by four fourth-grade classes for their parents.
Source
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Hapkido: A cousin of Kendo!
Wow, I'm really learning something new every day!
Combat cane:
An old martial art, which uses long sticks to disable an opponent is being revived in France. The discipline was developed as a form of self-defence in the late 19th century in Paris to help its citizens protect themselves from the criminal elements in the city.
The sport of Combat Cane fighting is similar to the Japanese art form of Kendo or its Korean cousin Hapkido.
Source
Combat cane:
An old martial art, which uses long sticks to disable an opponent is being revived in France. The discipline was developed as a form of self-defence in the late 19th century in Paris to help its citizens protect themselves from the criminal elements in the city.
The sport of Combat Cane fighting is similar to the Japanese art form of Kendo or its Korean cousin Hapkido.
Source
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