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rjay09
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I think you misinterpreted my post a little Jerry. Allow me to clarify.
My iaido training and kendo training, while both under the same teachers, were mostly taught in a way to emphasize the differences you were talking about.
Edo Yagyu Shinkage Ryu Hyoho is the style of iaido I studied, with emphasis on both forms with live shinken blades - including drawing from seated seiza, cutting to kill, the ritual shiburi 'cleaning' of the blade, and 'notou', returning the blade to the sheath - and predetermined kenjutsu drills, performed with a partner using bokken.
The little bit of kendo training I did was mostly a supplement to the iaido training, as my sensei tends to emphasize training in both traditional iaido techniques and sport oriented kendo as way of rounding out our training. Training in kendo was distinctly different from training in Yagyu. We would use the shinai to slap our own butts while practicing overhead cuts to chudan (waist level) in kendo, whereas in iaido we would do the same cut by raising the sword vertically and follow through with the cut to the bottom of the motion. Yagyu kenjutsu drills were very static and would end with a strike meant to end the fight, whereas kendo tended to emphasize more fluid, continuous motion partner drills.
Good to see another sword aficionado on WP though. 
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Greyhound
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Location: Birmingham, UK
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I did judo for a while. Nice friendly club but it was mainly small children who were easy to overpower plus the instructor kept teaching us the same moves.
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JerryHatake
Kumdo Practitioner
Joined: Jul 02, 2006
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Location: Woodbridge, VA
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| rjay09 wrote: | I think you misinterpreted my post a little Jerry. Allow me to clarify.
My iaido training and kendo training, while both under the same teachers, were mostly taught in a way to emphasize the differences you were talking about.
Edo Yagyu Shinkage Ryu Hyoho is the style of iaido I studied, with emphasis on both forms with live shinken blades - including drawing from seated seiza, cutting to kill, the ritual shiburi 'cleaning' of the blade, and 'notou', returning the blade to the sheath - and predetermined kenjutsu drills, performed with a partner using bokken.
The little bit of kendo training I did was mostly a supplement to the iaido training, as my sensei tends to emphasize training in both traditional iaido techniques and sport oriented kendo as way of rounding out our training. Training in kendo was distinctly different from training in Yagyu. We would use the shinai to slap our own butts while practicing overhead cuts to chudan (waist level) in kendo, whereas in iaido we would do the same cut by raising the sword vertically and follow through with the cut to the bottom of the motion. Yagyu kenjutsu drills were very static and would end with a strike meant to end the fight, whereas kendo tended to emphasize more fluid, continuous motion partner drills.
Good to see another sword aficionado on WP though. |
Ok I understand now. Well I'm Kumdo and U.S. Hwa Rang Kwan (dojang) for us to evenutally form (Iaido) upon become 4th Keup (Brown Belt) though some students start at purple or blue. Its actually part of the red belt test along the red belt one and all black belts which occurs once a year. I think I'm the only person in U.S. Hwa Rang Kwan with AS and in the Mason Kumdo Club. I'm the VP for the club for this academic year.
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Rynok
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Age: 23
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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I did 7 years of Tae Kwon Do when I was younger.
They stopped teaching up to a point and it became a "study on your own" and so I left. It was fun though, but a lot of work for sure. |
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CMaximus
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Age: 25
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Location: live and work on hew-mon homeworld
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| I'll have been been doing Hwa Rang Do for five years in October. If all goes well, I should get my first degree black belt around Christmas time. |
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JerryHatake
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^Nice. 
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JerryHatake
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I'm actually going to compete in my second Kumdo tournament in August. I have surely improved from the last one when I was a green belt.
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Aquamarine_Kitty
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Age: 19
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Location: California, USA, Universe #97940A
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I took martial arts from age 8 through to age 11.
I'm not sure what it was called, but the belt succession was something like: white, orange, yellow, blue, purple, green, brown, and black, with stripes in between most of the colors.
I got to a purple belt
I wish I could get in shape enough to continue with it soon. I'm not nearly as active now  |
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Tim_Tex
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I was in karate between the ages of 9-10.
I took cardio kickboxing in my early 20s.
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Karrit
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Location: Lancaster, Ohio
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I've taken karate since high school and am a brown belt. I'm not a natural athlete mind you and I have problem with side kicks & balance, but karate's helped my balance while sanding and shifting. I'm planning to go back to college this fall and thought on taking tae kwon do to help with my kicks.
I also weight train and do some yoga stretches.
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