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Beginner's Kendo Booklet

Our Shidokan Senior Members have prepared a begginner's guide (reviewed and approved by Santoso Sensei), to help you in this journey. The Shidokan Beginners booklet is quite friendly and will help you understand basic concepts so you can improve your Kendo in the good direction.

Beginner's Booklet

The most important concepts

Kendo Basics : Manners & Etiquette - REI



By Andy Fisher Sensei, Kendo 5th Dan


Kendo Basics : Fighting Stance, or Kamae and Sonkyo



By Andy Fisher Sensei, Kendo 5th Dan


Kendo Basics : Kendo Suburi (Practice Swings)



By Andy Fisher Sensei, Kendo 5th Dan


Reiho and Shinai

Uniform

Seiza

Mokuso

Proper feet position

Hold your Shinai

Stance: Chudan-no-kamae

Ashi-Sabaki(footwork)

Suburi(swing)

Fumikomi


All Japan Kendo Federation Instructional Videos

Kendo basics : Video I , Parts 1 and 2
Part 1
Part 2



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