kendo Tool to Improve Your Kendo Strikes: Men Nari

Tankendo (#短剣道) means the “Way of the Short Sword”. It is a budo allied to #jukendo (#銃剣道) that is based on traditional Japanese #kodachi (short sword) techniques. Tankendo is practiced with a short bamboo sword (tanshinai) with practitioners wearing full bogu, which is similar to bogu used in other modern budo such as #kendo (#剣道). Valid attacks in #tankendo are made by thrusting (tsuki) at the chest (do) or throat (nodo) or by cutting (uchi) at the head (men) or wrist (kote). Close-quarters gr

10 Kendo Practice Drills at Home – YouGoJapan