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    Published on 14th January 2010 08:00 PM  Number of Views: 300 
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    Article original in Kendo World Journal 1.1 – 2001 (Translated from Japanese by Alex Bennett)
    Par Inoue Yoshihiko, 8-Dan Hanshi.
    Version française par Baptiste Tavernier

    Avant et après tout entrainement de kendo, c’est une routine pour tout le monde que de s’asseoir en seiza avec les mains posées l’une dans l’autre, et de méditer (mokusō). Pourtant, peu de personnes savent que cette posture de méditation a pour origines le hokkai-jōin (dhyani mudrâ). Un mudrâ est un signe de pouvoir exprimé à travers le corps et particulièrement avec les mains, dans le bouddhisme et l’hindouisme. Un jour, on m’a demandé s’il était correct d’avoir plutôt la main gauche ou plutôt la main droite en haut pendant mokusō, et pourquoi. A mon grand embarrât, je dois dire que je fus mis là en difficulté, alors même que l’on devrait au moins savoir la base théorique de cette pratique particulière.
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    Published on 8th January 2010 10:44 PM  Number of Views: 266 
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    Por el Profesor Oya Minoru (Kendo Kyoshi, 7mo. dan) Universidad Internacional de Budo (IBU)
    Traducción al inglés de Alex Bennett Traducida al español por César Tonatiuh García Ramírez
    Tomado de un artículo original de Kendo World Magazine, Issue 4.1. Reproducido con el amable permiso de Kendo World Publications. Todos los derechos reservados.

    El objetivo del kendo es forjar a la mente y el cuerpo, lo que esencialmente significa cultivar el ki. El refinamiento de energía ki fomenta la finalización de tu crecimiento como ser humano.
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    By Nakamura Tamio
    Translated by Alex Bennett
    Original article in Kendo World Issue 1.1, 2001

    Nakamura Tamio was born in 1950 in Nishio city, Aichi prefecture. In 1976, he graduated from the Physical Education Department postgraduate course at the Tokyo University of Education. He is now a professor in the Education Faculty of Fukushima University. His publications include A History of Modern Kendo, Kendo Dictionary- A Technical and Cultural History (Both published by Shimazu Shobo).

    Currently, the official Japanese term used to refer to the protective armour used in kendo is not bōgu, but kendōgu. Nonetheless, bōgu is still the most commonly heard, and I will use it in this article. Before delving into the history of bōgu/kendōgu, I will first offer an explanation of these appelations and how they came to be utilised.


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    par Nakamura Tamio
    Version française par Baptiste Tavernier
    Article original in Kendo World Journal 1.1 – 2001 (Translated from Japanese by Alex Bennett).

    Actuellement, le terme japonais officiel employé pour faire allusion à l’armure utilisée en kendo n’est pas « bôgu », mais « kendôgu ». Néanmoins, le terme bôgu est encore celui qui est le plus communément employé et c’est celui dont je me servirai dans cet article. Avant d’examiner l’historique du bôgu/kendôgu, je donnerai en premier lieu une explication de ces termes et de comment ils en vinrent à être employés.
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    By Alex Bennett

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    Introduction
    Bushidō1 and the warrior culture of Japan are viewed with fascination, not only by modern Japanese, but by non-Japanese as well. The most visible vestige of Japanese warrior culture is the overwhelming international popularity of the martial arts (budō), which are undoubtedly Japan's most successful cultural export. ...
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    Contents: Editorial, Defining Budo, Hanshi Says: Matsumoto Akimasa (K8), Kendo in Brazil, Shiori Sensei's Chilean report, The Internationalisation of kumdo, NZ visit report, Reidan-Jichi part 8 'Kamae', sWords of Wisdom - 'The Precision of the Short Sword', Mumeishi Dōjō 40th Anniversary, Nitō Part 5: Applied Techniques, Ideas and History of the Sword Part 3: Ancient Japan and the Sword, Old Scrolls Bokuden Matsugo-ryū,
    Kendo Clinic Ganglions - the “Bible Cyst”, Unlocking Japan: Part 16 Lifer, Tales of the Samurai Chapter 8: Honest Kyūsuke, A Duffle Bag & A Bōgu Bag: Part 3: Bouncer, ...
    by Published on 28th December 2009 03:46 PM  Number of Views: 349 
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