(Kendo Secrets ) Center: Body, Footwork and Shinai

In these video you will find some Kendo tips to challenge and fighting for the center with your body and your shinai.
I hope that with this you will find more success attacking during your kendo practice and improving your chances of taking the center when practicing your techniques, or performing in shinsa or shiai.
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[@Kendotips]

You may also like this video: kendo Basic guide to approaching your opponent in Kendo

[@Cha4k]

I remember watching a show on NHK years ago where a 8th dan was talking about grading others for 7th or 8th dan and he mentioned that he always checks to see if the left foot is twisted or correctly pointing straight ahead. I always remember it, Been very helpful for me.

[@niwcsc]

This sounds very related to another tip I received:

[@powen888]

This tip help to solve a big confusion for a long time. Thanks so much.

[@jonathandecroon3405]

Regarding the kamae from tip 2:

[@benjaminlow5424]

This sounds like a useful series. Please continue.

[@luisabreu4396]

Nice Tips👍!! Thank you🙇🏽!!

[@dr.koerber.florian]

Very useful - thank you for sharing

[@AaronRowell]

Really great video, I'm going to play with this soon. Thanks so much.

[@curiousone9944]

Interesting Concept and Great Video

[@doanthanh7025]

hi Jose,

[@philipmccrackeniii4575]

Creo que si. I appreciate it.

[@wanderer1125]

Love your vids, you're like the Jesse Enkamp of Kendo

[@huynhletu8503]

This vid is very useful, it's truth that setting the right foot to slide slightly toward the opp's right foot will fix the issue with ai-men technique. And tip 2 is the same of what my 6 dan sensei taught me.

[@Kendo_is_fun]

Good video. Just the day before I discussed this problem with my friends.

[@ianbrass9251]

Great Kendo Video!

[@itchidozen]

Relatd to this (I think) : how to take the center on men attacks.

[@sewkzoo]

Great video! Would love to see more in this series. But I don't think the Amazon link for shinai is working anymore...

[@MinhGiang1009]

Hi Jose, your 2nd tip was actually mentioned and draw out in a lecture note by Toshio Matsumoto (松本 敏夫), 9th Dan Hanshi - I wonder if you have seen that document. It enlighten quite a lot about this "natural stance" (that's what Matsumoto sensei calls it).

[@user-wj6dm6sg2z]

I've been told by my sensei that I don't come at him straight, and told that I move away as if I avoid him.. I get worried about crashing into him and other people don't want to knock them down... is this just a mindset I need to get past? I recently got the green light to wear my men, so, I am expected to just "go!"