Kendo Fitness
Build Endurance for Kendo with Tempo Training
Imagine: You're 45 minutes into practice, and while your mates are breathing hard and their technique is getting sloppy, you're still moving with crisp precision. Your strikes are sharp, your...
Build Endurance for Kendo with Tempo Training
Imagine: You're 45 minutes into practice, and while your mates are breathing hard and their technique is getting sloppy, you're still moving with crisp precision. Your strikes are sharp, your...
How to Actually Warm Up for Kendo or Any Sports
You rush into the dojo.Quick change into your gi.Sensei calls, “Line up!” and… boom.Hundreds of suburi. You’re barely warm and already your shoulders are screaming. Sound familiar? To clarify, suburi...
How to Actually Warm Up for Kendo or Any Sports
You rush into the dojo.Quick change into your gi.Sensei calls, “Line up!” and… boom.Hundreds of suburi. You’re barely warm and already your shoulders are screaming. Sound familiar? To clarify, suburi...
Hydration for Kendoka: An Overlooked Tool for P...
Have you ever felt more exhausted than you should halfway through keiko, struggling to keep your technique sharp and your energy up? Or maybe you've stepped into a shiai feeling...
Hydration for Kendoka: An Overlooked Tool for P...
Have you ever felt more exhausted than you should halfway through keiko, struggling to keep your technique sharp and your energy up? Or maybe you've stepped into a shiai feeling...
Fatigue Management: The Key to Sustainable Gain...
Training hard is necessary for growth, strength, and skill development, but fatigue is an inevitable byproduct. If you don’t manage fatigue properly, it can and will sabotage your performance and...
Fatigue Management: The Key to Sustainable Gain...
Training hard is necessary for growth, strength, and skill development, but fatigue is an inevitable byproduct. If you don’t manage fatigue properly, it can and will sabotage your performance and...
Cardio for Kendo: Should I Be Running?
Aaron Hendrickson, ISSA-CSCS, CPT, RP CNC If you’ve practiced kendo for a while, I suspect you may have been told that running is good for kendo, or that it improves...
Cardio for Kendo: Should I Be Running?
Aaron Hendrickson, ISSA-CSCS, CPT, RP CNC If you’ve practiced kendo for a while, I suspect you may have been told that running is good for kendo, or that it improves...
Injury Prevention Basics
Aaron Hendrickson, ISSA-CSCS, CPT, RP CNC You've just started practice for the day, or it's close to the end and you feel and hear a sudden sharp & intense pain...
Injury Prevention Basics
Aaron Hendrickson, ISSA-CSCS, CPT, RP CNC You've just started practice for the day, or it's close to the end and you feel and hear a sudden sharp & intense pain...