And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My Judo coach, the esteemed Rene Pomerelle, also instructed Kendo at our Kodokan in Wiesbaden, Germany, (1968-1970). The Kendo classes were usually just after our Judo classes so I got to watch many hours of sword play. My observation of the match as presented is a woman, while swift with sword, wbeing out matched by a man, superior in strength. He held his own through her advance and then forced her back with his simple lunge.
When my father, sister and me took judo lessons in Japan in 1965-67, our dojo was split in half, with kendo on one side and judo on the other side. Those kendo dudes were loud!
Had the bonkee been holding a blade both of ther bonkers arms would have fallen off.
ReplyDeleteI practiced Judo for many years and wanted to do Kendo but never had the chance.
ReplyDeleteMy Judo coach, the esteemed Rene Pomerelle, also instructed Kendo at our Kodokan in Wiesbaden, Germany, (1968-1970). The Kendo classes were usually just after our Judo classes so I got to watch many hours of sword play. My observation of the match as presented is a woman, while swift with sword, wbeing out matched by a man, superior in strength. He held his own through her advance and then forced her back with his simple lunge.
ReplyDeleteSwift move, that
ReplyDeleteWhen my father, sister and me took judo lessons in Japan in 1965-67, our dojo was split in half, with kendo on one side and judo on the other side. Those kendo dudes were loud!
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