![]() Eventually my winning percentage started increasing and Kendo became fun again. Until then I was using Chūdan-no-kamae(中段の構え) but I was unable to produce the any significant results and was making little progress and because of that I couldn’t enjoy doing Kendo anymore.Īfter I switched to the Jōdan stance, the Keiko was severe and physical burden was heavy, but because I’m 166cm tall, which is of the taller kind for women in Japan, I was able to make full use of my reach during Keiko. When I was in high school, the Kendo instructor in my Kendo club suggested that I take up the Jōdan kamae, and because of this I started using the Jōdan stance. Jōdan-no-kamae (上段の構え) is one of the five kamae in Kendo and is also called hi-no-kamae (火の構え), meaning “the stance of fire.” Jōdan does not allow for retreat, it is intimidating, and it is a technique that requires you make a one-hit-kill, lest you find yourself in a less than ideal position. ![]()
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