Oops, I should have read it more carefully…I just assumed this was your blog.

My apologies to Zoot sensei, whom I had the pleasure of meeting Zoot sensei at Seattle Dojo’s Hatsugeiko.

Will definitely be heading down to Kinokuniya to order this book!

Thanks again!

I didn’t translate it, but its a book I highly recommend anyway.

Your Japanese ability doesn’t always equate with your understanding of kendo, but without any your ability to get into the deep aspects is limited severely.

I especially appreciated the part about “kokoro no yoyuu-心の余裕”.

Thanks again!

koan :

Great! The book “Motomereba Mugendai” is available also in english?

Sorry, no its not. If it were we wouldn’t need to translate anything!

I really agree with the advice against male people with dyed hair.

i had a long hair, before i start to use bogu my sensei said that i had to cut my hair.

for me, it’s part of the character development.

Alphons -> translating a little bit from book and magazines here and there is ok, but we can’t in good conscious translate large parts of material like this. (For older items on the site its often the case that the copyright limit has expired.)

Part of what I want to do with this site is to show the breadth and spectrum of kendo related material out there, and to point the readers to what we think are interesting books to read, like this one.

Also, I am seriously of the opinion that – as far as things stand today – if you truly wish to study kendo deeply, then you should not only try your best at kendo itself, but you owe it to yourself to learn Japanese. Kendo (and budo) is a life-long study, and the people in pursuit of it dedicate a long time to it. For me, learning Japanese is part of this study.

i.e. if items like this are interesting and you wish to read more, then i’d urge you to be proactive – study Japanese, buy and read the book! If you do that then you A. don’t have to wait for articles to be published and B. (more importantly) you can pick and chose what materials you read… at the moment its chosen for you.