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Monthly Video Call at 100 Members?
I've been watching our member numbers climb and we're almost at 70! I'm truly happy to see people from around the world joining the Kenjutsu Online community, so I'm thinking that it would be fun and helpful to you all if we have a monthly video call once we reach 100 members. Due to everyone being spread across many different time zones, I'd be happy to post the recordings in case you can't join the meeting in person. You could also send your questions ahead of time, and I'd make it a priority to answer as many as possible. Please comment below if you'd like to have a monthly recorded video call.
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Sounds like fun to me!
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Are you prepared?
A part of our training is about every day preparedness. With that in mind, many parts of the country are expecting extreme cold, snow and ice this weekend. I am in upstate NY and high temps will be 9 degrees with below zero windchill. In the event i get stuck somwhere, i have in my car a wool blanket, extra gloves and a hat to keep warm. I also have some basic first aid supplies. What do you have in your car and/or home to prepare for weather extremes in your area? I am sure we can all help each other by posting suggestions for preparedness. Thanks in advance!
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@Randy George I love the gummy bear idea, my problem is that I keep running out of them in non-emergency situations!
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@Randy George ugh, the ones that get sticky and stuck to your teeth. I guess that's what I've gotta get for my vehicle now 🤣
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Curious about this
I saw this video this morning and wondered about the validity of what he says. I've found Matt Easton a bit dubious at times, what's y'all's thoughts? https://youtu.be/Sw79QXQLy4o?si=mZ5ShfDGCBvlPnuI
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@Randy George thank you for the clarification. That makes sense as warfare during the bakumatsu was very urban from my understanding compared to the open fields of the Sengoku era.
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@Joanne Hunter I could be wrong about this so please, if anyone views this as error, correct me. I think you are correct for the most part, but I also believe a lot of "spiritualization" and stuff like that were developed later in Japanese history, likely in the Edo period. I think during peace times they had more time to make things pretty and have lots of ornate meanings and philosophies and things like that. While I'm sure Sengoku era samurai would still value an ornate sword, they probably viewed it much more as a tool, but times were different. When you go to war it doesn't have to be pretty, it's just gotta do its job reliably.
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January Routine & Progress
Happy New Year everybody! We're already two weeks into the new year. Hard to believe, right? I've been thinking how time flies, and how important the small everyday routines and practices are for making progress in a focused direction. There's a lot of talk and discussion about discipline, but I like to emphasize the value of "routine" instead of discipline. I used to think discipline was the key, but once discipline fails, progress and mindset can weaken and fall apart. Last week's discipline can turn into this week's regrets. I've had the greatest success with progress and training when I've incorporated into my everyday routine. For example, when I'm in the kitchen getting a snack I practice classical movement, becoming light and relaxed, and moving with proper balance and alignment. I started doing that ever since I began training in Nami Ryu in 2008. Every time I'm in the kitchen, I automatically go into classical movement without thinking about it. It's like brushing my teeth before going to work or bed. What are your thoughts on discipline versus routine. For those of you who are new to the study of kenjutsu, have you started to incorporate any routines in your training?
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I think the two go hand in hand. Simple discipline will fail over time unless it becomes routine. If it isn't routine, we will inevitably forget to practice one day then overlook it another and so on until it's been weeks past our last practice. It takes discipline to establish a routine, but you've got to correlate training with other things you do in order to turn the discipline into routine. I'm not sure if I'm making sense of what I'm trying to say, but I definitely see the two as being interconnected.
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