This is the second part of a two part article. Read the first part here. Returning to the United States After seemingly lending just enough assistance to the Shinai Kyogi movement, Mori returned to the United States in 1951, though, again, Okusa states that the kendo pioneer relocated to the United States the previous year. … Continue reading Torao Mori: The Wandering Kenshi, Part II
Kendo interested Michael Lindsay, even after training in karate and Olympic Fencing in his younger years. When he arrived at college in 2004, he found Senshikan Dojo under the direction of Koki Abe and Lindsay quickly took to Japanese swordsmanship and fostering a friendship with Abe. When Abe left to return to Japan in 2006, … Continue reading Interview with Shin Sou Fu Kan Founder Michael Lindsay: Koki Abe and Oklahoma Kendo, Part II
This is the fourth part of a five part article. Read the third part here and the fifth part here. Jeff Marsten Jeff Marsten in the middle of teaching a class. Source: Bellevue Kendo Club. As mentioned previously, Jeff Marsten was one of the five founding members of the kendo club at University of Washington. … Continue reading Kendo in the Pacific Northwest, Part IV
Mark Uchida first saw Chūshingura when he was a child and was immediately hooked on Japanese swordsmanship. Unfortunately, he never really found a place to train until 1973. From there, he dived deeply into both kendo and iaido, which he started learning a year after kendo. He would later become the first head of the … Continue reading Interview with Mushinkan Dojo Founder Mark Uchida: Training with Giants, Part II
Mark Uchida first saw Chūshingura when he was a child and was immediately hooked on Japanese swordsmanship. Unfortunately, he never really found a place to train until 1973. From there, he dived deeply into both kendo and iaido, which he started learning a year after kendo. He would later become the first head of the … Continue reading Interview with Mushinkan Dojo Founder Mark Uchida: Training with Giants, Part I
Pam Parker first started martial arts with taekwondo, then moving to aikido at the New York Aikikai. At one class at the New York Aikikai, she attended an iaido class and she was hooked. She found the late John Prough of Nichibukan, and later Shunshin Kan of Ken-Zen. In July 2014, she passed her nanadan, … Continue reading Interview with Ken-Zen Iaido Instructor Pam Parker: Her American Iaido Journey
Martial Arts of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 