This is a short montage of Australia Sydney Kendo Club (SKC), reflecting life at SKC. Film presents by Rolla Studios. SKC Website: http://www.sydneykendoclub.org/ SKC FB: https://www.facebook.com/SydneyKendo/ Production: Rolla (Part of Create Studios) Filming/Editing: John Ou Group: Sydney Kendo Club

A beautiful story of Vivan Yung in Kendo Sports, Australia Sydney Kendo Sports. Special thanks to SKC and Vivian Yung. Produced by Rolla. Film by John Ou.

Out of today's practice we receive a couple of minutes of extra special footage from the ever resourceful and courteous John Ou. Jigeiko between Vivian Yung sensei and Yoonsu Kim sensei, two of the most competitive Kendoka active in Australia. Featuring a stunning Kaeshi Do and setup feint into Gyaku Do, both with gorgeous follow through and zanshin recovery.

Credit to John Ou

IS JAPAN COOL? DOU https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/contents/dou/ One of Japan’s traditional martial arts, kendo is practiced and prized by a wide range of enthusiasts in Japan, from children to adults. Kendo practitioners wear four types of protective gear — men (face guard), kote (gauntlets), doh (breastplate), and tare (flap/throat protector) — in one-on-one matches. DOU is the way of life that comes close to reaching the essence of existence in pursuit of one’s own field. The ultimate goal of Japanese martial arts (budo) such as judo, kyudo, kendo, karatedo, iaido, etc. is not only to acquire the techniques (waza) of these martial skills, but also adhere to the way of life that constantly trains the body and the spirit in building character. The ultimate purpose of Japanese traditional performing/fine arts (geido) such as shodo, nihon-buyo, sado, noh (nogaku), etc. is not simply to acquire the kata (forms), actions, and manners of these artistic skills, but also bring devotion to ceaseless pursuit of perfect beauty without end. This time, we at ANA focus on introducing the ways of Japanese traditional martial arts and performing/fine arts — legacies accumulated over long eras and inherited by many artists from ancient times to the present.We want to help pass along these intangible cultural assets to new generations in a “tangible” manner.