Former All Japan champion, and star of his own NHK documentary , Nishimura Hidehisa produced this workout routine for the All Japan Kendo Federation last year during the early stages of lockdown. It's an excellent HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) routine, sometimes called Tabata Training after the coach who invented the idea. Basically it has been theorised that you get better results in terms of fitness and overall body strength from short, intense and focused workouts, than you do from extended workouts. Some say it is also beneficial for improving endurance and longevity . There is even some evidence to support that it kickstarts mitochondrial function , that you're exercising at a cellular level. That's pretty amazing. Whatever the research says, it is very easy to feel the positive effects of interval training and it has several other benefits: PROS It doesn't take long, so you can fit it into a busy schedule You can do it by yourself You can do it almos
I couldn't believe how fast and fulid their movements were! In particular, I was amazed at the athleticism of the man (the headmaster?) doing the exercises with the katana or iaito. Those nuki waza where he jumped in the air (to avoid a horizontal cut?) were quite spectacular given that he's probably not that young. We kendoka would have no hope against these guys.
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