Complete Kendo Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Ground	7
1	Sword and Spirit	10
2	The Way of the Sword	11
3	Equipment	12
	The Uniform	13
	Training Weapons	18
	Body Armor	23
4	The Community of Learners	26
	Kendo's Development	26
	The Training Hall/Dojo	30
	The Dojo Hierarchy	30
	The Goals of Training	31
Pt. 2	Water	33
1	Beginnings	37
	Entering the Dojo	37
	Warmups	41
	Bow In	41
2	Basics/Kihon	42
	Stance/Kamae	42
	Footwork/Ashisabaki	45
	Gripping the Shinai/Static Suburi	48
	Dynamic Suburi	52
	Striking Points	54
	Spirit	58
3	Techniques/Waza	59
	Striking Practice	59
4	Practice/Keiko	60
	Uchikomi	60
	Kirikaeshi	63
	Free Sparring/Jiyu Renshu	66
5	The Close	68
Pt. 3	Fire	71
1	Distance	75
2	Timing	77
3	Attack and Defense	79
	Attacks/Shikake Waza	81
	Multiple Attacks/Nidan and Sandan Waza	81
	Warding Off Attack/Harai Waza	82
	Forestalling Attack/Debana Waza	82
	Receiving Techniques/Oji Waza	83
	Dodging/Nuki Waza	84
	Parries	85
	Up Parry/Suriage Waza	85
	Downward Parry/Uchiotoshi Waza	86
	Lateral Parry/Kaeshi Waza	86
	Close Quarters/Tsuba Zerai	86
	Pushing Off Attack/Hiki Waza	88
	Zanshin	88
	Spirit	89
4	The Shiai	90
	The Psychodynamics of Competition	92
	Pride	92
	Anger and Excitement	94
	Winning and Losing	95
Pt. 4	Wind	99
1	Tradition	102
2	Historical Development	103
3	Kata	110
	The Spirit of Kata	111
	The Kendo no Kata	112
	Bokken	113
	Sage-to	113
	Bowing In	114
	Stepping In and Stepping Out	115
	Overview: The First Five Kata	115
	Ipponme	118
	Nihonme	121
	Sanbonme	124
	Yohonme	128
	Gohonme	131
	Performance Dynamics	133
Pt. 5	Void	135
	Glossary	163
	Index	179