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The Street Smart Samurai and the Summer Gasshuku

June 26, 2012 by Dana Abbott

My first summer Gasshuku was in Chiba, a city just outside Tokyo, and was become one of the most  enlightening experiences I ...

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The Street Smart Samurai and the Dog Days of Kendo Summer

June 14, 2012 by Dana Abbott

When the "dog days" of summer begin in Japan, you will sweat profusely. You start losing vast amounts of water from training ...

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The Street Smart Samurai Pushing the Limits of Kendo

May 30, 2012 by Dana Abbott

Training Kendo in the traditional setting provided a much different brutality for the men. Hazing was definitely included as ...

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The Street Smart Samurai Faces Kendo Fighting Tradition

May 23, 2012 by Dana Abbott

I was very happy and relieved to have avoided the experience of hazing that freshmen students typically encounter in the Kend...

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The Street Smart Samurai On Kendo and the Smell of Good Manners

May 16, 2012 by Dana Abbott

When kendo practice ceased the undergraduates would then go to the locker room which was below in the basement. Going down th...

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The Street Smart Samurai and the Land of the Rising Sun

May 8, 2012 by Dana Abbott

When you’re hot…you’re hot and when it gets hot in Japan you literally drip from the humidity. If you drink one cup of tea, y...

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Shihan Abbott, 7th Degree Black Belt is an expert in kenjutsu, iaido, batto-do, tameshigiri, Japanese Swordsmanship.

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