Resources

Places for supplies:

Tozando
Mazkiya USA
Aoi Budogu
E-bogu

Useful Terms:

Greetings/Farewells:

Ohaiyo Gozaimasu: Good Morning

Kon’nichiwa : Good Afternoon

Konbanwa: Good Evening

Oyasuminasai: Good Night

Otsukaresama deshita: Said at the end of the practice to say good effort

Iaido Terms:

Nukitsuke: Initial draw and cut

Kiriotoshi/kiritsuke: Finishing Cut

Chiburi: Removing blood from the sword. Two types of chiburi  O-chiburi or large chiburi and Yoko-chiburi or horizontal chiburi

Noto: Sheathing the sword

Counting:

Ichi – 1
Ni – 2
San – 3
Shi – 4
Go – 5
Roku – 6
Shichi – 7
Hachi – 8
Kyu – 9
Jyu – 10

Commands:

You will hear the following commands in class.

Seiza: the way of sitting in kendo. When we line up, sempai will call “seiza!” meaning “sit!”.

Mokusou: A type of meditation. After we line up and sit, sempai will call “mokusou!” to begin meditation. Clear your mind and think of nothing.

Shomen Ni: turn to the “shomen” (usually a shrine in the dojo), followed by the lead student calling “rei”.

Sensei Ni: turn to the instructor,followed by the lead student calling “rei”.

Rei: A command given to bow (means respect)

Toh Rei: A command given to perform a sequence of movements to show respect to the sword.

Hajime: start

Yame: stop