Clemson LS Sport Kenjitsu Fall 2011

This clip is a glimpse of the Fall 2011 LS (Leisure Skills) Sport Kenjitsu course offered at Clemson University (Clemson, SC). Sport Kenjitsu, aka Sports Chanbara or "Spochan" for short, is a Japanese fencing sport which utilizes a padded sword & light protective equipment. Spochan's organizing body, the International Sports Chanbara Association, has been a member of the Japan Recreation Association since 1995 & has its honbu (headquarters) located in Yokohama City, Japan.

Instructor Thomas Urso has been teaching this course at Clemson since 2007. He is also the South Carolina state representative for the All Japan Goshindo Federation/International Sports Chanbara Association.

For more information, please visit...
Asian Sword Arts of South Carolina Youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/tomurso

Clemson University LS Sport Kenjitsu description page
http://www.clemson.edu/hehd/departments/prtm/leisureskills/courses/ls100.html

Anderson YMCA Sword Arts description page
http://andersonareaymca.org/Wellness/WellnessPrograms/tabid/2319/language/en-...

All Japan Goshindo Federation Honbu(USA)
http://www.samuraisports.com/

All Japan Goshindo Federation Honbu (Japan)
http://www.internationalsportschanbara.net/e/

Please do not attempt these activities without proper instruction & expert supervision.

Category:

Sports

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• Clemson
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• kenjitsu
• kenjutsu
• goshindo
• spochan
• sports
• chanbara
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• urso

[tomurso]

@Dimitri0809 Concerning kenjutsu, training is typically carried out via some variation of partner drills &/or sparring practice. Rather than sharp steel, a practice sword such as bokuto (wood) or shinai (bamboo) are utilized. As for the activity in this clip, Sports Chanbara was created as way to foster sportsmanship & character development using modern practice equipment. No one is attempting to be a "real gladiator", we are simply having a good sweat, making friends & learning something new.

[Dimitri0809]

Lol.. Padded swords where are the real gladiators where people fight with real swords??