Ritsurei (Standing Bow) in Kendo

Kendo Instruction. How to Bow in a standing position. Ritsurei. There are two standing bows. If you do not have a kendo dojo to go near you, here it is! I'm sorry about my messed up English. For more info, visit http://www.kendo-guide.com .

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Sports

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• kendo
• instruction
• samurai
• swordsmanship
• Japanese
• fencing

[onivan]

Wow, I really respect this kendo teacher, and I wish I could learn with him. I'm eager to watch more and more of your videos, keep them coming!

[dojo2go]

Thank you! It is very nice of you saying that. There some more videos and articles about kendo at kendo-guide. Please come and check it out when you have time.

[teufelsunde]

Very informative! I wasn't aware of the angle differences between bows to an elder or one of higher standing and to an opponent/partner. Thank you!

[dojo2go]

Thank you for your comment.

Here I should mention a bit more. Even when we train/spar with an elder and a high ranked person and bow to them, we have to look at them. We do not want to look down in this case.

After training/sparring, we should bow down NOT looking into their eyes.

Hope this helps.

[dojo2go]

xkuassix and socrattes,

Thanks guys and man it has been a while since you left a comment here. Sorry.

I am glad that you liked the video. I learned English in NZ. Maybe the accent is fading out because I live in US now.

Cheers guys!

[dojo2go]

Thank you for your comments guys.

I am glad that my English is ok and the video is helpful.

There are more videos and articles at The Cyber Dojo so please feel free to come and visit the site.

Cheers

[xkuassix]

Your English is really good =) you have a hint of an Australian accent

Great video. Very informative.

[BelloBudo007]

First of all thank you very much for making the video to explain something than most non Japanese people simply do not understand (me included). There is so much confusing information about bowing in martial arts. I my opinion this video is great with precise, consistent and persistent information. Exactly what is needed to understand the standing bow. Thank you again.

[paws109]

those r some nice pictures on your wall : )

[existenceisrelative]

Aha! That's what I heard!

[governmentReBeL]

i have never studied HAD LESSONS on KENDO i am a purple belt in KENPO KARATE but i have a Hakama for some reason anyway like your vids bye ^_^!!!

[korea7891]

What dan are you in? Can you show me, how to wear the bogu? I forgot how to wear it. I did kumdo for 6 years but now I want to retry.

[paulgamma]

I am in the process of watching these, I appreciate both the instruction with the shinai but also the instruction regarding proper cultural respect. Unfortunately there is no Kendo near where I live in Colorado. I would like to get into it as I did AKK and other competition growing up but as I get older I want something more artistic while still competative. Cheers mate.

[ShinichiIsAsleep]

ure awesome. *30 degree bow looking respectfully down* hope u reply to my post on kendo-guide...i might never start training cause im left handed

[blackthief19]

thx thx

[braeduin]

I didn't watch this video because I thought I knew how to bow. Obviously I didn't as I always looked down while bowing to both my Sabum-nim (sensei) and my opponents. Thank you for making this clear to me.