Katana Frankfurt offers a learning opportunity for those who are interested in learning the traditional art of the Japanese swordsmanship Kendo twice a year. We offer two fixed dates for beginning with the training. This ensures a consistent training plan and therefore beginners can only start training on these specific dates. The recent and next date can be found on our homepage under the heading “news”.
Training times for beginners
Thursday
Children and teenager 18:00 – 19:30
Adults: 19:30 – 21:30
Place
Paul-Ehrlich-Schule
Brüningstraße 2
65929 Frankfurt am Main
| Beginner training | Training | Equipment | Exam possibilities |
| Month 1-6 | • How to behave in the Dojo: • body posture • holding the shinai • Basic hits in Kendo: men-uchi kote-uchi do-uchi • footwork in Kendo • Kata with wooden sword |
sports trouserst-shirt bare feet Shinai maybe Bokuto |
6. Kyu examination regulations |
| Month 7-12 | • Developing the foundation techniques learned in the firts half year • Shinai maintenance (dissamble and assemble) • How to wear the armor • basic exercises with armor |
Hakama Keikogi Shinai MenKoteDo |
5. Kyu examination regulations |
| Month 13-18 | • Developing the basic techniques with armor • Kendo techniques • Ji-Geiko |
Complete equipment | 4.Kyu examination regulations |
About 1 1/2 years after the first training, the beginner course finishes and you go over to the regular Training.
