Customer Reviews

This Is Kendo Today [VHS]

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You can learn what not to do from this video. The instructor didn't have the right skill or experience enough to teach. Not to mention the poor quality of video. I watch for about 30 minutes, and that was enough for me to pack it back and shipped it right back to Amazon.com. Amazon.com charged me $17 for the return processing fee.

The quality of this tape is extremely poor. It is pretty much just a home video. The colors pulse, the audio is poor and there is an echo through the entire tape.

The quality of the instruction seems very poor as well. The introduction to the material is very unorganized, unplanned and difficult to follow. He is constantly going off track.

The shooting is all done inside a small space with no variety. There are no graphical aids or close ups. Much of the fighting is shown from the side, so you can't see what's happening very well. It would be a lot better at an angle over a shoulder.

Finally, this video is more like having a short talk with someone in a bar about Kendo. It's an ok overview, but it is seriously lacking. I am going to try and return the movie.

The review of John regarding the quality of the material presented in this tape is inaccurate. Dr. Gordon Warrener, the hightest ranking american Kendo Black belt in the world and a member of the All Japan Kendo Federation, reviewed this tape. He has endorsed it as an excellent tape and a true representation of modern kendo. We will defer to his expertise rather than John's.

The review of John regarding the quality of the material presented in this tape is inaccurate. Dr. Gordon Warrener, the hightest ranking american kendo black belt in the world and a member of the All Japan Kendo Federation reviewed this tape. He has endorsed it as an excellent tape and a true representation of modern kendo. We will defer to his expertise rather than John's.

I purchased this video based on its association with a good kendo book that was written in the 1960s. Unfortunely, this is a very bad video and it is very deceptive to think that there is a connection with that book although one of its author's is mentioned on the cover of the video. The techiques displayed cannot even approximate proper kendo techiques. In fact, this video may even turn people off from even starting kendo!

As a kendoist, it is a shame to see this available as an instructional video.

Please do not judge kendo from this video!

Gordon warner has a wooden leg! and was not! is not! much good as a martial artist. All the Kendo players that I know used to knock him on his butt! in the Dojo. He probably need glasses too! if he reviewed this tape as excellent! Anybody else who thinks that this is Kendo! has definitley got a wooden head! 'It's Kendo Jim! but not as we know it' Apologies to Star Trek.

It really helped me start on kendo