It's easiest if you think in sets of 100. So alternate between one hand and both hands, joge, sho, sayu, hayasuburi (jumping men). You will find you maintain your interest if there is some variety. There's a big difference between doing 1000 suburi in lots of 100, 200, 400 or all in one go. You don't have to increase the number of suburi to get more benefit. And for senior high school kids and adults 300-500 is probably plenty to maintain good kendo strength. ![]() For junior high school kids 100-300 is enough. I would say for primary school aged kids, 50/day is plenty. ![]() How much is enough also depends on your age. Start with fifty or less (per day) in the first week, a hundred in the second week, two hundred in the second week, and so on. If you do, you will naturally build up the number of repetitions as you feel your arms, shoulders and wrists getting stronger. If you are new to kendo, or have not done many suburi for a while, start off with a small number, but do them EVERY DAY. Don't set yourself the task of starting at 1000. A thousand suburi every day is certainly a very good target to aim for, but build up to it. There is an old adage that if you cannot train with a proper teacher, then 1000 suburi by yourself every day will still see you become a good swordsman. Performing suburi in front of a full-length mirror is a good reminder of this. Try not to fall into the habit of looking at the ground when you practice, but look up, as if at someone who is about the same height as you. Normally a fairly even surface is best, however it can be useful to do suburi on uneven or sloping ground from time to time.Įven though you are just striking the air, you should always focus on your imaginary opponent ( gasso teki). Hayasuburi (jumping men) is also possible now. Outdoors offers more options with your swinging weapon: extra-long suburito can be used if you have one, and the ground surface does not matter too much. This is also an excellent form of strength training as a bottle full of sand is very heavy! (Caution: this is not something you should try until you've been doing regular suburi for a number of weeks). Alternate katate (one-hand) and morote (both hands) suburi.Ģ) Without a shinai: you can use a well-stoppered champagne bottle filled with sand to practice katate suburi standing up and using normal footwork, even in a house with low ceilings. Increase the difficulty by sitting in sonkyo and performing suburi that way. If you live in a newer house with low ceilings then you can still practice suburi a couple of ways.ġ) With a shinai: sit in seiza and do sets of sho-men uchi and sayu-men uchi. If you live in an old house with high ceilings (and no low-hanging lights!) then you can easily do suburi inside, standing up with a shinai. This is by far the most portable kind of training you can do by yourself, you can do it anywhere and it has a variety of purposes. Some sensei find suburi very useful, others feel that it emphasises the wrong aspects of the cut, especially if done without an actual target.Īlthough it is great to have a target to strike (like a hitting dummy or uchikomidai), I am going to focus here on kuukan datotsu, or striking empty space. Some dojo just do a few quick repetitions and others spend a long time on it. Most kendo dojo start training with some form of suburi. Suburi is shinai-swinging practice and can be done in the air or with a target to strike. ![]() However there is a lot of time when you can't train with a partner but you can still help your kendo improve by training by yourself. ![]() Kendo is an artform that requires a partner.
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