{"id":371,"date":"2019-03-30T15:18:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T06:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shikukai.org\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2022-04-26T17:24:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T08:24:26","slug":"nigel-collins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/oversea-2\/visitors\/nigel-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials from training participants (Nigel, UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Dear all,<br \/>\n&#8221;I was lucky enough to practice at Shikukai dojo after my son had practiced there last summer. Iwanami-sensei is not only an impressive kendo player, but a very impressive teacher. Shikukai, under his tutelage, is much more than a dojo to learn how to do proper kendo, it is a traditional dojo in the true sense of the word. A place to train the mind as well as the body; a place to learn about yourself as much as to\u00a0learn about kendo. The way Iwanami-sensei\u2019s students conduct themselves in the dojo and the way in which they strive to improve their kendo was great to see. Iwanami-sensei runs a disciplined dojo with an emphasis on correct kendo; kendo that requires patience and good posture; kendo that comes from the sword. Since I practiced at Shikukai under Iwanami-sensei I have been trying to not only improve my kendo, but to improve myself as a person. I learned that improvement not only comes from doing kendo, but also how we conduct ourselves inside the dojo, outside of the dojo and in life generally. I am very much looking forward to practicing at Shikukai many times in the future.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Nigel Collins<br \/>\nJan 8, 2011<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear all, &#8221;I was lucky e &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":352,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-371","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2100,"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371\/revisions\/2100"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shikukai.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}