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<\/a>I am from Nagano, Japan, and started kendo at the urging of my parents, who were concerned about my physical weakness. When I entered junior high school, I joined the basketball club and left kendo for a while, but I joined the kendo club again in high school. At the time, the high school kendo club was on the verge of being discontinued, but I practiced hard with my friends and was able to grow to become a high ranking member of the club and win top prizes at prefectural tournaments. After entering university, I began to study law, so I took a break from kendo again. The reason why I started kendo again was that I happened to pass by a dojo on my bicycle and my child showed an interest in it, so I stepped into the dojo. At the time, my daughter was3<\/span>I spoke to Dr. Iwanami, worried about whether he would accept me at my age, but he said that if my father could do it with me, he would.OK<\/span>So I decided to join the club. However, for a while after I started playing again, my body did not move as much as I would have liked, so I would only play pretend tennis with my child and then go home. As my child grew up, my own body started to move, and after a few years, I started to participate until the end.<\/p>\r\nSince joining, I have learned a lot from other members, both my children and myself, and it has helped me in my own work. I have always felt that I am growing with my older children. I have decided to take the Social Physical Education Instructor Course, which is subsidized by the dojo, but I am conflicted as to whether I am really qualified to take the course.<\/p>\r\n
What made me realize my own growth after joining the Shikukai was that when I planned a training session to commemorate the retirement of the advisor of my alma mater, I asked for volunteers from the Shikukai members, and several of them came to Nagano to join me. I was also happy to receive comments from my advisor at the time and after practicing with my peers that I had become a good kendo player, never taking a step back.<\/p>\r\n
What do you feel strongly about joining Shikukai?<\/p>\r\n
I want to cultivate not only a winning attitude, but also a good sense of character.\"<\/p>\r\n
There's a lot to learn in the practice.\"<\/p>\r\n
It's interesting to see adults interacting with each other.\"<\/p>\r\n It is. I will continue to practice and grow with my children.<\/p>\r\n Masahito Maruyama, 4-dan (Jul. 2022, Feb. 2023) \u89aa\u5b50\u306e\u5263\u9053 \u81ea\u5206\u306f\u9577\u91ce\u51fa\u8eab\u3067\u3001\u4f53\u304c\u5f31\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u5fc3\u914d\u3057\u305f\u89aa\u306e …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":95,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\r\n
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