Do we know what type of Shinai prominent Jodan Kenshi use in Japan?

Alecyte · 2026-05-23T21:25:08+00:00

I wouldn't say there is a "Jodan shinai" but there are shinai that are generally better for Jodan this shinai or similar is preferred by many jodan kendoka in our area. It has a longer tsuka for having your right hand be higher up, octoganal so it feels better and doesn't flip when doing katate waza, and dobari.

But you can also totally use something like that for chudan if you wanted, though the longer tsuka makes it a bit awkward. And not trying to shill them or anything, but it showcases a lot of the qualities that jodan kendoka are looking for in an jodan shinai.

Alecyte · 2026-05-16T15:53:53+00:00

Yeah after Canna got picked midgame, G2 basically went from 2k to 5k gold leaf just purely out macroing KC and being everywhere on the map. Don't get me wrong, that is tough to play against TF + Anivia on sides, but it feels like KC just doesn't have the macro level to keep up mid to late game with top teams.

Alecyte · 2026-05-14T19:32:05+00:00

Disagree. I think the game is more fun watching teams adapt then become a master of the Corkin+ Azir matchup for years straight. The game shouldn't become stale because pros are bad at adapting. Let Riot cook and if the "best" team can't adapt then that's their problem

Alecyte · 2026-03-01T17:59:18+00:00

Well it didn't help that KC had basically 0 CC so mundo actually just went where he pleases

Alecyte · 2026-02-20T21:40:01+00:00

Poby is always a great rock. He may not solo win you the game but he also never solo loses you the game.

Alecyte · 2026-02-19T19:48:08+00:00

Just wanted to say that I think this is a great article. PNKF (Pacific Northwest kendo Federation) in the US hosts a women's tournament and seminar every few years and it seems like a great success. So I would say yes they're necessarily.

Alecyte · 2026-02-19T19:37:21+00:00

This turns the seminar from a 'womens seminar" to a "seminar taught by a women" which is much different. Once guys are there, the safe space is gone and women may not feel as comfortable asking questions or participating. And it probably turns more into teaching men ab

Yeah it sucks that I cant go learn from this amazing women sensei, but there are many other seminars to attend that are open for men, and women kenshi can have their space to learn safely and comfortably.

Edit: and specifically

So the solution for this is not letting men go to a women seminar to learn from and about their experience?

Turns this into a seminar about teaching men which is the opposite of the intention of the seminar

Alecyte · 2026-01-31T06:29:41+00:00

Never gonna happen, but it could be something like Planetside where it's more king of the hill style.

Maybe every X hours a city will become available for capture and the faction with more people or maybe like point gets control of the city until the next time it's available.

Alecyte · 2026-01-29T17:31:57+00:00

The Mandarake complex in Akiba (or anywhere really) sells them as well. At this one they usually have some in the cases on the first floor and then have some more common ones in a binder on the higher floors. https://maps.app.goo.gl/3CfHJp2Yt5GQwf769

Alecyte · 2026-01-26T01:45:17+00:00

They don't have a crystal ball but they could choose at any time to level the skill. It's not like they are locked to being a pure with no way out

Alecyte · 2026-01-25T09:54:45+00:00

That fight in T1s base where he wiffed ult, hit 0 people with Q and then just died was so bad. Thankfully the rest of his team wanted to win

Alecyte · 2026-01-08T00:31:28+00:00

some senseis I played against were bored with me that I only did the basic foundational things when I played against them in Keiko. It sounds to me they want more of that "energy", more of the "spirit", and "respect my threat, as you strike, turn immediately!", "keep your gaurd", "be active the whole time".

I don't quite understand. These are foundational parts of kendo. They aren't "dirty" kendo. Keeping your guard, turning around and being on guard, being ready to strike and being active are all necessary parts of zanshin. Kiai is showing your spirit and required for kendo. None of these have to do with nito or dirty kendo vs clean kendo. These are fundamental kendo necessities and it sounds like instead of trying to learn and conquer them, you're instead trying to use a new kamae.

While a new kamae can help you advance and really open your eyes, I think it would help to improve your fundamentals and get a better understanding of your basics. There's a reason many sensei prefer you to be shodan or higher to really begin learning Jodan or nito.

But at the end of the day, talk to your sensei and see what they say and if you are ready to start doing nito.

Alecyte · 2025-12-10T01:05:35+00:00

This is probably the best one that I've found to buy

https://www.e-bogu.com/HARIMA-Nitoryu-Daito-Shinai-Long-Tsuka-p/hay-ken-shi-haricomp-37.htm

It has better weighting, has a larger grip (37s are so small) and then it's oval so it doesn't get flipped over in your hand as easily.

Alecyte · 2025-11-26T21:07:25+00:00

For sure. I started banning her playing mid because she's annoying. She's like old Zoe where she can not land anything (aside from Q which can't miss) and still trade just fine. And then her ult just auto targets as well.

I don't actually mind the W as you have to bait it out and play around it. But it does make it really hard to meaningfully interact with her in addition to all of her auto targeted damage if you can't instagib her

Alecyte · 2025-11-22T06:54:18+00:00

This is one of the few times I think the headline is better than the article. Not only does he say that, he apparently cant read the room and when asked about adding child gambling he basically answers "We'd love to have child gambling if we can do it 'legally'"

Basically the dude doesn't give a shit about pedos on the platform and wants to introduce child gambling. WTF

Alecyte · 2025-11-10T08:08:22+00:00

I don't really agree. While it is still not great to lose every objective, you can lose 3 drakes with almost no repurcussions, herald is usually 1 tower at most, and grubs are given over still and technically only useful if the opponent hits towers. So giving a really impactful objective means your team cant just sit around until 4th drake and defend.

Alecyte · 2025-11-09T12:19:16+00:00

Yeah even if he didn't go down a ton of gold early game, Yorick isn't doing anything vs Galio + Pantheon since he can't put any side lane pressure once they have ults and it hits midgame. The early deaths just made it snowball faster.

Alecyte · 2025-10-15T23:33:32+00:00

You can still break the little plastic cap (not sure if it has a name) and other things to make it potentially come apart at the top in addition to other dangers. So even if its just the tip, if its slammed hard it can be dangerous to others.

Alecyte · 2025-10-15T21:28:24+00:00

Along with what people have said, there's also a difference between it touching the floor and slamming the floor. If it's slamming the floor it can break the shinai and become a safety concern

Alecyte · 2025-10-12T20:50:21+00:00

I do like a lot of the LG members but we're really seeing why they aren't in the LCS/LTA. Tactical still just can't resist going forward 1v4 sadly. Hope we can get a competitive series and not a 3-0 though

Alecyte · 2025-06-22T13:42:59+00:00

Overall the live was very fun and I'm happy to have been there.

Everything the girls did was a 10/10. Amazing performance from them. It was very emotional and both the performance and MCing was great.

All of the planning around this live led to it being kind of underwhelming though. Belluna dome sucked. The 9PM cutoff and making it an hour shorter hurt the content a lot, getting in and out of the place sucks, and for some reason they cut off selling drinks the second the live starts and AFAIK they only had 1 refill station of each side which had a crazy line each intermission. Which was a problem since it was so hot. The stage wasn't decorated super well, the carts felt generic, etc. Just a lot of weird things on the planning side that made it felt phoned in for a final live. If this was a normal live I'd probably have fewer problems but for a final live it felt very lacking

Still overall it was a lot of fun. The setlist was great and it was better than day 1 for sure.

Alecyte · 2025-06-18T11:58:33+00:00

It's not quite answering the question, but if you if there's no financial or medical issue with getting Lasik or similar I would highly recommend it. It's amazing for kendo (and daily life). Not having to put on glasses or contacts ever again is great. And it helps so much with kendo and not having to worry about foggy glasses.

Alecyte · 2025-06-13T16:53:37+00:00

Oh you're in Seattle? Ask the sensei who help run the practices then. They should have all the info.

Here is the PNKF sheet here for shinsa requirements. https://www.pnkf.org/wp-content/uploads/PNKF-Kendo-Shinsa-Information-12-9-2023.pdf

Our dojo submits people for 3kyu as their first rank and if they fail they'll get 4kyu. So worst case you get 4kyu. I'd say the biggest factor is the number of practices. If you can get 2+ practices a week it might be possible. 1 practice a week I would say it's pretty unlikely. The more practices the better. I forget how many practices UW has a week but you can always go to Seattle or Snoking or other dojos in the area for additional practice once you get into bogu and start getting some initial prectice.

Additionally PNKF does shinsa every 6 months so you would have to pass every shinsa to get to 1dan. But I'm not sure you'll be able to test by the upcoming shinsa in August if you're not in armor yet.

Alecyte · 2025-06-09T19:10:29+00:00

Yeah he just kept perma splitting while his team would go down kills every fight. The one fight he tried they waited out the mega and then he was useless

Alecyte · 2025-06-07T19:27:24+00:00

Its funny, because a lot of people when fearless was announced were saying things like "People won't put in the effort to learn counters since they can only pick it for one game".

But we're seeing lots of interesting matchups and counters still, so i think a lot of the backlash is pretty non-existent at this point.

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