In this film clip taken from Warriors of Budo: Episode Five Kendo, Alex talks about his 7th dan Kendo grading, which he passed at a fairly young age at the first attempt. He also shares his thoughts as he looks toward the next test – easily the biggest of his career – the 8th dan grading. Alex is a Professor at Kansai University in Osaka while acting as the head coach of the New Zealand National Kendo team and co-founder and editor of Kendo-World Magazine. He is also an accomplished author… his latest publication is Kendo: The Culture of the Sword.
Alex Bennett will be hosting the annual Kendo World Keiko-kai (practice-seminar) on July 29th at the Meiji University’s Nakano Campus in Tokyo. Like every year, Alex has invited several 8-dan and 7-dan sensei to act as motodachi. So far, eight 8-dan sensei have confirmed that they will be attending. A not to be missed event!
