Wow! So is it ok when all training time is for jigeiko? Or it makes sense when everyone in dojo is above shodan or so.
How is it applicable for dojos outside Japan?
Kendo-Guide.Com: When I was a child, we did not do jigeiko that often. Even when I was 1 kyu, we only did jigeiko once a week (training was held three times a week). So other two days were dedicated to kirikaeshi,uchikomi and kakarigeiko.
Jigeiko only session is held for only those who have done the basics thoroughly. If sensei thinks one needs to do more basics, they will turn their jigeiko session to the basics session.
Of course, most of the motodachi are 6th dan or above. As I said above, these sensei decide what kakarite (students) need to work on. So they give kakarite appropriate training.
At the end of each jigeiko, I did uchikomi and kakari-geiko, and of course kirikaeshi. We never leave the basics behind in any cases. :)
Hope this helps.
Feb 08, 2010 Rating
Practice by: Matt
We also have 2 hour sessions and the following is one of our normal patterns:
Warmup - 15 mins
Footwork and suburi - 20mins
Put on men
Kirikaeshi - 10 mins
Kihon Uchi - 15 mins
Uchikomi - 10 mins
Waza practice (shikake waza, oji waza, hiki waza, things we don?t get to practice often like tsuki) - 15mins
Butsukargeiko - 5 mins
kakarigeiko - 10 mins
jigeiko - 20mins
Variety also comes from doing different kinds of kirikaeshi (like ladders or doubles or across the gym) different kihon exercises, different uchikomi (patterns, in a line etc).
We have also done Japanese university style practices which consist of kirikaeshi and 20 mins of kakarigeiko at the end.
Kendo-Guide.Com: Thanks for sharing. Like Matt said, it varies. The menu Matt and Olga have shared with us is ?standard? menu.
At my dojo in Japan, we only did jigeiko. Of course, after every jigeiko, students (lower graders) do uchikomi or kakarigeiko against sensei.
