about me

Ok, lets call me Mateo,

born in Germany, I´ve dedicated over 1/3 of my life to kendo.

My keiko schedule consists of 3 times keiko under the week (tue-wed-thu) and sometimes 1 session on the weekend.

I´m highly passionate about everything regarding kendo.

To me, kendo is far more then just sport.
I´m absolutely not for the "hit as often as you can to win"-kendo.
It´s more the "win first, then hit"-style of kendo I pursue.

Having an open mind, I believe chudan-no-kame is not the only valid way of the sword (although most of us do this 99% of the time).
Jodan and nito can teach us a lot, therefore I´m trying to use those kamae now and then as well.
Not often, but now and then....