{"id":12208,"date":"2023-04-09T23:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/?p=12208"},"modified":"2023-04-09T23:11:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T14:11:37","slug":"jessica-frantzen-kyudo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2023\/04\/09\/jessica-frantzen-kyudo","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Frantzen: Kyudo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 540px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-12208-1\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kyudo_Video.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kyudo_Video.mp4\">https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kyudo_Video.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>For my CIP, I learned <em>kyudo<\/em>, or Japanese archery, at the Kyoto City Budo Center Kyudojo under Furuya-sensei (entirely in Japanese!). I learned the process of kyudo all the way from entering the dojo properly and respectfully to firing with two arrows in hand, which was surprisingly complex and something I still make mistakes with from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>In learning kyudo, I\u2019ve had both times where I get frustrated with myself for making the same mistakes over and over and times where I\u2019m proud of the progress I make. Moreover, I\u2019ve learned a lot about the importance of respect for others (as seen in the proper bows and procedures we learn for entering and leaving the dojo, and even in the process of firing the bow) and self-improvement in this sport that I hope to take with me to other, future activities. In kyudo, what matters most is not winning, but slowly and surely improving on oneself without being in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>To anyone interested in practicing kyudo as a CIP, I would advise you to remember that kyudo is a complex sport, and you\u2019re not going to be able to perfect all of the movements in one go. One place to start is learning the eight steps of <em>kyudo<\/em> before going in, so you can know what your teacher\u2019s talking about when they mention them. If you can, coming in early and staying late will allow you to learn a bit faster, since you\u2019ll get more practice in, and you\u2019ll also get a chance to get to know your teacher better. But mostly, be sure to give yourself patience, ask your teacher often if you have questions on whether you\u2019re doing something right, and enjoy being able to take time to slowly improve on yourself and learn such a traditional and complex sport!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my CIP, I learned kyudo, or Japanese archery, at the Kyoto City Budo Center Kyudojo under Furuya-sensei (e &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2023\/04\/09\/jessica-frantzen-kyudo\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"ja","_original_post":"12208"},"categories":[71,34,160,32,7],"tags":[174,173,175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}