Is Shinkendo a Dying Art?

Monday, April 27, 2020

Is the art of Shinkendo on the decline because of one silly Sensei?

As I alluded to above, people faced with leisure time looking for a form of exercise or personal improvement have a plethora of options awaiting them. 

For those inclined to engage in some form of exercise, there are the traditional western sports and scores of newly developed recreational activities that did not even exist 20 years ago. 

Those who don’t wish to undertake a physical activity but prefer a more sedentary lifestyle have sports on tv to watch 24 hours a day in addition to the usual television fare. 

Of course, they can also read a book, but fewer and fewer do. But what has really changed the pastime landscape in the last few years is, of course, the advent of the Internet.

It must be kept in mind, too, that we are dealing with a generation of people who have a very short attention span, no doubt due partly to a steady diet of tv commercials, action movies, video games, and the like, that flash thousands of images on the screen in rapid succession.

If by some small miracle, a person joins a martial art school, the odds are against them continuing for any length of time.

So if you are a business like the International Shinkendo Federation is it wise to cover up for nonsense such as what has been reported on this article -  https://wayofbushido.com/bushido-blog/f/boston-shinkendo---a-case-of-toxic-sensei-syndrome-part-1

Kaiso worked hard to build Shinkendo worldwide, should some cheesy little douchebag with like 4 students from a crappy little dojo in Boston be permitted to ruin the reputation of the art by being an ass?

The ISF appears to be standing by this ahole and hasn’t even conducted an inquiry, perhaps politics are involved? Well if so Shinkendo will end up on a sharp decline. As people are not stupid


https://wayofbushido.com/bushido-blog/f/boston-shinkendo---a-case-of-toxic-sensei-s




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