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by Markus (Switzersland) Dear Imafuji-San,First of all thanks a lot for your great website and the may helpful Videos. Keep on that way!I kindly ask you about an personal advice about goals in Kendo in my case. I’m a single guy and close to 57 years old. Until 1991 I practiced Kendo for ca. 4 years and stopped when I was about 21 due to bad experiences in the traning and a mixture of low self esteem and other issues. I did only Iaido for myself after it. I realized what Kendo could be for me and so here we…

NASHVILLE—A group of soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard is teaming up with the Army Research Laboratory to develop a prototype enemy drone recovery system that won the innovation award at the Army’s first Best Drone Warfighter competition in February. The idea came together over a “couple beverages” after Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Reed and his 28th Infantry Division Innovation Team got the invitation to enter the competition late last year, he told an audience Thursday at the Army Aviation Warfighter Summit. “So we wanted to come up with something that wasn’t just the run-of-the-mill, Army-type system, something that industry…

Finland’s first F-35A was rollout in December last year. Credit: © Lockheed Martin Corporation. A Finnish Air Force pilot flew the F-35A fighter aircraft for the first time on 15 April 2026, marking an advancement in Finland’s F-35 capability deployment. The flight occurred at Ebbing Air Force Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, US, as per a video shared by the Finnish Air Force on X. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more This event followed the initial flight of Finland’s first F-35A multirole jet,…

FN is introducing the new FN PUREVIEW™ holographic micro red dot sight, a solution engineered specifically for military, law enforcement, and special operations personnel who require split-second precision in challenging environments. Built to survive the world’s most demanding theatres, the FN PUREVIEW™ is the only military-grade holographic micro red dot sight engineered for absolute frontline reliability. At the core of this capability is the ImageGuide® (1) technology, with its unique nano-structure printed within the glass. It enables holography to be implemented into a lightweight, compact optic with a true holographic red dot. This ensures that frontline personnel can rely on…

Today we show you an easy way to see if a piece of steel is hard or mild.  This is called a spark test. When hardened steel is ground it makes a plume of sparks that are bright, fine, and flow in a bit of a plume, whereas softer steel or iron produces sparks that are larger, often less bright, and lazier.  We also show you heating and hardening 6150 carbon steel because fire is cool. All in all, just a bit of fun shop knowledge for you all, because everyone likes pyrotechnics. As always, our swords and other weapons…

Mozilla has declared war on OpenAI, Microsoft, and other firms flogging enterprise AI platforms with an open-source alternative it says provides data privacy guarantees proprietary products never could.  Mozilla Foundation subsidiary MZLA, mostly known for maintaining the Thunderbird email client, on Thursday announced the launch of the Thunderbolt AI client, which can tie into German company deepset’s Haystack platform for AI orchestration and infrastructure. According to MZLA, Thunderbolt is designed for businesses that want an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude Enterprise, and all of the lock-in and data security concerns that come with using them. “The…

One of the nastier KOs of 2026 just went down in the PFL.On Thursday, PFL Belfast took place at the SSE Arena in Northern Ireland, headlined by a lightweight bout between Darragh Kelly and Jay Jay Wilson. But early on the prelims, English bantamweight Dean Garnett stole the show, finishing the undefeated Ciaran Clarke in highlight reel fashion.Clarke came out strong, with the Irish crowd behind him, but just before the two-minute mark of the opening round, Garnett countered a long cross from Clarke, slipping the punch and turning that into a vicious spinning elbow that landed right on the…

Major government backing and strategic venue expected to attract global defense leaders Strategic location at Gyeryongdae, the tri-service headquarters, expected to attract senior military leaders and key decision-makers. KADEX 2026, the Korea Army International Defense Industry Exhibition, will be held from October 6 to 10, 2026, at Gyeryongdae in Chungcheongnam-do. Recognized as Asia’s leading exhibition dedicated to land defense, the upcoming edition is expected to be the largest in the event’s history. The exhibition will host approximately 450 participating companies across 2,032 booths, highlighting its continued growth as a key platform for the global defense industry. Gyeryongdae, the chosen venue,…

The executive director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol warned on April 16 of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.Europe has “maybe six weeks or so (of) jet fuel left,” the head of the IEA said in an interview with the Associated Press. He described the situation as “dire straits” because of what he called “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,” because of the cessation of deliveries of oil, gas and other vital supplies from the Persian Gulf producers.“Some countries may be richer than the others. Some countries may have…

At first glance, the Pallof press looks easy. You stand side-on to the resistance and press out, then back, without rotating or losing your balance. You can’t feel it or load it as you would in a traditional strength exercise, so many dismiss it. The Pallof press is frowned upon because lifters miss the nuisance of it. Your core’s job is to resist movement, stabilize your spine, and transfer force under heavy loads. That’s where the Pallof press shines. The Pallof press trains your core to remain stable as you move and resist. That ability, resisting rotation and maintaining position,…