Kyoto, 1997. C.M watched the World Kendo Championships and something changed.

What he took from the hard, painful moments of training was not toughness, but a discovery: that our limits sit much farther away than we believe.

From Kyoto to a dojo nine thousand kilometres away, and on to the people he now teaches.

Chapters

  • 0:23 Kyoto, 1997
  • 0:51 What kendo shaped
  • 1:21 Change
  • 1:49 In a dojo 9,000km away
  • 2:23 To the next generation

About this series

Way of Life is a series of short portraits of people who live the way, filmed by Yusuke Makita in dojos across Europe and Japan. One person, one word, a few minutes.