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By Dr. Sergio Boffa

Introduction
When I decided to make a cumulative table of contents for the five first volumes of your favourite magazine, I had several things in mind. First, I knew that it would help me a lot in my own research as I figured it would help me quickly find a useful article that has been lost for years in the maze of my memory. Since others might also be willing to access the wealth of information disseminated over the last twenty issues of Kendo World – that is 2153 pages – I decided to offer the fruits of my work for everybody’s benefit. I am sure it will be useful to many a kendo aficionado. At least it should be... It could make the difference in your next 8-dan grading! ...

Dear Budoka,

We here at Kendo World hope that your training is going well, and that you are getting geared up for the hot weather that is soon to come. We have a date for your diaries that should be one of the highlights ...

The Kendo World team has been hard at work at a magazine production gasshuku in Chiba over the weekend. Apart from ...

Interested in getting an article published in the world's only English language printed journal specialising in kendo and related arts? Kendo World is now taking submissions for the journal due out in December 2012. Any news about kendo in your country or club, interviews, technical, cultural, philosophical.... Please contact Editor-in-Chief Alex Bennett (alex@kendo-world.com) if you have some ideas. The next deadline is December 1, 2012.
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The 10th annual 8-Dan inivitaton kendo tounament for some of Japan's strongest hachidan masters happened in Nagoya this Sunday (April 15, 2012). Kendo World was there as always to cover the event. The semifinals and final will be uploaded on the KW Youtube Channel in the coming dats. The tournament was won by Tani Katsuhiko, a vice principal as a high school in Gunma. He will be a ref at the upcoming WKC in Italy. His opponent was K. Higashi, the jodan fighter and retired policeman from Aichi. He used to be a kickboxer who went by the name of Tiger Higashi, but the tiger was tamed today in a great final. The video will be up soon so check it out. The draw is below the videos.

Finals on YouTube (Will be processing the HD for a little while, come back later for the post-processed HD version if so):
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