Hachi dan test documentary

[47Take]

Hello,

Here's the link to a version of the famous documentary about 8th dan test "Kendo's gruelling challenge" with english subtitles, for those who are interested :

http://oniazuma.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/kendohachi8dan/

[h2o]

You are now officially my hero! I've been trying to get my hands on this for something like two years now (even emailed National Geographics about it).
Image quality might not be the best, but that doesn't really matter :)

[JoonShik]

finally a version without the confusion

[Dervish]

Yay for clear subtitles. Is there some way to directly download the footage on that page?

[h2o]

Yay for clear subtitles. Is there some way to directly download the footage on that page?
Firefox and the UnPlug-extension worked for me.

[Dervish]

Thanks!

I noticed that while the entire narration is in Japanese, the Nat-Geo version is in English. Does anyone know for sure which narration came first? I believe it's the Japanese version, but I want to be sure :p

[Neil Gendzwill]

Yay for clear subtitles. Is there some way to directly download the footage on that page?Right-click on the link and select "save as" is the standard way.

[h2o]

Right-click on the link and select "save as" is the standard way.
Haha, I totally missed that the link was directly to the source. I thought it was some sort of embedded crap :)
Well, what ever works is good I guess. UnPlug is still good for ripping stuff from Youtube. Like the kendokata from the ZNKR movie.

[Hakkaisan]

Wasn't that like one of the most inspiring documentaries that a budding kendoka can watch?! I especially loved the old guy from Shizuoka who was on like his 25th attempt or something. Ojiisan and of course AJKF champ Ishida are an inspiration to us all.

[47Take]

I especially loved the old guy from Shizuoka who was on like his 25th attempt or something.

So did I...