Steveston !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[misterkurukuru]

HEY HEY HEY STEVESTON is just around the corner people!!! Who from the forums is going to be there??? i know tenken, moocow, and I will be there!!!
If your are going to be in the shiai what group are you going to be in??? oh and does anyone have anything to say about court "D"?? hahha if you have been to that shiai you will know what thats about.

[Inouye02]

haha, i will be there with Cody in tow, bout time he starts to see other kenshi from all over , mr new will be there also , but gonna be hanging with Shikai sensei Friday night , so i'll see you guys later ..

[Will]

A bunch of us from NCKF are going this year...

[misterkurukuru]

thats kool. What group are you going to be in? If you guys bust out your normal nckf team, then you guys will have a good chance of getting 1st in team. SCKF always puts one or two zako kenshi on the team...i dont know why but they do.

[Will]

shodan-sandan

u?

[misterkurukuru]

I will be in 4 dan and above. atleast you will get to fight moocow and tenken.

[Inouye02]

i'll be in the 1-3dan division also ...tenken, moocow ? must train harder !!!

[Andoy]

I'll be there. In the non-degree division. Yeah court D's pretty shabby...the ceiling feels alot lower than what it seems and you might as well be doing kendo on concrete cos that floor doesn't bounce at all! luckily i've never fought there before.

[dorkusxmaximus]

I can finally cheer this time w/o hearing an echo LOL. Ahh I love Steveston ^_^. Dorkus will be there~!

[Nishi]

Nishi will be there....1-3dan division.

[dorkusxmaximus]

Please don't let me end up going against national team members T_T on my first round. I want to go past the first round again LOL.

[ms.kendo]

I haven't heard or visited this forum for awhile. How has everyone been? I'm busy busy with school, so I haven't been practicing that much, but we are having a very big taikai next weekend in Vancouver! Will anyone be there? I'll probably be running around helping out organizing the whole thing, but if you know who I am then feel free to say hi!

As for Court D, I'm always fighting there. That's the "pit" where they put all the women. At least it's bright in there, and very quiet....makes you feel like you're being watched though. (not a good feeling) The only other court I've been in is Court C, where I was pushed out ...and I hit my head on the stage. Ouch! my fault my fault...But that was way back when women were in the mens and women's division! Man, I wish I could be in both again!

Anyways, misterkurukuru, tenken, moocow or whoever else want to come...e-mail me your schedule...if you guys want, I'll take you somewhere the next day...that's only if you want to hang out with me. : ( But, you gotta tell me quick, so I can get a day off of work!

[Will]

wait, are you hot?

(yes that is jacked)

[misterkurukuru]

Yes Will I am hot :smiley: ! whats jacked dude?
Ms.Kendo!!!!!!!! moocow said he will email you, but yeah We want to hang out!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will be so much fun!!!!! I swear you are too nice!!
i need to dig out my loonies, noonies, punnies, and qunnies!!!!!!!!

[moocow65]

yay, it's finally time for my favorite shiai, the steveston taikai. finally a tournament where you have to actually work to place. man, last year i was in the stupid court D. "D" for Dungeon. let's hope i'm not stuck in the dungeon this year. it is tenken's turn now. hahahah. see y'all in the 1-3 dan division.

[Hongsermeier]

Wish I could go. Had to make a choice between Vegas for Superbowl or the taikai. I'll be there next year. Good luck to all the guys from SoCal, and one or two guys from up North. :cross_eye

[ms.kendo]

Yeah, I would probably choose the Superbowl too. Do you wanna trade places? You can be in the women's division!
Have fun! Don't drink too much booze!~

[Will]

Wish I could go. Had to make a choice between Vegas for Superbowl or the taikai. I'll be there next year. Good luck to all the guys from SoCal, and one or two guys from up North. :cross_eye

So you finally decided to become a fullfledge traitor Brad... north south you're dead (even though we're in different divisions).

[Hongsermeier]

Will...Looking forward to seeing you at the North/South. The wife will be in Japan with my boy, so I'll have some room at the house for people to crash if anyone needs to.

Ms. Kendo...I'll try to behave in Vegas. Is it possible to drink to much??
:cross_eye

[Will]

Will...Looking forward to seeing you at the North/South. The wife will be in Japan with my boy, so I'll have some room at the house for people to crash if anyone needs to.


Shut up traitor
At least before, you had loyalties in So. Cal and I respected you, now you're just whoring out friendship... that's even worse than a traitor.

(but i'm probably staying w/ friends @ UCLA, but thanks anyways)

[Hongsermeier]

Not whoring out friendship. I just know there are some broke ass people up north that could use a hand. I'll be rooting for the SoCal guys to kick your ass. :cross_eye

[ms.kendo]

Just wondering if anyone from the East (of Canada) is attending the tournament. I know there is a tournament in Detroit the same day. Most people from Ontario go there, but just wondering if this year some people have decided on coming to Steveston??!

By the way, there's a big tournament in Vancouver this weekend. There is an awesome teacher, Yamada-sensei (hanshi 8dan) who is here right now coaching some of us prior to the tournament. There will be a seminar held on Sunday as well. If anyone is close to Vancouver, I encourage everyone to drop by! This teacher is a former all Japan Champion, and he has come in second twice, and 3rd three times! He's also a shimpan at the World's as well as the All Japan Championships!

[Andoy]

The Vancouver tournament was crazy! Even though i was handeth the smacketh down in the 2nd round, it was still pretty fun to watch. The food was good too. A very special thanx to Yamada Sensei. Whoever had the opportunity to be given advice and tips by him the day the night before or during the tournament is pretty lucky. Because his intructions really improve your kendo in such a small time! Anyways, congrats to everyone who went yesterday and hope to see u guys in steveston. Hopefully by some freak chance none of us will have to fight in court "D"ungeon!

[ms.kendo]

I agree. The Vancouver Tournament was a success!!! Yeah Vancouver Team! The final team match was by far the best kendo I've seen from people from our club. IT must have really been the work of Yamada-sensei! I've never seen so many clean men's!!!! Don't you agree, Andoy?
Well, I met alot of people at the tournament as well. People from Seattle as well! IT's always nice making kendo friends!!! I'm really excited for Steveston! I'll get to meet these people again and also it's probably the last tournament at least for a couple of months! IT has been a pretty chaotic! :tired: See you all on Valentine's Day!

[Andoy]

Yeah that was by far one of the best tournament's i've ever gone to, it's crazy although the match of the day was probably between Vancouver team A and the all star team lead by Francisco Gomez....that guy was crazy good! He sure gave Nori a hard time! But yeah Yamada sensei's instructions were really helpful. Like what ms. kendo said there were so many AJKC type mens, and for the first time in a while, i didn't see any sumo wrestling.
Yeah i'm really looking forward to steveston too, the 1-3dan division is pretty stacked! Luckily i'm not in it!

[dorkusxmaximus]

The Vancouver taikai was a blast. I love the no boundary lines mwahah! That was so tyte ^_^. I'm seriously looking forward to Steveston as well =). I'm more eager than ever to go. PARTY PARTY PARTY :) . I meant err TAIKAI TAIKAI TAIKAI. Congratulations to the Vancouver team for taking first in teams and women's individuals =).

[dorkusxmaximus]

i'm looking forward to seeing you guys at the taikai. Kurukuru, you're still going to give me a smackdown, right ^_^?

[misterkurukuru]

you know it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have been working on the bunny men, kurukuru men, and my new move the "super duper awesome super slow action jackson men" its a pretty good waza, but you need to do a lot of seme and it does not work on adult kyus cause they just swing at you. it seems to only work on 4 dan and above...i dunno i guess its cos the younger dudes only know how to swing a lot too! gahahaha!!!!!
well back to my senior thesis!!!!

[dorkusxmaximus]

mwahaha it was a privilege to experience bunny men LOL. Did you do your kurukuru men on me too? I can't wait to see your latest move haha o_O. Of course, that's the only thing adult kyus know how to do hahah =P. We swing away until that point is scored hahah.

[ms.kendo]

Wow...looks like someone has been really working hard on those men waza! I hope I don't have to ever fight you! You'll have to show me someday your kurukuru men's and other men-uchi! I myself, have no waza : ( ....I will have to just stick with my usual routine. (just find a place that's open and hit!) Anyways....I better keep practicing...I don't wanna suck for the tournament! Oh, and BTW, it was nice meeting you dorkus! I had no idea that this was you, until now!!!! I'm sorry, I'm a little slow with things.
Oh, and if the man who gave me a killer ass bruise at the Vancouver Tournament is on this forum...THANKS ALOT!!! (I will never be able to wear a skirt again!) my right thigh is so swollen it is as fat as both of my thighs combined!!!! I even had trouble putting on my baggy jeans this morning! : ( Ah, but I guess getting injured is just a part of doing kendo! See ya'll soon!

[dorkusxmaximus]

Nice meeting you too, Ms. Kendo ^_^. That was the most fun I ever had at Vancouver hahha! I definately had fun meeting and hanging out with everyone. I hope Steveston will top it. OUCH T_T. Hope your bruise heals soon.

Whoop whoop~ the so kal homies are coming up~! I got the video!!!

[Inouye02]

what ? you got it ? i owe you nancy big time for it ...see you at steveston...

[Andoy]

Hey Dorkus you were at Vancouver? Dang I must have missed u. How did u do? I didn't really get to talk to alot of people cos we were busy helping out. Anyways i'll see y'all on valentines!

[dorkusxmaximus]

Yup, I was at Vancouver. ahhh yummy food. what!? you didn't notice a person eating in the cafeteria a lot LOL? J/k. wait, I was in there a lot =O...Anyway, I did pretty okay for a person that didn't get past the first round hahah ^_^. I had a nice long match with my person. That was enough to make me happy ^_^. She got hiki-men off of me this time T_T. Back in april was kote =(. Oh well (^.^). Just have to practice harder now =P. I was also happy when I tied in my match during teams hahah. Fun memories. Everyone at the Vancouver dojo had to help out at the taikai? Yup, see you and everyone else on Valentines (^_^).

[moocow65]

who's gonna be in the 1-3 dan group from this forum. and does anyone know of any big-guns who are gonna be in that group i.e. japan imports other nito dudes? i want a preview of the competition. thanks

[moocow65]

Yup, I was at Vancouver. ahhh yummy food. what!? you didn't notice a person eating in the cafeteria a lot LOL? J/k. wait, I was in there a lot =O...Anyway, I did pretty okay for a person that didn't get past the first round hahah ^_^. I had a nice long match with my person. That was enough to make me happy ^_^. She got hiki-men off of me this time T_T. Back in april was kote =(. Oh well (^.^). Just have to practice harder now =P. I was also happy when I tied in my match during teams hahah. Fun memories. Everyone at the Vancouver dojo had to help out at the taikai? Yup, see you and everyone else on Valentines (^_^).
Hey Dorkus, who's this person? Want me to put him/her away for you?

[dorkusxmaximus]

Hey Dorkus, who's this person? Want me to put him/her away for you?

No no no =O. Her family will beat my asphalt if they find out LOL. I don't want to face the wrath of her older sister O_O. Must try to protect the harmony of canadian-usa kendo relations ^_^. Love,love ,love, people :old_man: . Thanks for the offer though moocow.
Altough you can beat the asphalt of someone else for me LOL. j/k =).
Dorkus is after no one but inouye LOL. YOu're going down, jamie!!!!!!! someday =P. Looking forward to seeing you guys, moocow ^_^.

[Inouye02]

No no no =O. Her family will beat my asphalt if they find out LOL. I don't want to face the wrath of her older sister O_O. Must try to protect the harmony of canadian-usa kendo relations ^_^. Love,love ,love, people :old_man: . Thanks for the offer though moocow.
Altough you can beat the asphalt of someone else for me LOL. j/k =).
Dorkus is after no one but inouye LOL. YOu're going down, jamie!!!!!!! someday =P. Looking forward to seeing you guys, moocow ^_^.


be nice nancy or i will bring that bright pink thing out during your match ....gahahahaha

[ms.kendo]

Yes Dorkus.....I hope you don't have a grudge against this person. However, I must say you were trying very hard during the team matches! Quite Impressed!!!! But remember what we talked about.... CANADA & US relations...hehe...that was what that whole night after Vancouver was about! Mr.Moocow...hope you won't be beating down anyone that Dorkus fights....these tend to be women, ones that you are most likely friends with ^^ wink* wink* Moocow, you are too powerful for us women! I'm even intimidated doing kirikaeshi with you. :confused2
As far as Mr. Inouye...I would very much like to meet you. Judging from what you write on this forum, you seem like a very interesting person. If you know who I am...try to track me down at the tournament, or I'll get dorkus or someone to introduce you to me...I'm always up for meeting kendo-crazy people!
Moocow...wish I could help you out, but as far as I know, all the 1-3dan people I know, you can probably beat. Let's see....here are some names...

K.Kobayashi (Youshinkan) pretty fast, likes to do Jodan sometimes, but mostly chudan no kamae
T.Saito (Renbu) This guy is a Japan recruit. He's here learning English for awhile. Really nice guy, and his kendo is very clean. Did pretty well at the Vancouver Tournament!
G.Suzaka (UW) Also a very nice guy...pretty strong as well, however he's not used to fighting nitou, and I think you've practiced with him before
N.Akitaya (Van) Also quite strong....won't tell you any of his waza though! sowee!!!

otherwise...all the others you've probably seen at the PNKF taikai. Koike sensei came over to my house last week, and we were trying to come up with a similar list...this is really all we got. hehe.......Your name and Tenken's names came up in the conversation though! Good things were mentioned ^^ GO TEAM USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Iviro]

Takanori Saito is 4th Dan though I think he will be in the 4th dan+ devision

[Neil Gendzwill]

Yup, Taka's yondan. Really nice guy, he's been here twice visiting. Better watch out, he's got a university degree in kendo. He'll whup you upside the head with his diploma when you're not looking.

[Inouye02]

[QUOTE=ms.kendo]As far as Mr. Inouye...I would very much like to meet you. Judging from what you write on this forum, you seem like a very interesting person. If you know who I am...try to track me down at the tournament, or I'll get dorkus or someone to introduce you to me...I'm always up for meeting kendo-crazy people!

Thank You ms.kendo, I'd like to meet you also, I could ask the guys (moocow,tenken,misterkurukuru)who you are, but i'll wait till Steveston. I will be there reppin Zimbabwe, until shiai time...i'm mrikuiku so if you see me first , come and say hi ..

[dorkusxmaximus]

Of course, I won't hold a grudge against her, Ms. Kendo ^_^. I like going against her. She's fun to go against, and she always makes me try to practice harder. Haha I was the happiest loser LOL. I should be thanking her instead because usually after losing, I would be in a kendo slump for a while =).Yes, Canadian and USA relations are very important (^.^). We must preach loveeee and harmony :) .

YOU Wouldn't dare, Jamie! at least not during the match T_T. Why not before the taikai when we all line up LOL? you can present it to me there like you said before haha.

[Andoy]

Hey Ms. Kendo. I saw your list of guys to watch out for in the 1-3 dan division but you missed one HUGE person. FRANCISCO GOMEZ. He is the most underrated kendoka in BC, if not..western Canada. Just when u think you've got him in a hole....he gets u back! He's really deceptive....because his style is kinda unorthodox. So yeah Mr. Moocow, i'd also keep an eye on this guy. BTW, who here's gonna be in the Adult kyu division???

[isi]

BTW, who here's gonna be in the Adult kyu division???

I'll be there next year!

[Inouye02]

YOU Wouldn't dare, Jamie! at least not during the match T_T. Why not before the taikai when we all line up LOL? you can present it to me there like you said before haha.

heh heh heh , is that a dare nancy ? because i'll just pull it from my zekken and hand it to you not folded, but wide open ...hahahaha

[moocow65]

thanks for the info, ms. kendo. hey, isn't mr. tanaka in my division or is he 4-dan now????? i really really wanna go against him. if he beat asaoka and taguchi, he's the one i wanna face.

[ms.kendo]

thanks for the info, ms. kendo. hey, isn't mr. tanaka in my division or is he 4-dan now????? i really really wanna go against him. if he beat asaoka and taguchi, he's the one i wanna face.

You know, I'll have to look up on it, but I think he's going back to Japan. At the Vancouver Tournament, he said he was going back to japan soon, so he left the trophy in Vancouver. He's still quite young, he's very strong and quick, but I'm not sure if he's 3dan. He could be 4dan. (At Vancouver, the categories are done by age. He was in the 21-30yrs category.) He practices at Highline or Bellvue, not sure which one. It would be really exciting to watch you guys fight though!

[dorkusxmaximus]

Kazushi is still a sandan. Man, his gyaku-do at the taikai was soo tyte ^_^! Either Tenken or you will make it a fun match to see :) . I heard Danny Yang isn't a sandan anymore. Is that true?

[Ralutin]

Kazushi is still a sandan. Man, his gyaku-do at the taikai was soo tyte ^_^! Either Tenken or you will make it a fun match to see :) . I heard Danny Yang isn't a sandan anymore. Is that true?
Hi,

Danny Yang sensei is now yondan and living and working in Japan.

[Will]

Dang, it's only a week and a half away...I guess it's time to start training...

[misterkurukuru]

less then a week before the SCI rides up into CANADA and spanks their candy A$$es! I better start doing some renshu!!!! i have been too busy with midterms so i could not go to practice...OH well! 4 dan up group, here i come!!!

[ms.kendo]

can't wait to see everyone!! One more week....better start practicing hard, too! Misterkurukuru, just who's candy a$$ are you expecting to spank???
See you guys soon, and GOOD LUCK!

[misterkurukuru]

dare no oshiri wo tatakou kana????????? pupupu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(jibun no datarishite!)

[moocow65]

hey is the dinner thing before or after the practice on friday night? it's been like 7 years since i went to that practice so i forgot.

[misterkurukuru]

yea its dinner then practice, are we going to that??? uhh lets wear our hachimaki and act like newbees!!!!! i will even bring sweats!!!! maybe i will even sport the afro ken wrist band!

[moocow65]

yea its dinner then practice, are we going to that??? uhh lets wear our hachimaki and act like newbees!!!!! i will even bring sweats!!!! maybe i will even sport the afro ken wrist band!
yeeee cool... i'll be sporting my mushroom shirt. and during practice i'm gonna bust out my white keikogi and polyester hakama.

[Andoy]

Hey guys, this is just in. Fresh off my mailbox!

Subject: Steveston Taikai Info
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:53:50 -0800

Here are some information for everyone. Please pass on
to whoever I may have missed that will be participating
in the taikai.

1) Morning March-in will begin right at 10:00 AM

2) The 1-3 Dan group has been changed to 1-2 Dan and
3 Dan as 2 separate groups.

3) The 3 dan group will be going off right after the 11-13 years
group so please have your people ready. I am hoping to have
the 3 Dan start around 11:30 AM on Court "C".

4) The Ladies group will be starting first thing in the morning in
Court "D". Please have your Ladies ready.

5) There are only 6 Junior teams (Steveston, SCKF, Renbu, Vancouver
Bellevue and Obukan). These teams will go through a round robin
format. If we get any more teams, then we will revert back to the
original elimination format.

HOTEL PARKING LOT FOR OUT OF TOWN GUESTS AND OTHERS

THE HOTEL HAS KINDLY PROVIDED US WITH PARKING PASSES.
THESE PASSES CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE FRONT DESK (MENTION
THE STEVESTON KENDO TOURNAMENT) AND MUST BE ON YOUR
CAR DASHBOARD OR YOU MAY BE TOWED.

The Steveston Kendo Club looks forward to your participation in our taikai.

Regards
Ray Murao

[moocow65]

WHAT!!!??? A 3-dan only group? The whole reason why I go to this tournament is cause I have to go against like 6 or 7 guys before I make it to the semi-finals. It's one of those few tournaments where I have to work hard to place. Well, maybe there are gonna be alot of 3-dan. Hmm..... I guess the shodan and nidan guys were complaining that they would have no chance of winning if the 3-dans were in the same division. Try practicing once in a while and maybe you might win. Hahahahahah... Oh well, I guess it'll make things a bit more interesting this year.

[dorkusxmaximus]

Court D?!? It's not that solitary room all by itself separated from all the action that goes on in the gym, is it T_T ? Where is Friday practice held at by the way?

[Inouye02]

yea its dinner then practice, are we going to that??? uhh lets wear our hachimaki and act like newbees!!!!! i will even bring sweats!!!! maybe i will even sport the afro ken wrist band!

if you guys aren't gonna go to the dinner or keiko , maybe someone can tell me where to take Cody for some sights ?

ahhh the Zimbabwe fashions ?

[Will]

OH HHHHHELLL YEAH! I THINK I CAN BRING BACK SOME HARDWARE NOW...

though it would have been nice to win after beating you sandans...oh well

[ms.kendo]

Wow....Andoy, that was a fast post! Maybe you should be incharge of internal contacts of the club instead of ME! hehe.....Yeah, that's kinda cool....it'll be a really exciting category to watch! Go 3-dans! hehe...maybe I'll wear my hachimaki, my white keikogi, my polyester hakama, and pose as a guy so I can fight in this division! I would totally lose, in a second, but it would be so great to get my butt kicked in this division! Anyways, can't wait until this weekend. I unfortunately won't be going to the practice on Friday, I'll have to practice at my home dojo that night..wish I could make it though! Everyone better behave Friday night...no drinking....remember....3dan and "ladies" (I hate that word) begin early in the afternoon!!!!

[misterkurukuru]

hey maybe we can go to your dojo!

[Andoy]

hey maybe we can go to your dojo!That sounds like a pretty good idea. Oh and btw, ladies, we feel for u. U gals have to fight in court "D"ungeon...that's brutal. Anyways, this must mean alot of people are coming. Good luck!

[misterkurukuru]

I was watching a tape of last years shiai...dude i sucked..thank god i droped about 30-40 lbs last year! dude we leave tonight!!! hey ms. kendo, how are we going to get in contact with you??? do you remember what hotel we are at....cos i dont...hehehe. looking foward to face the big dogs of west canada... you 3 dan and unders get fight all the cheap guys you want gahahahahahahahaha!!!!! is anyone else comming to the tournament???

[ms.kendo]

Hey misterkurukuru....
I sent you a private message with all my contact info. Make sure you get it, if you don't....let me know, ok?

Alrighty...see you guys later! Good luck to everyone!

[moocow65]

Hey misterkurukuru....
I sent you a private message with all my contact info. Make sure you get it, if you don't....let me know, ok?

Alrighty...see you guys later! Good luck to everyone!
hey i still have two numbers under your name in my cell phone. i think one is your cell and one is your house, or your sister's. i forgot. well, leaving in about 9 hours. stuck in class as of right now. borrrriiiinnnggg. i guess it's time to read my one piece books. gotta study all of zoro's waza. i think we'll be seeing a nito "oni-giri" at the tournament or maybe a "tora-gari." hmm... how many kamae am i gonna use? "house of pain" for sure. and if i feel like it, "the matrix." hahahahah... and maybe even a "sayonara do" whatevers, i'm only going there for the hedgehog chocolates.

[Inouye02]

Hey misterkurukuru....
I sent you a private message with all my contact info. Make sure you get it, if you don't....let me know, ok?

Alrighty...see you guys later! Good luck to everyone!

Hey ms kendo, so where are some of the good sites to take a kid to see ?

thanks inouye

[ms.kendo]

Mr.Inouye,

Vancouver is a pretty dull city....not like California...We don't have Disneyland : (

There's a nice aquarium, but you've got sea world : (

Well, I'm thinking of taking the guys to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, providing I have enough time. It's about an hour away from Steveston and there's alot of nice british columbian forestry and of a course a small brittle wooden bridge that is a couple hundered metres off the ground. I really want to see these guys freaked out!

There's Stanley park...a really nice park that u can bike or rollerblade around. It would be nice if there's good weather though.

All the ski resorts are open....even if you don't want to ski, you always take the lift up and check out the ice sculptures at the top of the mountain!

If you're looking for something closer to steveston...there's the fish market that's just down the street from where the tournament is held.

If anything, there's always the hedgehogs. (moocow will tell you)

Hope that helps! oh..and it's chilly here, don't wear shorts and sandals!

Moocow: Don't buy the purdy's hedgehogs this time, there are better hedgehogs out there!!!!! Oh, and the cell phone number you have is my old one...I'll send you the new one in a private message!

[dorkusxmaximus]

Howdy, Ms. Kendo. Oh oh try running across the bridge LOL ^_^. That'll totally freak them out =P. Don't look down, guys. The suspension bridge is definately a kewl tourist attraction =).

[dorkusxmaximus]

haha hey jamie, should I pull out my "run kid" shinai ^_^? run kid run!!!

[dorkusxmaximus]

it's pretty scary to look down *nod nod*.

[Inouye02]

haha hey jamie, should I pull out my "run kid" shinai ^_^? run kid run!!!

hahaha nancy , the pink will be on it's way up tomorrow afternoon...heh heh heh..

anyways i talked to Tenken today , will be calling him tomorrow when i get there , so maybe everyone can meet ...

peace ya'll

[dorkusxmaximus]

I'll be leaving at 6pm tomorrow, I think. Think that's the earliest my ride is going to leave. Dude, you are serious about bringing that up here LOL. Hey what will you give me if I take a picture holding it and post it on this page hahah?

[Inouye02]

I'll be leaving at 6pm tomorrow, I think. Think that's the earliest my ride is going to leave. Dude, you are serious about bringing that up here LOL. Hey what will you give me if I take a picture holding it and post it on this page hahah?

we'll talk about that when it's posted ...

[AlexM]

I think some people from the Etobicoke dojo (near Toronto) is attending. A friend of mine will apparently be participating with them (or so he said)... if he tells you anything about me it's lies, all lies. :S

[moocow65]

It was tiring, I caught a cold on Thursday, didn't get rid of it till Saturday morning, lost my voice right after the shiai. The Vancouver practice was awesome. Thanks Ms.Kendo. Nice meeting you AndoY. And I got my 50 lbs. of Hedgehog chocolates.

[ms.kendo]

Congratulations, Moocow!

You did so well! Actually everyone did! Good job everyone!
I got your text msg thanks! ISn't the monkey so cute?! KAWAII~
Anyways, I never got your e-mail..maybe the wrong address????
I got my pics developed too...I'll send some out to you guys..just need some address~!

Hope to hear from you all soon!

[Inouye02]

thanks for the info, ms. kendo. hey, isn't mr. tanaka in my division or is he 4-dan now????? i really really wanna go against him. if he beat asaoka and taguchi, he's the one i wanna face.

moooocow , your match was really great !!! the last do was priceless, wish i had it on film ,, but i watched it after i got home, to bad you and tenken had to meet , it would of been cool if it was in the finals ..the multiple hit you put on him when he was on the ground shook him up i think , never saw anything like that , i could hear people talking behind me too ..

anyways i had fun up there , met some people too , got my match in the first round...cody was real happy with his trophy, first time up , come back with hardware..

to ms kendo , it was nice meeting you , just i didnt get to see you fight that day ..

nice meeting all the hawaiian people too ..

and thanks to the Steveston Dojo for a great tournament ..

[moocow65]

moooocow , your match was really great !!! the last do was priceless, wish i had it on film ,, but i watched it after i got home, to bad you and tenken had to meet , it would of been cool if it was in the finals ..the multiple hit you put on him when he was on the ground shook him up i think , never saw anything like that , i could hear people talking behind me too ..

anyways i had fun up there , met some people too , got my match in the first round...cody was real happy with his trophy, first time up , come back with hardware..

to ms kendo , it was nice meeting you , just i didnt get to see you fight that day ..

nice meeting all the hawaiian people too ..

and thanks to the Steveston Dojo for a great tournament ..

I was so tired during the final match, especially cause I had to fight Tenken for like 15 minutes the match before. Hahahah, yeah my patented "Sayonara Do" FINALLY worked. Yeah, congrats to Cody, and congrats to you for beating your doppleganger. We all wanna see the video of the matches you got on tape.

[Andoy]

Hey guys, that was a really good tourney! It was pretty cool to finally meet Moocow, Tenken, Mr.Kurukuru, and Tenken's brother. Plus I was really fortunate to practice with them(although only for a short while) when they came over the night before the tourney. Plus I finally saw Mr. Kurukuru's "bunny men", and Moocow's "Sayonara Do" (craziness). Plus i also found out who Dorkusmaxiumus was. She's pretty crazy too! Even though i got my arse whipped in the first round it was still fun cos the steveston tourney had good kendo.

[misterkurukuru]

Canada is such a great place!!! Thanks to everyone for making this such a fun trip for us SCI guys! I am just really really tired now!!! I will tyr to write more later...oh ms. kendo i picked the elephant!!!! Dorkus dorkus dorkus...hahahaha...thats all i am going to say!

[dorkusxmaximus]

Steveston was definately a blast. The matches were really exciting to see, and fun to participate in :) . It's my 4th time in two years getting past the first round LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Priceless T_T. Ahhh man, Andoy =(. Tell me who you are, so I can say, "What's up?" to you next time, homie.

[dorkusxmaximus]

kurukuru has just worn my name out =O *gasps*.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Results, anyone?

[dorkusxmaximus]

Here ya go


42nd ANNUAL STEVESTON KENDO TOURNAMENT - February 14, 2004


10 Years and Under 11 to 13 Years
1st place - R. Eguchi, SCKF | 1st place - T. Akiyama, Northwest
2nd place - C. Inouye, SCKF | 2nd place - G. Mizutani, Renbu
3rd place - R. Murao, Steveston | 3rd place - L. Murao, Steveston
3rd place - Ja. Tubajon, Steveston | 3rd place - A. Kwan, Steveston

14 to 15 Years Ladies
1st place - T. Hori, SCKF | 1st place - N. Fukushima, Vancouver
2nd place - R. Campbell, Steveston | 2nd place - M. Akitaya, Vancouver
3rd place - Y. Mizutani, Renbu | 3rd place - Y. Hayashi, Vancouver
3rd place - S. Cho, Renbu | 3rd place - A. Akitaya, Vancouver

Non-Degree 1-2 Dan
1st place - T. Shima, NCKF | 1st place - K. Ishikawa, UBC
2nd place - J. Hoang, Seattle | 2nd place - J. Marsten, Highline
3rd place - R. Chan, Sunrise | 3rd place - J. Higo, Steveston
3rd place - J. Friedman, Everett | 3rd place - A. Nemeti, SCKF

3rd Dan 4th Dan and Above
1st place - F. Itokazu, SCKF| 1st place - C. Yang, SCKF
2nd place - K. Tanaka, Bellevue | 2nd place - D. Yang, SCKF
3rd place - K. Chinen, SCKF | 3rd place - D. Ara, Renbu
3rd place - A. Okuma, NCKF | 3rd place - T. Masukawa, Sunrise

Junior Team Senior Team
1st place - SCKF | 1st place - SCKF
2nd place - Obukan | 2nd place - Steveston
3rd place - Sunrise
3rd place - Renbu

[dorkusxmaximus]

the last two dojos that took 3rd place for teams are supposed to fall under the senior team results, but the administrator didn't give me enough time to edit it *snaps*. Same with the divisions, so it'll look pretty confusing until someone else posts up a better one.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Congrats on your good showing Ms. Kendo. VKC sweeps the ladies division, and Mako isn't even in the top 4? What gives there?

SCKF did really well, nicely done moocow & tenken. 1-2 for the brothers Yang I note.

[darren]

Can anyone post some video for us to see?

I should have brought a video camera but did not. If you think you did a fair job of covering the event I would like to talk to you about paying to receive a copy.

[Andoy]

Congrats on your good showing Ms. Kendo. VKC sweeps the ladies division, and Mako isn't even in the top 4? What gives there?

SCKF did really well, nicely done moocow & tenken. 1-2 for the brothers Yang I note.
Mako didn't participate on sat. But i'm sure if she was then she'd be up there as well!

[KhawMengLee]

Hey,

Is Tenken/Chinen with Corvina/Covina dojo?

I got a vid of the SCK0 2003 champs and I was wondering if the jodan guy toward the final was him?

[Andoy]

Steveston was definately a blast. The matches were really exciting to see, and fun to participate in :) . It's my 4th time in two years getting past the first round LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Priceless T_T. Ahhh man, Andoy =(. Tell me who you are, so I can say, "What's up?" to you next time, homie.
Hehe in one of your matches you might have heard someone cheer "Go Kendo World!" haha that was me

[dorkusxmaximus]

LOL there were at least other people from KW besides me =P.

[William Honda]

Daaaaaaaaaamn!

Stupid me. Sounds like you all had fun without me! Booooohooooooooooooohoooooooohoooooooo. Crap!!!!!!!!!!

Serves me right for not planning properly. It will be my FIRST priority next year.

Congrats to all. Wish I could have been there to see you all win. (and more importantly- play with you all)

Love Vancouver; especially Blackcomb/Whister.

[misterkurukuru]

William!! you could have seen why I have never done the sportsmen's pledge !!! It was soooo funny I have the "what the FAQ are you smoken?" look to the judges, and then i did my, " ehh what are you going to do?' shoulder shrug right after. There was one guy doing shinpan for the 1-2 dan group...he was bad...i was watching him judge and he raised his flag for almost everything! i was going to take his flags away and start judging!!! not enough SCKF judges in my mind... but thats home court adv. for you! just have to overcome it i guess. For all US So cals, we got to see a lot of nice clean kendo done by the Canadians... hope we can grow out of our side-ways kendo someday!

[moocow65]

yeah you missed a great time william. be sure to go with us next year! just wished sckf could have gone against etobicoke during the team matches. it would have been scotland all over again with me going against kamata. that would have been fun. ooh and for next year i'm developing a new waza, called the "kazaguruma men." it's gonna be very similar to the kurukuru men. and i would also like to say congratulations and thank you to the steveston dojo for once again holding the BEST DAMN KENDO TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD!

[Inouye02]

OH HHHHHELLL YEAH! I THINK I CAN BRING BACK SOME HARDWARE NOW...

though it would have been nice to win after beating you sandans...oh well

so how did you do ?

[moocow65]

so how did you do ?
Hey, I remember you from last year. You were in the non-degree division right? I was coaching one of my kids (Hama-chan) all the way to the finals. I think he went against you in the semis. I wish I could have watched more of the 1-2 dan matches. Hmm.... what the heck was I doing that whole time? Hey Inouye, I'll try coming down to Venice next week. Might be a little late tho. Get off work from the Mouse at 7.

[Will]

ugh, the second round i played someone who was so bad he was good...(weird timing but fast)
damn...

i hate playing short people too.

[Will]

Hey, I remember you from last year. You were in the non-degree division right? I was coaching one of my kids (Hama-chan) all the way to the finals. I think he went against you in the semis.

Yeah, that was a fun match... we were both pretty even

[Inouye02]

Hey, I remember you from last year. You were in the non-degree division right? I was coaching one of my kids (Hama-chan) all the way to the finals. I think he went against you in the semis. I wish I could have watched more of the 1-2 dan matches. Hmm.... what the heck was I doing that whole time? Hey Inouye, I'll try coming down to Venice next week. Might be a little late tho. Get off work from the Mouse at 7.


cool, next week is our 2nd dojo invitational, to bad you can't be there early, but you know we'll all be there for ato keiko..i wanna see the new waza...gotta come up with a king kong killer ..hahahaa

oh i saw Katsumi today ( Akutagawa funeral ) , and told him about it also ..

[William Honda]

Mr. Kurukuru,

Seeing that would have made my day. Inouye comes back and tells all these stories. I think he does it just to make me jealous. But.... he brings back videos so at least I can see some of it.

Kitto rainen ikimasu!

Moocow,

Saw the video of your matches. AWWWWWWWSOME!


Inouye's fight against BigFoot was hilarious! That guy was huge. Seems like a nice enough guy though. Considering he could have tai atari'd Inouye to the moon.

[dorkusxmaximus]

Haha ohhh that guy was nicer to jamie than his other opponents haha once I think about it. Did you see his men removed, Willy?

[Inouye02]

Haha ohhh that guy was nicer to jamie than his other opponents haha once I think about it. Did you see his men removed, Willy?

what !!! you saw that too..man the dojo was laughing at that wednesday night after keiko , i popped in the video ...aaarrrggggg.

moocow , they all loved the sayonara do uchi...

[Stan]

...Inouye's fight against BigFoot was hilarious! That guy was huge. Seems like a nice enough guy though. Considering he could have tai atari'd Inouye to the moon.

Who are you calling "BigFoot"? I have been called a lot of things but never that. My match with Inouye was a bit physical (understatement). I had no idea how to play against Nitto (specially holding the kodachi in his left hand). BTW the men removal thing was just me trying to go straight in. I was also a little riled by my previous match. This guy stuck to me like glue and that started to Piss me off (I suppose that was the point). Ultimately when I try to push somebody crowding me,who weighs 150lbs, away from me he usually leaves his feet. Mr. Inouye, who played well, was none the worse for wear. In the final of the court (my fourth match) this guy ran into me and fell. I did not even help in any way. It kinda broke my concentration and then he hit me kote (the little people seem to be able to sneak in the kote). He was a good player but I could have played better. In my own defense, despite the physical stuff some decent kendo came through.

I really liked the Steveston tournament and I enjoyed watching the SCKF kendoka. It is too bad that our guys did not have a good day. I have seen them play much better. I am glad that at least I was able to entertain someone's dojo with the Wednesday night videos.

Stan

[Inouye02]

Who are you calling "BigFoot"? I have been called a lot of things but never that. My match with Inouye was a bit physical (understatement). I had no idea how to play against Nitto (specially holding the kodachi in his left hand). BTW the men removal thing was just me trying to go straight in. I was also a little riled by my previous match. This guy stuck to me like glue and that started to Piss me off (I suppose that was the point). Ultimately when I try to push somebody crowding me,who weighs 150lbs, away from me he usually leaves his feet. Mr. Inouye, who played well, was none the worse for wear. In the final of the court (my fourth match) this guy ran into me and fell. I did not even help in any way. It kinda broke my concentration and then he hit me kote (the little people seem to be able to sneak in the kote). He was a good player but I could have played better. In my own defense, despite the physical stuff some decent kendo came through.

I really liked the Steveston tournament and I enjoyed watching the SCKF kendoka. It is too bad that our guys did not have a good day. I have seen them play much better. I am glad that at least I was able to entertain someone's dojo with the Wednesday night videos.

Stan

i guess they thought you were gonna knock me out again , cause the last point hit me square in the neck , cheap point or bad judging, i have it all on video, but till we meet again , i will have a big foot killer waza ..hahahah take care buddy,

maybe i can visit montreal this summer ..hate the cold .

[Stan]

...maybe i can visit montreal this summer ..hate the cold .
You are welcome to visit Montreal. There are a lot of fun/interesting things going on in the summer including a comedy fest and an international jazz festival. Bring your bogu too. As I mentioned in Vancouver, I will be visiting So. Cal. in March. Tell me which dojo you are at so I can see this "secret bigfoot waza". I look forward to seeing you again.

Stan

[kendokamax]

montreal is not cold in summer..!!
25-30 degree celcius..


Wow stevenson does looks like a lot of fun. I think i will go next year!

[William Honda]

Stan,

Try to make it to Venice. We we would love to have you over. After regular practice some of us do atogeiko. Then after that, we have refreshments, talk story, and like last Wednesday watch videos of recent events. Let us know and we will bring the video. We all can have a good time.

Your kendo was fine. Actually, it must be hard fighting smaller people. You can't really go "all out" because they would all fly out of the court. Holding back is harder.



dorkus,

Yep saw Jamie's face full on. Cracked us all up.

[Inouye02]

Stan,

Try to make it to Venice. We we would love to have you over. After regular practice some of us do atogeiko. Then after that, we have refreshments, talk story, and like last Wednesday watch videos of recent events. Let us know and we will bring the video. We all can have a good time.

Your kendo was fine. Actually, it must be hard fighting smaller people. You can't really go "all out" because they would all fly out of the court. Holding back is harder.



dorkus,

Yep saw Jamie's face full on. Cracked us all up.

shad dap honda, game is on !!

[Inouye02]

Tenken , wheres the video ? i wanna see it ...

[Tenken]

This coming wednsday? I'll try to make it! I'm not sure if moocow and kurukuru and brother will like to come. I'll try. need lots of practice!!

[Tenken]

My friend Shibata has hide, my brother, and me on video. I'll try to convince him to come. And I think i have few other videos I have to show you guys. But at the worst situation, I might not be able to come. Sorry if I don't. :down:

[moocow65]

Ahhhh I'm going through stages of denial right now. Doing kendo in Canada is sooo much better than over here in Southern California. I would just like to say that Vancouver Kendo Club is far by the best place I have ever done kendo. The floor is great, the practice is great, the sensei are great, and the people are great.

[misterkurukuru]

I would have to concur! There is not place like Vancouver dojo here in so cal. Oh how I wish there were…and the level of kendo is so different. Not that mr.kurukuru got his @$$ handed to him (stupid judge…a freaking 7 dan should know that the elbow is not a valid point). Their kendo is good, but the judging sucked, well maybe they didn’t suck, its just that they are not used to our brand of kendo.

Actually after the practice at Vancouver dojo, I came out with a tsuki mark on my neck, a bruised knee cap, and a smile on my face. man my kihon sucks!

[Inouye02]

I would have to concur! There is not place like Vancouver dojo here in so cal. Oh how I wish there were…and the level of kendo is so different. Not that mr.kurukuru got his @$$ handed to him (stupid judge…a freaking 7 dan should know that the elbow is not a valid point). Their kendo is good, but the judging sucked, well maybe they didn’t suck, its just that they are not used to our brand of kendo.

Actually after the practice at Vancouver dojo, I came out with a tsuki mark on my neck, a bruised knee cap, and a smile on my face. man my kihon sucks!


Cody & I are planning to visit Vancouver Dojo , this summer, ms kendo extended a invite, anything i should know first ?

[dorkusxmaximus]

There are lots of girls and everyone there is nice ^_^. Jamie, you're so going to get whooped hahah =P. My experience at the Vancouver dojo was pretty good as well. They applied kata to a kendo perspective which was pretty new to me (instead of using a bokken, they used a shinai instead). It was a kewl practice. Ohh haha the Asaoka brothers almost turned me into roadkill LOL. I was sitting by Koike-sensei when all of a sudden STaMPEDE O_O!!! They were competing with each other to see who got to practice with him first. Forgot who won and got to practice with Koike-sensei though =P.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Oh how I wish there were…and the level of kendo is so different.
I've been interested to hear these comments, given that you guys walked away with a lot of hardware at Steveston. Clearly your shiai kendo is working for you, so you feel like the kendo is better there from a more pure point of view? Sounds like it wasn't just a VKC practice you were at either, more of a general keiko held at their dojo?

[ms.kendo]

Ahhhh I'm going through stages of denial right now. Doing kendo in Canada is sooo much better than over here in Southern California. I would just like to say that Vancouver Kendo Club is far by the best place I have ever done kendo. The floor is great, the practice is great, the sensei are great, and the people are great.

WHOA~..so I haven't visited the forum for awhile, and I come back to find so many compliments!!!!!!!! Thank you all for your compliments about VKC! But I don't want others to get the wrong idea! We ARE NOT the best dojo to practice at the world...although I do love my club and it is a fun place to be. It is especially fun when moocow, misterkurukuru, tenken, dorkus and others come to visit.
Dorkus, the practice you vistied wasn't a godo-geiko, but it just happened to be a day when alot of people from other clubs decided to visit. You were very lucky that the asaoka brothers, and koike-sensei were there when you came. (we all were!) That chasing after koike-sensei startled me a bit too! Our dojo has an "everyone is welcome" environment, so often many people from local dojos, (sunrise, steveston, youshinkan...UBC) come to visit.
Our club is largely focuses on kihon as well. You guys are right. The style is totally different, but to me, kendo is kendo....there are many amazing sensei out there who do many different styles but are all so equally inspirational! It was a pleasure for you guys to come though. It's good to be exposed to different styles of kendo.
Ever since Yamada-sensei from Japan came to visit us 30 years ago (way before I was born) our club's focus has been kihon. he has visited us about 5 times during the course of 30 years, so alot of us who have been part of the club for a long time have been exposed to his excellent teaching! This may sound so strange to all of you...but I love kihon! I can never get sick of it! Although, I'm not so good at shiai....it feels really good when I know that I'm doing clean kendo! hehe I'm such a geek! One thing our club misses is that we are not very competitive, that's probably we have so many girls! hehe (cool and calm ones! hehe)
Well, as far as any tournament goes....there will always be times when we don't agree with what shimpan do. But, a good point is a good point, and there isn't much we can do. IF we all could make super duper kimeteru, obvious clean points, then really we would never all be complaining. Although there are always discrepencies. But, I don't do shimpan, and I'm scared to do as well, cause it looks like such a hard job. I will never complain!

[dorkusxmaximus]

haha it was kewl, never seen two people that wanted to practice with a sensei so badly before. It was very interesting to see that ^_^*. Ahh who's the dorkus now =P? J/k haha (^.^). After Yamada-sensei's visit, I started to develop a liking for kihon. It's like he made the basics seem new again =). I can relate ^^. Did you love it even more after he visited?

[moocow65]

Hey Inouye, sorry I couldn't make it to practice. The Mouse needed me to stay at work until 10:30. I really want to see the video. Especially your match with your evil twin. Hahahah.. that was a great match. I will really try to make it this Weds. Just thought of a new counter against people who go for the kote that's holding the daito. I have named it "The Matrix-Reloaded Men." You'll see why it's called that when I show it to you. Just not sure if it's gonna be effective. Hahahah. Damn Nancy, I wish I lived in Seattle so I can go practice at the Canadian dojos. Lucky you.

[dorkusxmaximus]

Yesh Yesh =). The drive is sure worth it (^.^). Come up here during the summer w/ Jamie and you will be able to too, Hide ^_^. Oh wait, are you plannin' on going to Japan this summer, man? Anyway, I think he said he's going. Heyyy Jamie, you going, right?

[Inouye02]

Hey Inouye, sorry I couldn't make it to practice. The Mouse needed me to stay at work until 10:30. I really want to see the video. Especially your match with your evil twin. Hahahah.. that was a great match. I will really try to make it this Weds. Just thought of a new counter against people who go for the kote that's holding the daito. I have named it "The Matrix-Reloaded Men." You'll see why it's called that when I show it to you. Just not sure if it's gonna be effective. Hahahah. Damn Nancy, I wish I lived in Seattle so I can go practice at the Canadian dojos. Lucky you.


Hey Moocow, it's cool you had to work , besides it was raining all night and i dont want you to have to drive all that way to Venice then all the way home , our doors are always open to you guys , so no shimpai..i wanna show you a waza and get your opinion on it , but make sure Honda isnt around to see it ..hahah

[moocow65]

I just wanted to post something on Leap Day. I will post a picture of me and some people from Steveston soon.

[ms.kendo]

Hey Dorkus....I have a quick question. Do you have any idea when the UW taikai is? Have they announced an official date? I probably won't go...I've got a big concert then, but just wondering so I can post it on the VKC website!!!!! Thanks everyone!

[dorkusxmaximus]

I heard from someone that it's on April 10th, but I'll check again. Didn't see the date posted on the newsletter so it isn't official. What?! You're not going, ms. kendo =O?!? Go go go! What kind of concert is it by the way :) ? Anyway, hope you can make it ^_^.

[Inouye02]

Hey Dorkus....I have a quick question. Do you have any idea when the UW taikai is? Have they announced an official date? I probably won't go...I've got a big concert then, but just wondering so I can post it on the VKC website!!!!! Thanks everyone!


WHAT ? CONCERT ? More important then Kendo ? my, my, my...

and yes Nancy, I will be going to Canada, possibly with Mr Honda also ...so you can try that 3kyu stuff on us ..muahahahahahaha

[Andoy]

Yeah there's a concert i'm going to also in April, hopefully it doesn't coincide with the UW taikai. I couldn't go last year so I really wanna go this year.

[Andoy]

Hey Ms. Kendo are you going to see The Strokes as well??? They rock!

[dorkusxmaximus]

whaaaaaa =O. Well, if it's The Strokes, then the taikai might not be a big deal after all LOL. Both of you made the right choice then hahah.

[twix]

ooooooooo i want to see the strokes too!

oh... i'm in australia! DAMN!

[ms.kendo]

Unfortunately, I'm not talking about the Strokes concert. I have to prepare for my own concert! (Not as exciting, eh?!) Andoy, you should really try to make it to UW. It's one my favourites, cause it's not very big...it ends really early, and we don't have to take a huge bus load of kids! Hehe....we always carpool down there, so on the way back, we usually have a big dinner somewhere. Well, looks as though I won't be going for sure, so my advice to you, Andoy, is that I would try not to get stuck in the same car as you know who! hehe...I'm j/j Oh! and you might be able to be on the team!~ We came in first last year...with our "all women...and one man team!" Hopefully this year, we'll have more guys on the team!

[moocow65]

I wanna go to the UW taikai. I wish our Team So Cal a.k.a. Kendo World Forum SCI Team could compete in it.

[Andoy]

Cool! People always say good things about the UW taikai. It's really fun! Hopefully Moocow and the other SC peeps can make it. But yeah Ms. Kendo, actually i got stuck in the same car with FG two years ago.....not cool! As for me being on the team...I don't know! I have to make it outta the first round in my division first!

But yeah, it'll be a heartbreaker if i have to choose between The Strokes or the UW Taikai.......not! But seriously, hopefully the two events aren't on the same day!

[dorkusxmaximus]

I don't think the taikai is restricted to anyone except for kids, Moocow. Doesn't hurt to ask =P. What instrument do you play, Ms. Kendo ^_^?

[Inouye02]

I don't think the taikai is restricted to anyone except for kids, Moocow. Doesn't hurt to ask =P. What instrument do you play, Ms. Kendo ^_^?

well i sure would like to go up with the S.C.I. Kendo Forum Team again ...but if we win do we get to bring the cup home ?

[dorkusxmaximus]

Yup, April 10 is the official date. The invitations are being sent out by email right now as we speak, or so this person tells me. if you guys are really serious, then I'll ask him if it's okay to send sci one.

[Andoy]

SCORE! I'll be there for sure! The Strokes concert is on the 16th anyways. Now I can look forward to both!

[Andoy]

ooooooooo i want to see the strokes too!

oh... i'm in australia! DAMN!
They were in Australia earlier this year...did u go see them?

[Andoy]

OBTW i was wondering who here uses Friendster?

[KhawMengLee]

OBTW i was wondering who here uses Friendster?

yo!

khaw_ml@hotmail.com

[ms.kendo]

Hey, this may be a stupid question, but what does SCI stand for?
Oh an Nancy, I won't be going to UW, but I'll be there in August for the women's taikai! For sure! I'm sooooo looking forward to it! Some of our women members will be missing for the summer...but we should be able to make a pretty good team! I'm so excited....it'll be like a huge girl's event! I remember the last one, it was really fun! Hope there will be some women from Hawaii and California coming...it would be nice to see this taikai gradually grow!
But anyhow, I'm sure there will be many of us there! Ganbarimashou~~
Dorkus, I heard you got your 3 kyu~ Congrats!

[twix]

They were in Australia earlier this year...did u go see them?
nah i didn't... but that's ok, i'm sure they'll come again later! :)

[dorkusxmaximus]

Thank you, Ms. Kendo ^_^. Forgot how the name was thought of, but it stands for Southern California(n) Invasion. Is the concert more than a one day event? Think about the taikai when you're playing you're at the concert T_T. every note you play, you think about how you could've been out there whooping some oshiri. haha that means you'll probably be like thinking about is 16545645615 times =P. The taikai won't be as fun w/out you there, Ms. Kendo. August is definately too far away =O!!! Did the last womens taikai had the same female sensei as well?

[jmarsten]

I wanna go to the UW taikai. I wish our Team So Cal a.k.a. Kendo World Forum SCI Team could compete in it.

contact Nate Jacobson the UW Kendo Club Pres. natejake@u.washington.edu

[Andoy]

Hey moocow u guys should really try to make it!

[Iviro]

Oh yeah!! What a great tournament! Sooo many people!! This must be one of the biggest in North Amercia, I never saw so many nito-ryu players, nito vs nito was interesting hahaha :smiley: too bad we almost beat Sunrise dojo, could of played SCKF!! hehehe East vs West ^_^ The keiko on friday was the best part such nice Kendo!! Oh yah Itokazu vs Kamata part 2 !!! I wanna see that next year! hahaha