Isshu-jiai and judging

[xvikingx]

Today we had our New Years practice at the shuubukan. The most enjoyable event was the isshu-jiai. (my favorite match would have to be the one between the two 9 year olds :D )
Anyways, as usual the naginata team won. I was wondering if this is a result of judges be very strict about the kendoka's form. There would be some excellent men strikes, the entire crowd (made up almost entirely of kendo and naginata practitioners) would "ooooOOOHHH!!!", but not a single flag would go up.
:confused:
I have no shinpan experience and I know it is much easier to make calls from the sidelines, but by the way the crowd reacted I am sure that I am not the only one who felt that way.
I am not saying that the judges let anything go for the naginataka but it seems like they were being extra hard on the kendo senshu to me. Has anyone else felt this ways? All are welcome. Please share your thoughts. I hope to get some replies from those who attended the recent European Isshu-jiai taikai.

Just to clarify things: the shinpan were made up of both kendo and naginata sensei; men and women.

[hamish]

Was the Shubukan shiai all women on the naginata side? I think the last time a guy was on it was when Alex was fighting. Usually they score the kendoka harder, as a lot of the time they try to use brute force to bowl the naginata girls over, sometimes they don't have enough of their body behind the strike, either. It's hard to say anything without watching a video, however.

regards

Hamish

[xvikingx]

Was the Shubukan shiai all women on the naginata side? I think the last time a guy was on it was when Alex was fighting. Usually they score the kendoka harder, as a lot of the time they try to use brute force to bowl the naginata girls over, sometimes they don't have enough of their body behind the strike, either. It's hard to say anything without watching a video, however.

regards

Hamish

Yes, all women. There were two guys from IBU (Tanaka and I didn't see the other guy) that accompanied Kimura sensei but they didn't do isshu-jiai.
I saw alot of bullying in the first three matches but two out of those three were the only two the kendo team won.

::There were some excellent tsukis in the dan ranked matches. :D Good fun::