kendo...a olympic sport

[Zaphiel]

what would you think of kendo becomig a olympic sport?
i would love it....finally something worth(?) watching this rubbish....

[Loki]

If kendo becomes an olympic discipline then we got a chance to watch some good fights on TV. A fact that makes me smile but there is a bad other side. When they accept kendo at olympic games then they will divide all participants up from light-weight to heavy-weight as it is common in other sports. I think that olympic kendo fights would be less interessting than normal shiai. Personal advantages or disadvantages can make a shiai far more interesting, for instance when a tall kendoka fights with a quite smaller one.

I fear that when they take kendo to the olympics with changed rules, then it will have an bad effect on other competitions outside of the olympics, not at once but after a few years it will.

I would accept kendo as an olympic discipline ONLY if they use the good old IKF rules.

[not-I]

Guys, this has already been discussed to death. Do a forum search for "Olympics" and you'll probably get more than you bargained for. :scared:

[tokon]

what would you think of kendo becomig a olympic sport?
i would love it....finally something worth(?) watching this rubbish....
burschen! kann mich nur "not-I" anschließen. thema ist schon zu genüge hier im forum diskutiert worden.

ist toll mal ´ne österr. truppe hier im forum zu finden ;-)

[mystic_kendoka]

i dont think it needs to become an olympic sport,
just documentery and stuff on kendo tournaments that are already taking place would be nice, European, WKC, etc.
there are the tournaments but nobody's filmin/broadcastin them... what's with that?

[Will]

don't let this thread get active! this subject has been beaten to death like a small kitten in my preschool class....

[litige]

Its impossible, stop wondering.

[Shiro]

What about Dwarf-tossing in the Olympics?

[Hai_hai]

This topic has already been discussed. I will not add to this thread with the exception of this reply, and maybe others if I am instigated.

[Hai_hai]

Kendo was a demonstation sport/event in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics along with kyudo and sumo.

[mystic_kendoka]

i wna do kyudo... obviously won't be much help in real life, (whereas kendo is slightly more useful..) apart from hunting the neighbour's cat.. but i think it would be fun... but expensive and hard to find here in belgium...

[Zaphiel]

year...sorrry I did recognice that but it was too late the thread had been sebt to the forum.....!

Sorry again!

[nodachi]

"apart from hunting the neighbour's cat.. "

Actually, depending on who you learn kyudo from, you may have to sign a statement saying that you promise never to hunt and kill an animal. One of those strange little quirks that happen, depending on your teacher. :)

[meow]

...apart from hunting the neighbour's cat..
Don´t mess with the kitties!!!

GRRRRRRR :D

meow

[mystic_kendoka]

Actually, depending on who you learn kyudo from, you may have to sign a statement saying that you promise never to hunt and kill an animal. One of those strange little quirks that happen, depending on your teacher

dnt worry i'll use blunt arrows...

[shinjinho]

yes....my secretive plan to destroy all modern technology will come into effect..... i will use microphones to KILL EVRYONE!! DIEE1!!!

[Sigurd Volsung]

If kendo becomes an olympic discipline then we got a chance to watch some good fights on TV. A fact that makes me smile but there is a bad other side. When they accept kendo at olympic games then they will divide all participants up from light-weight to heavy-weight as it is common in other sports. I think that olympic kendo fights would be less interessting than normal shiai. Personal advantages or disadvantages can make a shiai far more interesting, for instance when a tall kendoka fights with a quite smaller one.

I know people are worried about this topic getting beaten to death but I'm new to the forum. I just got interested in kendo, becasue I just started taking kenjitsu last month, which is why I haven't been here before.
I highly doubt kendo participants would be seperated by weight, kendo is for all intensive purposes the Japanese equivalent of european fencing (a sport which I trained in for 7 years). Fencing is divided two ways by gender, and by weapon (of which there are 3), with this as the basis the only way I would see kendo being divided would be by gender. Also any worries about changes in the rules would be groundless as well since the main worry of the olympics is anti-doping in nature, all other rules are handeled by the sports own governing body.

[Zaphiel]

yes....my secretive plan to destroy all modern technology will come into effect..... i will use microphones to KILL EVRYONE!! DIEE1!!!try to kill me...............:devious: !

[A1DZ]

I am a newbie to but I want my 2 cents,

The olympics is a major thing with new sports comming in all the time we had Tae Kwon do at sydney here in Aus and that was really good to watch so you cant count it out but I hope to see Kendo as a major event which it is now anyway!!!

[Hai_hai]

I am a newbie to but I want my 2 cents,

The olympics is a major thing with new sports comming in all the time we had Tae Kwon do at sydney here in Aus and that was really good to watch so you cant count it out but I hope to see Kendo as a major event which it is now anyway!!!

Okay, I said I wasn't going to add to this topic but this is the second exception.
Kendo is somewhat perceived as a sport. The AJKF annual tournament is covered by NHK Sports. The color commentators talk just like they are covering a sporting event.
The problem is, in my opinion, is that the Japanese would rule this event, just like the US rules any new event added to the Olympics. The US seems to have a lot of competitors in any new sport, e.g. snowboarding, triathalon, etc. And so, they get a bunch of medals. So since Japan already has a ton of good kendoka, amateur and professional, they would pretty much be earning a couple of gold medals just for showing up. That's very unfair. The US must win more medals and adding kendo doesn't help.
The other problem would be all the American kendoka. They would be walking around the dojo with their US Olympic warm up suits like they have the largest balls on the planet. You know how arrogance leads to pride... or something like that.

[JHusch]

Just because a country is dominate in a sport doenst mean a country or its atheletes shouldnt try. Remember the Jamacian Bobsled team?

To not include Kendo in the Olympics because one country would dominate isnt a good reason.

Fear of losing tradition would be a good reason, as I am sure there are a hundred other reasons to not include it.

[A1DZ]

dont forget the Australian who won gold in Tae Keon do at Sydney and another who got silver. I have to agree with the jamacans though good call