2004 ACT open final

[Vansen]

Hi Guys,

Any one interested in the recent ACT open final. The video is encoded with DIVX so make sure you have the codec installed or you have a player that can decode it. Its about 25MB.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ben.yuen/Kendo/kjsdgf/ACT_open_final.zip

Tell me what you think of my editing.
BTW, I have 3 hours of this stuff.

Cheers,
Ben

[Vansen]

I forgot to mention that the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) is a territory / state in Australia.

[Andoru]

The final was between Kirby Smith ("deathbykendo" on this forum) and Takashi (can't remember last name).

The competition was hosted by the Australian National University Kendo Club (cheers fellas!)

[Vansen]

They would have seen that information once they downloaded the file.
:D

[Andoru]

lol indeed! Got to say - WELL DONE mate for the bloody beautiful video!

Remember that I have first dips in the DVD! ;)

[dcarney]

Nice video. Thanks for the slow-mo at the end... my roomate kept freaking out at the drawn-out noise.

[IYA KALI]

...and Takashi (can't remember last name).

Hey Andrew its Takeshi Itakura...he used to train at Sydney Kendo Club as well

[Soul Blade]

Great Footage,


Look forward to seeing more of it if you post some.


cheers


Pete

[Taek]

Fantastic effort Vansen!! Look forward to seeing one with Sano sensei in it.

Cheers :silly:

[Vansen]

There is no way that i can keep all the movies hosted on my personal web space (30MB max). I will have to rotate the videos if i can't get more web space.
Any one willing to let me host more videos on a server somewhere?

Cheers,
Ben

[BravoOne]

Hi guys I am Jason, a memeber of UNSW Kendo club, and hi Andrew, saw you in training on Mon but haven't met you yet, will say hi to you next time you are around. =)

Just wondering if it is possible for Ben to burn the comp's video into a CD and give it to the UNSW kendo club so we could circulate there. Probably one of the UNSW member can get it when they are at the Sat training?

cheers

P.S. About hosting the files, maybe you could sign up for one of Googles' new Gmail which has 1G space, upload the files and just give people the password to login? but the only problem is it is still in beta phase, and we can only join when someone invites us to join. These invitations can be bought from ebay for about AUD$3 .

[Vansen]

Hi Jason,

I don't have all my footage edited at the moment so burning the unedited footage on CD is not possible. Too many CDs would be need for 3 hours of unedited footage. My plan is to produce a DVD (that you can play on your TV through a normal DVD player) of the event.

I'm currently editing the Kyu team finals. Congratulations to the UNSW boys for winning. Once I'm done, I'll drop by for a training session and show any one that is interested all the footage I have on my laptop at the end of the session. I've got a good chunk of footage with UNSW members and the Semi of Sano sensei vs. Kirby Smith.


Cheers,
Ben

[Andoru]

Hi Jason,

I don't have all my footage edited at the moment so burning the unedited footage on CD is not possible. Too many CDs would be need for 3 hours of unedited footage. My plan is to produce a DVD (that you can play on your TV through a normal DVD player) of the event.

I'm currently editing the Kyu team finals. Congratulations to the UNSW boys for winning. Once I'm done, I'll drop by for a training session and show any one that is interested all the footage I have on my laptop at the end of the session. I've got a good chunk of footage with UNSW members and the Semi of Sano sensei vs. Kirby Smith.


Cheers,
Ben
REMEMBER: I get first dips!! :D

Oh yeah - be prepared to sweat at UNSW...so bloody stuffy in there! ;)

[Andoru]

UNSW kyu team is strong:

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1241/ROLL2DX-30.jpg

[Hai_hai]

UNSW kyu team is strong:

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1241/ROLL2DX-30.jpg
The right hand/wrist/arm position is bad in this men uchi. It's angled downward a bit. The kote cuff magnifies the appearance of the problem.
UNSW kyu team is weak.

[Andoru]

Ahh well I should have made it clear that the photo is not saying that the team is strong per se....

[Hai_hai]

Ahh well I should have made it clear that the photo is not saying that the team is strong per se....
YOU HAVE FAILED ME AGAIN. :beard:

[Swissv2]

Vansen I can host it. I have a t3 line and a few terabytes of space.

[BravoOne]

Thank you Ben, having a DVD for that would be great. I missed the ACT event because I was getting sick in that weekend........

You going to the Zatoichi tonight? If not I shall see you guys in the sat training cos I am planning to pay a visit and see what its like.

cheers,
Jas

[Andoru]

Hi Jas - I'll see you tonight at Zatoichi :P

[Vansen]

Vansen I can host it. I have a t3 line and a few terabytes of space.
I just might take you up on that offer. How do I transfer the files to your server (ftp)? Do you need a home page that acts as a front for all the ZIP files or do you just want the AVI's?

Send me a private message and we can flesh out the details.

Cheers,
Ben

[Pokie]

The right hand/wrist/arm position is bad in this men uchi. It's angled downward a bit. The kote cuff magnifies the appearance of the problem.
UNSW kyu team is weak.

It's not perfect men cut, I'm 3rd kyu grade, I admit it's very very very far from perfect. But yes, the target was low, that's all I can say.

Hey that was a nice photo by Andoru thanks a lot ! Hey, that photo was nicely timed, did you know I was going to do a men cut ?? Hey, what if you did do or de kote instead of clicking camera, you can try that on next training :P

[Pokie]

YOU HAVE FAILED ME AGAIN. :beard:

You don't make sense

p.s. To me everyteam is a strong team, if you fail to see their spirit, you really have failed.

[JSchmidt]

Just ignore Hai-hai, Pokie, he just jealous and wants attention.

Jakob

[moetl]

hi,
i have a question concerning the video: why doesn't get mr. itakura a point for his men (time: 00:28)?

watch the referee in the rear at 1:55, shortly before the second point is scored: he looks at his flag (to see if it's still attached >>). one can question, if he was concentrated enough to be able to see the 2nd point correctly...?

this are just observations, i do not intend to insult anyone :)

[JSchmidt]

why doesn't get mr. itakura a point for his men (time: 00:28)?
He's too close.

As for the second point, I bet the flag goes of as he lifts it...not an issue

Jakob

[Vansen]

hi,
i have a question concerning the video: why doesn't get mr. itakura a point for his men (time: 00:28)?

If you slow the footage down you will see Mr Smith move his head right and Mr Itakura cut lands on the shuolder.

Cheers,
Ben

[Swissv2]

Vansen check your private messages, thx

[inner_cent]

UNSW kyu team is strong:

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1241/ROLL2DX-30.jpg

Not sure about teh strong part... Maybe the Opponent is Weak, so you guys have the easy pick..........

[Andoru]

Sigh....I now regret sharing that photo. Thanks to the 5min edit rule, I cannot remove the link now.

Like I said, I shouldn't have said that the photo is stating for a fact that the team is strong. The team IS strong in MY opinion - don't need any photos to show that. Any errors in regards to interpretation are solely attributable to me and to me only.

Let's not get anal over 1 photo folks.

[Vansen]

More movies for everyone from the 2004 ACT comp. Andoru can you tell me who the UNSW guy is vs Ben Ng.

I'm editing the Kyu teams final (UNSW vs MooDo Kwan), we'll post here soon to see how the other KW members rate the UNSW kyu team.

Just some additional information about the matches.
IMHO the best match of the comp was the semi Smith v Sano.
IMHO the best point was Sano sensei's point against Kirby Smith in the semi
Pickering is a Nito player. Baker had home court advantage.
Kim v Smith (is not the same Smith in the Open Dan Final and semi). Was Kim's second point v Smith really a point?
World fastest Kote and Kote again in Ng vs UNSW John Doe (sorry Ben, but its funny :)


Dan Open Final Smith vs Itakura.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Open%20Final%20Smith%20vs%20Itakura.avi)
Dan Open Semi Smith vs Sano.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Open%20Semi%20Smith%20vs%20Sano.avi)
Dan Pool Baker v Pickering.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Pool%20Baker%20v%20Pickering.avi)
Dan Pool Kim v Smith.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Pool%20Kim%20v%20Smith.avi)
Kyu Pool Ng v UNSW John Doe.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Kyu%20Pool%20Ng%20v%20UNSW%20John%20Doe.avi)


Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Enjoy,
Ben

[Vansen]

Guys,

The link of the Dan Open final (Smith v Itakura) in my most recent post no longer works. Please use this one instead:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ben.yuen/Kendo/kjsdgf/ACT_open_final.zip

I also for got to mention the files sizes

Dan Open Final Smith vs Itakura.avi (25MB)
Dan Open Semi Smith vs Sano.avi (59MB)
Dan Pool Baker v Pickering.avi (31MB)
Dan Pool Kim v Smith.avi (41MB)
Kyu Pool Ng v UNSW John Doe.avi (10MB)

Also NO bitching about the slow transfer speeds. :D

[JSchmidt]

More movies for everyone from the 2004 ACT comp. Andoru can you tell me who the UNSW guy is vs Ben Ng.



Dan Open Final Smith vs Itakura.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Open%20Final%20Smith%20vs%20Itakura.avi)
Dan Open Semi Smith vs Sano.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Open%20Semi%20Smith%20vs%20Sano.avi)
Dan Pool Baker v Pickering.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Pool%20Baker%20v%20Pickering.avi)
Dan Pool Kim v Smith.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Dan%20Pool%20Kim%20v%20Smith.avi)
Kyu Pool Ng v UNSW John Doe.avi (http://202.173.131.115/svn/kendo/Kyu%20Pool%20Ng%20v%20UNSW%20John%20Doe.avi)


Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Enjoy,
Ben
No joy downloading them at all. Server appears dead?

Jakob

[Vansen]

Please do not start downloading the movies until further notice (its hosted on a work server and we need the bandwidth).

Anyone interested in providing a mirror of the files?

Cheers,
Ben

[Pokie]

Sigh....I now regret sharing that photo. Thanks to the 5min edit rule, I cannot remove the link now.

Like I said, I shouldn't have said that the photo is stating for a fact that the team is strong. The team IS strong in MY opinion - don't need any photos to show that. Any errors in regards to interpretation are solely attributable to me and to me only.

Let's not get anal over 1 photo folks.

Hey guys give credit to Andoru, he takes nice photos for us, if we keep complaining and carrying on about some photo, we might have nothing to look at anymore. Besides...interpret the photos to yourselves...there are thousands of ways to interpret that photo it will not fit in this thread. That's a nice photo, thanks Andoru..and that's it.

[Andoru]

And thanks Pokie for being the model! Best kendo shot in my collection :)

[Swissv2]

warning.

You can't use spaces in your links or it will put a 20% in place of the space.

Thus no one will be able to download the file.

[Pokie]

And thanks Pokie for being the model! Best kendo shot in my collection :)

haha that was lucky moement, there's heapso other nice points from other kenshi that day, the high dans were so awesome..guess you and I got lucky with that pic, or you really read my men like a book hahahah scarey thought hahaha hrmmmmm did you see on the kyu teams ? burwood guy got me with de kote that was so fast wow, well hey see you in training soon !

[deathbykendo]

IMHO the best point was Sano sensei's point against Kirby Smith in the semi
Unfortunately I have to agree with you ;)

Kirby

[Vansen]

Unfortunately I have to agree with you ;)

Kirby
What a coincidence you posted today (sat 17/07). I spoke to Sano Sensei after class and he said that you did glanced his Kote.

Just to let everyone know, now that this thread has popped up to the top again.
Please ignore all previous link to the videos. All the vids can be found on the following URL.
http://media.virtuafighter.com/kendovids/

[deathbykendo]

I spoke to Sano Sensei after class and he said that you did glanced his Kote.


I don't remember now, but I can’t forget Sano Sensei's men landing. Wack!!

Kirby