Live kendo tournament!!

[kendokamax]

http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/jigyou/kg/2004kg/live/index.html

in the next few days there will be a tournament presented live on the link up.
Now it is the Judo tournament but I think tomorrow will start the girls kendo tournament.

Its the second biggest tournament in importance for the High Schooler in Japan after the All Japan inter-Hi. So very high level of kendo !

[taganahan]

do you know what time the kendo tournament starts? vancouver time if you know...:)

can you also tell me what those numbers at the right side tell? i'm guessing they're tv channels.

~taganahan

[kendokamax]

the numbers on the right are the court's number. In the earlier rounds there should be like 10 courts playing at the same time. There is so many teams competeting its incredible, most of them being of kyushuu area. On top of the 10 number there is a bigger butons, if you click on it you get a view of the whole tournament.

I dont know about the time , too lazy to make the time conversion :O


This tournament is actually a bit different than other kendo team tournaments. The winner stays. Which means that if the senpo (1st player on the team) wins 5 matches in a row the other team loses. In case of a hikiwake its like if both player loses. Add to this that if one guy is found of not going for getting a point they will get hansoku. So the kendo is of a really agressive tempo! Its fun to watch and you can learn lot of cool shiai techniques.

and I say go sendai koukou:D even thought mitsunobu sensei isnt teaching there anymore:(

[taganahan]

do you know how much longer i have to wait for the kendo tournament cause i have work tomorrow afternoon.

i also need to get a better video card. the reception's not that good.

~taganahan

[Kirin]

Kendo starts on 25th 8am JPN time

For those in USA, it starts at 24th 7pm est, 6pm cst, 4pm pacific

[Rularn]

They are going to have a live-feed to that link above? That is pretty cool. I don't think I have the bandwidth though for a live-feed at any good speed. Anyone gonna save/capture it for the rest of us? Thanks.

[Kirin]

Its on LIVE now!!

quality of video is not so great but.... its live!

[taganahan]

is it only womens division? why's everyone wearing white?

~taganahan

[Kirin]

Boys division starts on 27th JPN time
(26th late afternoon in US)

[taganahan]

court 3 is doing jodan

don't bother....it's already done while i was writing this one


~taganahan

[taganahan]

court 5....both kendokas are doing jodan.

~taganahan

[kendokamax]

what the hell, the video dont work for me anymore :(

[samurai999]

nice site! I wish the courts at our tournaments can run this smoothly.

Tim

[samurai999]

looks like dantaisen.. Did they do kojin already?

Tim

[kendokamax]

ah finaly can see it,
no they dont do individuals

its a team tournament, there is like 500 school in the guy's division participating :s

[samurai999]

haha... I guess indiv and team is out of the question if there are 500 schools participating. LOL

But was cool to watch. Maybe I'll see one of my cousins.. MOst likely not.

Tim

[taganahan]

is the audio working cause mine is not?

~taganahan

[kendokamax]

ya there is sound,

[kendokamax]

OH PL!

they wear white men! ugly!!

[Legio]

Boys division starts on 27th JPN time
(26th late afternoon in US)
Would you happen to know what is the exact time they will start? I am in the Eastern Standard Time zone. Unfortunately, I missed the tournament on the 24th so I don't want to miss this one. Thanks.

[Kirin]

Tournament starts at 8am JPN time,
so if you are EST zone, 5pm on 26th for boys division.

4th+ rounds of girls should be on tonight 5pm EST, 8pm PST.

[Legio]

Tournament starts at 8am JPN time,
so if you are EST zone, 5pm on 26th for boys division.

4th+ rounds of girls should be on tonight 5pm EST, 8pm PST.
Thanks Kirin... I really appreciate it.

[Kirin]

Bah.... soory bad info...
8am JPN is 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 4PM PST


again sorry.....

[Legio]

Ok... thanks again.

[Andoru]

Those girls were quite energetic - they can't possible be kyu players if they're doing jodan right?

[Kirin]

2nd match of semi-finals is about to start now!
Final match should be in 20mins or so......

Andoru
most of them are 3-dan
you can be 3-dan at age of 17

[taganahan]

is the match already over?

you can be 3rd dan at the age of 17? i thought you have to be something like 25+ to be 3rd dan.

~taganahan

[kendokamax]

ya its over,

the captain of the team that lost was good uh? she won 3 matches in a row or something.


ya the strong girls are all mostly 3rd dan already.

[taganahan]

was she the same person in the last 3 matches? i thought they had the same do. as you can tell, i couldn't not even read what their zekken says. yeah she was really good!! i also like the way they do their do. 360 degree do....sweet!

~taganahan

[kendokamax]

hahah 360 do is kinda lame but they are effective uh


doesnt look like it in a shiai like this but they have super strong basics..

[Kirin]

1st - Takachiho ( ? )
2nd - Tsurusaki (Ohita)
3rd - Shimabara (Nagasaki)
3rd - Houou (Kagoshima)

Moriya & Aso only made to quarter-final.



the captain of the team that lost was good uh? she won 3 matches in a row or something.
Well Takachiho's senpo Gotoh won 3 matches to start.

ps FYI 45 senpo won 5 matchs "5 nin nuki' (poor team mates) and out of 45, 10 did '10 nin nuki'


Now its boys division.
boys division will be 3 days long....

[taganahan]

take a look at the court!! they're like cockroaches in there!!

~taganahan

[Andoru]

take a look at the court!! they're like cockroaches in there!!

~taganahan
Indeed!!!!

[heri0n]

nooo max why didnt u tell me!??!
is it over already? i dont know if its working its taking a long time to load..
but maybe its over already? i heard from jordan pl won both mens and womens??
damn did anyone record it

[Rularn]

I think the guy's tournament was suppose to last three days and start yesterday at around ~7pm for CST US. But I wasn't able to get it to load like it did for the girls. The live feed site was active but every time i clicked a court, it would just go blank. Did anyone else have this problem?

[kendokamax]

not over yet, still 2 days of competition for the guys.

[reg]

gyokuryuuki tournament is really exciting to watch because of the kachinukisen format! :) takachiho girls team won the senbatsu tournament earlier in the year, so it's quite predictable that they would be successful, in fact, kyushu has the strongest schools in terms of girls' kendo.
i think toin gakuen will win the boys tournament [they are last year's champion] and probably also this year's interhigh in the coming weeks. they dont have any real ace in the team, but they are probably the best, and most efficient team in the tournament. very consistent. kyushu gakuin will give them a run, and the likes of shimabarakou, tokaidai yonkou, nagasaki nanzankou, and sendai ikuei, will get far too. can't wait to see the later results.

[taganahan]

what used to be on this site, the live kendo broadcast, when there wasn't any kendo tournament?

~taganahan

[reg]

i think nishi nippon is a newspaper company. and they just happen to affiliate themselves with the tournament, maybe in a sponsorship role.

[kendokamax]

Its the last day of the tournament, final should be in about 4 hours or something, but even before that you should check it out now!

The remaining teams are mostly super strong, its time for mitori keiko!!!

[taganahan]

is it already over? i can't seem to load the tournament.

~taganahan

[reg]

i'm a bit surprised that Fukudai ohoori won it, i really thought Toin can't be stopped. i can't believe Toin lost to Kurashiki...and after beating Akita minamikou and Tokaidai yonkou no less.. :confused2
can't wait for interhigh.

[kendokamax]

guys its this time again

http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/jigyou/kg/2005kg/live/index.html#

[bluhawq]

I don't see anything?Is it on tomorow?what time approx.?

[bluhawq]

Does anybody know how to record the live matches?

[samurai999]

damn i missed this gakuryuuki. oh well. I'll catch the next one.

Tim

[kendokamax]

damn i missed this gakuryuuki. oh well. I'll catch the next one.

Tim
what are you talking about! guys competition is from tomorrow

[Hyaku]

what are you talking about! guys competition is from tomorrow

I hope so. I need the dojo for "other" activities.

[kendokamax]

I hope so. I need the dojo for "other" activities.
which school are you teaching at?

[taganahan]

just wanna know if the tournament's over.

~taganahan

[kendokamax]

just wanna know if the tournament's over.

~taganahan

ya since a little while. it's the inter high this week!

[taganahan]

when's it gonna start again? is there another live broadcast of it?


~taganahan