Went to watch my first Kendo Taikai

[KenD'OH]

i went with my university dojo yesterday to renton, washington for the pacific northwest kendo taikai. :) it was something to see!

it was my first time at a kendo tournament since i joined kendo in september. it was quite a good experience i just say. one thing i wondered about, what are they shouting!?? something in japanese? or just nothing in particular, simply for their kiai?

[KenD'OH]

One of my sensei's on the left, a sensei of another dojo that my sensei beat up after this pic was taken on the left :D

[KenD'OH]

Some of my friends from my very multicultural dojo. Korean, Japanese, and Belgium.....in that order

[KenD'OH]

Some dude with 2 shinais, never seen that before :)

[KenD'OH]

My team in action (in white)

[nodachi]

All I hear at the taikai I have gone to are just things for their kiai.

[KenD'OH]

i hear some people YELL a bunch of stuff in what seem to be japanese as their kiai........others scream :D

[kendokamax]

oh thats Dean in one of the picture ! he trained with us during summer , nice guy!

Man, some people's kiai are just weird stuff! dont worry about it!

[Confound]

Kiai are an endless source of amusement, especially the kiai of people trying to scream foreign languages. Maybe it's a mental tactic, they're trying to make me fall over laughing, and thus expose myself to a dizzying flurry of attacks. Or maybe that guy doesn't know he's screaming 'egg' in French. Who knows?

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[Charlie]

There was a looong thread here somewhere on kiai. Do a search for it, it was quite informative.

[stinkyKote]

wow, that is one shiny floor!

[Will]

I just bellow whatever comes to mind, usually it's a "uu" sound, i don't think it's anything in particular that people kiaii.

[alexpollijr]

'Wahaah' is also pretty nice. I often choose between 'wahaaah' and 'weeeh'

My japanese sensei sometimes screams something that sounds like 'Ahoy' :D

[durrell4]

The kid who played nito wa pretty good, he won his first match, but one of the kids from Obukan tosted him. That was the fisrt time I shinpaned a ni-to match fun.

[Kent Enfield]

Originally posted by durrell4
The kid who played nito wa pretty good, he won his first match, but one of the kids from Obukan tosted him.So someone in the junior divisions was doing nito? I wonder who it was, as the person usually doing nito at PNKF events is John Hancock sensei, one of the instructors at Obukan.

[KenD'OH]

Originally posted by kendokamax
oh thats Dean in one of the picture ! he trained with us during summer , nice guy!

Man, some people's kiai are just weird stuff! dont worry about it!

hey you know dean! what a small world! :)

[Raiza]

Yup, we definitely know Dean! Nice guy, and his kendo is even nicer...

Darnit, I should have given him my email addy as he works with a college buddy of mine.

Small world, indeed.

[saki_wooah]

Yup... He was really nice with us, "beginners" in bogu... he's cool!
When was that tournament you were talking about, kenD'OH?

There are all sorts of kiai possible. From AAA to III, or LEEE to YEA YEA.... it's not only Japanese words... but all sorts of diferent sounds.. that help us to concentrate on the fight or intimidate your opponent!

[KenD'OH]

Originally posted by saki_wooah
Yup... He was really nice with us, "beginners" in bogu... he's cool!
When was that tournament you were talking about, kenD'OH?

There are all sorts of kiai possible. From AAA to III, or LEEE to YEA YEA.... it's not only Japanese words... but all sorts of diferent sounds.. that help us to concentrate on the fight or intimidate your opponent!

the tournament was just last saturday! nov. 9th

it was in renten, washington. :)

i think dean is very nice too :)
i believe he is one of the highest ranked students in my university dojo