The Pic Thread

[nalogg]

Hello hello!

it's always fun to see what people look like I.R.L. (*in real life, incase you've been living in a cave for the past 12 years)

SO ANYWAYS
this is a thread to post a picture of yourself for the (kendo)world to see...

don't be shy about your looks, as dr seuss said, "those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
and nobody's perfect (me especially)
so try to post a pic without bogu (without men at the very least)
and no fake pics :)

if you don't have a place to host an image from, www.photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com/) is good... you can sign up free, upload a picture and paste the link tag in a reply here

OR paste a direct link to a picture already on the net.
remember: be kind

I'll get things started..

> ME (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Nalogg/044.jpg) <

[Fonsz]

Hello I think it is very nice to see who are all behind all these names. And to contribute to this initiative here's.......................ME.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fonsz/detail?.dir=a1da&.dnm=56c8.jpg
CU
Alphons

[nalogg]

hooray, someone else posted!
thanks!

[LNGUYEN]

I don't have my own so here is me, wife and my son
Me (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/lnguyen/IMG00024.jpg )

[indigo0086]

NM, the crappy photobucket (which I donated to) refuses to link my images.

[LNGUYEN]

can't see yours, men

[Musha]

The entrance to my house :D:

[Musha]

add http:\\ copy and past


adventurejapan.bravehost.com/Files/Meiji%20mon.jpg

[Niels]

http://www.noodleznetwork.net/pics/Apenheul/Naamloos-13.jpg

Me executing homemade waza

http://www.noodleznetwork.net/pics/Picture%2022.jpg

The latest in protective headgear

http://www.noodleznetwork.net/pics/appelpop2004/images/IM000997.jpg

Hey look its a camera !!

Ok i dont have one of me in bogu ..i beg forgiveness

--Niels

[Niels]

The 5 minute edit time be damned,
was gonna add:
..nice picture Musha

That will be all

--niels

[Andoru]

This photo was taken by Taek on this forum who is a professional (www.takephotography.com):

http://img11.exs.cx/img11/3682/0130S_045small.jpg


These were taken at a recent demo:

http://img38.exs.cx/img38/6629/__hr_IMG_1816adj.jpg

http://img35.exs.cx/img35/6179/__hr_IMG_1815adj.jpg

Right before I hit de-kote (sloppy posture noted. The jigeiko was held on a slope you see ;)):

http://img12.exs.cx/img12/2125/__hr_IMG_1834adj.jpg

[Neil Gendzwill]

My daughter Emy and I relaxing (http://www.kendo-sask.com/khmr_emy_neil.JPG) after skiing at Kicking Horse last February.

[nalogg]

those are awesome pictures guys
thanks!

for those who haven't shared, keep em coming!

[mystic_kendoka]

hey musha, u look just like a teacher i have at school, he teaches science and is irish..

PS- why are so many people in your house? ;)

[D'Artagnan]

Thats me in my Avatar.

but i'll try and get a better one up soon

[nalogg]

Fonsz looks tough!

[Musha]

hey musha, u look just like a teacher i have at school, he teaches science and is irish..

PS- why are so many people in your house?

I'm part Irish :) is your teacher 19 like me? Don't you hate it when people seem to get younger and younger.
Oh and lots of people like to visit me because it's a very famous place in Japan (Meiji jingu ;) )

[Chusan]

Howdy!
http://georgmackowiak.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/relingchair.jpg

[celtickendoist]

http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/borsale/gnome.JPGmua ha ha ha ha ha

[Andoru]

That's me: taken by Taek at last saturday's taikai:

http://img48.exs.cx/img48/9766/1543_142_smaller.jpg

[Washington]

other than my avatar this is the only other pic of me on my comp... will have to take some when my bogu finally gets here :smiley:

http://www.geocities.com/seasonintonight/spokane2.html

edit: I'm on the right side in front with the dragon t-shirt on

[nalogg]

other than my avatar this is the only other pic of me on my comp... will have to take some when my bogu finally gets here :smiley:

http://www.geocities.com/seasonintonight/spokane2.html

edit: I'm on the right side in front with the dragon t-shirt on
yeahhhhh megadeth!

your nickname should be "vic" instead of "washington"
or "hangar 18"!!!

[Paburo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/paburo/2ef74908.jpg
@ iaido seminar with YODA 8-dan kyoshi

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/paburo/a6f20138.jpg
@ the last taikai. i just got ippon here (degote)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/paburo/73d7b313.jpg
@ kendo seminar with TAKIZAWA 8-dan hanshi. his wife on my right. (he liked so much the mon flag i made with my dojo's name that he requested a picture of us holding it :D :D)

gomen. ok i have lots more, but 3 is more than enough i think...

P.S. HAI_HAI, NOW it's your turn to show your face on this thread!

[nalogg]

P.S. HAI_HAI, NOW it's your turn to show your face on this thread!
I'll second the request for hai hai's picture

[Hai_hai]

P.S. HAI_HAI, NOW it's your turn to show your face on this thread!
How do you say in Spanish... nunca.

[Hai_hai]

I'll second the request for hai hai's picture
How do you say in French... jamais.

[Nishi]

P.S. HAI_HAI, NOW it's your turn to show your face on this thread!

Ohhhhhh please please please!

[Paburo]

How do you say in Spanish... nunca.
wait umm... how do you say in English... CHICKEN.

[Washington]

yeahhhhh megadeth!

your nickname should be "vic" instead of "washington"
or "hangar 18"!!!
hehe .. Usually on forums like this I use the nickname "Harvest of Souls" from the Morbid Angel song Suffocation but was too many characters for this one.. Washington was all I could think of ... too many nic's and passwords to remember when you have a comp !

[Serenity]

I don't have my own so here is me, wife and my son.Lnguyen-san, you have a nice family and your little son is so cute! :cheerful:

My daughter Emy and I relaxing after skiing at Kicking Horse last February.Neil-sama, that's your daughter (she is almost grown up.)!? :shocked: She is a real lady! :)

And...this is me... :D , Serenity :emb:

http://www.geocities.com/spelcatt/hura.gif

[Hai_hai]

wait umm... how do you say in English... CHICKEN.
How do you say in Spanish... pollo.

This can go on forever... or how do you say in Spanish... para siempre.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Neil-sama, that's your daughter (she is almost grown up.)!? :shocked: She is a real lady! :)

Just Neil, please... sama is for prime ministers and such. Anyways, she is 11 but she is tall for her age (1.61 m). You can see her again here (http://www.kendo-sask.com/IMG_0242.JPG) in her Irish dancing costume. She's on the right.

[Hai_hai]

Ohhhhhh please please please!
How do you say in English... never.

[Hai_hai]

Just Neil, please... sama is for prime ministers and such. Anyways, she is 11 but she is tall for her age (1.61 m). You can see her again here (http://www.kendo-sask.com/IMG_0242.JPG) in her Irish dancing costume. She's on the right.
1991 posts. You are getting very close to the 2000 mark.

[nalogg]

How do you say in English... never.
as the member of this forum that takes the most heat for the things he has to say, i can see why hai hai is reluctant to post his pic.

If i were in his situation I dont think i would post either.... just more fuel for the haters to burn.

hai hai will remain a mystery.......unless any of his dojo-mates feel so inclined to snap a shot and post it.........

[mystic_kendoka]

he could just a fake picture to satisfy everyone..

[nalogg]

he could just a fake picture to satisfy everyone..
that's not his style.... but if he did fake one it would be GLARINGLY OBVIOUS like robert deniro with photoshopped bogu on or something.

[Musha]

The FBI might get him for sexual harrasment so I guess that is why he can't show his face :D.

[Hai_hai]

The FBI might get him for sexual harrasment so I guess that is why he can't show his face :D.
Maybe Scotland Yard should check out your flat.
They might find the walls covered in cut-out pictures of Mingshi, a cat, a secret room in the bottom of a well, a sewing machine, a jacket made of human skin... the usual Hanninal Lechter stuff.

[Washington]

And...this is me... :D , Serenity
Hehe .. drew your avatar.. was too obvious ! .. I kept wondering where you found that pic to use.. very cool :)

[orayakab]

How do you say in Spanish... pollo.

This can go on forever... or how do you say in Spanish... para siempre.
Nobody here thinks you're a chicken.....Everyone thinks you are a Pussy.

[Nishi]

The FBI might get him for sexual harrasment so I guess that is why he can't show his face :D.

Tsk tsk tsk Eric....still bitter about the Mingshi thread?

(How do you post a picture anyway?)

[Andoru]

(1) Upload your picture at imageshack.us
(2) Write this in your post:

insert url of picture here

Voila!

[Eiliries]

@ iaido seminar with YODA 8-dan kyoshi



Cool hair!!!

[JSchmidt]

Nobody here thinks you're a chicken.....Everyone thinks you are a Pussy.
Hai-hai is a troll and no trolls worth their salt *ever* posts anything about themselves, as they know that it could be used against them, the same way Hai-hai abuses anything posted by people here...and with the amount of shit he's been posting here, people would jump on him instantly. (I would).
In short, he's a pathetic little individual, who gets his kick out of abusing people who comes here asking for help.
It's funny that he keeps comparing his post count to Neils...Neil's been posting 95% useful stuff (with the rest of it standard chatter), whereas Hai-hai has been posting 95% meaningless trolls with the odd helpful post. (Occasionally he slips up and is actually helpfull).

[Paburo]

Cool hair!!!
oh... thanks.

now i agree with batman here. i'm sorry i even brought up that whole 'troll please post your picture' thing.

do please continue to post your pictures. another free site for photo hosting and hotlinking is photobucket.com

cheers.

[Mr.Tvola]

I am the 5th guy from the left

http://www.kendo.euweb.cz/text/textik/fots/bel98a.jpg

Sorry, you may have troubles recognising me, because this photo is 6 years old...

[Hai_hai]

... It's funny that he keeps comparing his post count to Neils...Neil's been posting 95% useful stuff (with the rest of it standard chatter), whereas Hai-hai has been posting 95% meaningless trolls with the odd helpful post. (Occasionally he slips up and is actually helpfull).
It's funny that you are keeping percentages on how useful our information is. Are you obsessed? Maybe you are.

Seriously, if I didn't jump on someone's case about some stupid question, then, it would force them to... oh, I don't know... ask their sensei.

[Hai_hai]

By the way, JSchmidt is the essence of yaoi.

[Hai_hai]

Nobody here thinks you're a chicken.....Everyone thinks you are a .
orayakab, what are you getting at?

[litige]

In short, he's a pathetic little individual, who gets his kick out of abusing people who comes here asking for help.
It's funny that he keeps comparing his post count to Neils...Neil's been posting 95% useful stuff (with the rest of it standard chatter), whereas Hai-hai has been posting 95% meaningless trolls with the odd helpful post. (Occasionally he slips up and is actually helpfull).

1. I get my kick out of reading Hai_Hai's posts, does this make me a pathetic little individual?
2. Go check the definition of "abusing" in your little dictionnary before using it.
3. I think your "percentage argument" has been used before, you're getting old, and boring.

[mystic_kendoka]

Neil's been posting 95% useful stuff

only 95? where was i when he made those other 5?

[Nishi]

Okay...think i did it!....!!

http://ImageEvent.com/kendonokata

[Nishi]

Okay...think i did it!....!!

http://imageevent.com/nishiatama/kendonokata?p=0&n=1&m=24&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2

[Nishi]

Okay...think i did it!....!!

here! (http://imageevent.com/nishiatama/kendonokata?p=1&n=1&m=24&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2)

and here! (http://imageevent.com/nishiatama/kendonokata?p=0&n=1&m=24&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2)


???

[Hai_hai]

http://www.ninjaburger.com/ninjaring/

[nalogg]

Hai-hai is a troll and no trolls worth their salt *ever* posts anything about themselves, as they know that it could be used against them, the same way Hai-hai abuses anything posted by people here...and with the amount of shit he's been posting here, people would jump on him instantly. (I would).
In short, he's a pathetic little individual, who gets his kick out of abusing people who comes here asking for help.

screw that... if hai hai is a troll, then trolls are funny.

and what's the most pathetic of all? people without a sense of humor who make snap-judgements on people who try to bring a little fun into the forum.
and i don't understand how anyone can "abuse" material posted in a thread.... it's not as if hai hai is using kendo advice for terrorism or something.... information in general is tough to abuse unless you're some crazy dictator or something.

It's funny that he keeps comparing his post count to Neils...Neil's been posting 95% useful stuff (with the rest of it standard chatter), whereas Hai-hai has been posting 95% meaningless trolls with the odd helpful post. (Occasionally he slips up and is actually helpfull).
why would you compare hai hai to neil? the little "rivalry" they have going is just a friendly game but you make it sound like there's animosity.

you're right... a lot of hai hai's posts are meaningless, but they're funnier than "95%" of anybody else's here. even you admitted that hai hai's post count rivalry is "funny"

[LNGUYEN]

Okay...think i did it!....!!

here! (http://imageevent.com/nishiatama/kendonokata?p=1&n=1&m=24&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2)

and here! (http://imageevent.com/nishiatama/kendonokata?p=0&n=1&m=24&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2)


???

Hey Nishi,
In the first picture, is that your dojo, nice place men. Got serving right after practice, I like it. :beard:

[Nishi]

haha LNGUYEN, the first picture was taken in the Highlands on my homeymoon. Honestly, I dont drink that often these days....

The second pic was my dojo in Preston (beloved England), the picture was taken by D'artangan and my wife (Lisa/Atama) is shidachi in the pic.

[nalogg]

haha LNGUYEN, the first picture was taken in the Highlands on my homeymoon. Honestly, I dont drink that often these days....

The second pic was my dojo in Preston (beloved England), the picture was taken by D'artangan and my wife (Lisa/Atama) is shidachi in the pic.
i don't care what anybody says, canadians are the best-looking people in the world :D

lookit strapping nishi there!

[Hai_hai]

Okay, here's my picture ....http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Encyc-8-Bender/

[nalogg]

Okay, here's my picture ....http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Encyc-8-Bender/
"Comprising of 30% Iron, 40% Zinc, 40% Titanium and 40% Dolomite"

HAHAHAHA yeah i never really pieced that together... whenever there's some metal in question bender says "i'm 60% *that*" or whatever
haha

also i love the fact that he's made in mexico and so his name is bender bending rodriguez

my favourite episode is actually the one where bender becomes a small planet and the inhabitants on his belly have a nuclear war with the inhabitants of his ass

[DCPan]

That's me: taken by Taek at last saturday's taikai:

http://img48.exs.cx/img48/9766/1543_142_smaller.jpg

I take it you are wearing your MINE in that picture?

[arkcaptian]

Here's a pic that I drew...http://tinypic.com/dbjid

[Andoru]

DcPan - yes.

[Wifenmummy]

hey u look good in your kendo gear! ummm nice picture..aliens? hmmm

[arkcaptian]

hey u look good in your kendo gear! ummm nice picture..aliens? hmmm

I was just flipping through a Japanese Dictionary. :)

P.S. Sorry for the horrible writing :ko:

[Wifenmummy]

I was just flipping through a Japanese Dictionary. :)

P.S. Sorry for the horrible writing :ko:

ur pic looks interesting... i dont know japanese writing i have been ssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lazy! think its about time i print stuff out and stick it on the wall in the bathroom to memorize stuff..
um so the last line whats it say?
been busy looking at all the pics... glad to say that we are all looking very fine! :) im curious as to what hai hai looks like.. but its not so important.. *shrugs*
androu u look pretty cool... and nishi u looked good.. i cant remember the names ... washington was interesting kinda figured after awhile of thinging that megadeath was a band.. lol! took long enough.. i was into heavy metal stuff but it was more rob zombie, slipknot, nin but i dont enjoy that music anymore.. except some NIN songs... :) i saw em live! :)
will have to find a pic of me hmmm... i cant use our ptinter/scanner coz the monitor im using is using its power cord.. really gotta find the monitor power cord.. (moved house and had to go back to this monitor after our new one died ) does that make sense?

[Wifenmummy]

http://home.iprimus.com.au/j_t_ninness/tiffanyjamesdancesm.jpg
me and my hubby at our wedding..

[arkcaptian]

ur pic looks interesting... i dont know japanese writing i have been ssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lazy! think its about time i print stuff out and stick it on the wall in the bathroom to memorize stuff..
um so the last line whats it say?
been busy looking at all the pics... glad to say that we are all looking very fine! :) im curious as to what hai hai looks like.. but its not so important.. *shrugs*
androu u look pretty cool... and nishi u looked good.. i cant remember the names ... washington was interesting kinda figured after awhile of thinging that megadeath was a band.. lol! took long enough.. i was into heavy metal stuff but it was more rob zombie, slipknot, nin but i dont enjoy that music anymore.. except some NIN songs... :) i saw em live! :)
will have to find a pic of me hmmm... i cant use our ptinter/scanner coz the monitor im using is using its power cord.. really gotta find the monitor power cord.. (moved house and had to go back to this monitor after our new one died ) does that make sense?

Next to the alien it says ALIEN!! and then next to the weird guy it says GASP!! (I did this 5 in the morning, cut me some slack :silly: ) And I really don't know how to write harigana/katakana, I just looked it up.

wifenmummy: Wow nice pic. I thought it was from a movie for a second... :wink:

[Wifenmummy]

http://home.iprimus.com.au/j_t_ninness/caught2.jpg

my little girl
also photobucket arent taking any free sign ups at the moment

[DCPan]

My glamour shot (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dcpan2000/detail?.dir=504c&.dnm=811f.jpg&.src=ph)

[LNGUYEN]

DC Pan
You are not only got a RBSO Bogu, You got a beautiful wife too. Do you try to make our lives look like s..t now? You lucky bas..rd

[LNGUYEN]

http://home.iprimus.com.au/j_t_ninness/caught2.jpg

my little girl
also photobucket arent taking any free sign ups at the moment

She is so cute. I love the mess she made too. :smiley:

[Chusan]

Okay, here`s a recent photo (sometimes I`m wearing other outfot than cowboy-stuff :) )
http://georgmackowiak.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/georg1scharf.jpg

[Wifenmummy]

"She is so cute. I love the mess she made too. " yeah the contents of my hand bag! she luvs shoes and handbags already! im not obsessed about them but she sure is. ... u 2 make a nice couple.

[nalogg]

u 2 make a nice couple
OKWTF she's a baby!

DCpan, that's a nice picture. It makes me feel misty-eyed and want to hang it above the fireplace and say "my little guy is all grown up!"

and chusan, you look much more tough in bogu than cowboy garb.

[rainmaker]

This is me and my son... (http://home.freechal.com/sungminr/home/james.jpg) My son just start wearing his bogu.. He just turned to 6 years old and I am so proud of his Kote waza !!!! Dang he will be good..

http://home.freechal.com/sungminr/home/james.jpg

[Andoru]

rainmaker: you're a lucky lucky man

[Stefan]

rainmaker: you're a lucky lucky man
I wish my father were that lucky, too :wink:

[rainmaker]

I am sure your father is also very lucky men like me...

I wish my father were that lucky, too :wink:

[nalogg]

This is me and my son... (http://home.freechal.com/sungminr/home/james.jpg) My son just start wearing his bogu.. He just turned to 6 years old and I am so proud of his Kote waza !!!! Dang he will be good..

AW! very nice

and nice PS blend too :D

[Wifenmummy]

awesome little fighter dude! :) impressive!

[Stefan]

I am sure your father is also very lucky men like me...
Well, he hasn't seen me practising Kendo, yet. But he isn't a Kendo player therefore he might be pleased with other things I have achieved :).

[rainmaker]

Well, I guess that means you will have a great opportunity to become a best DAD !!!!

[nalogg]

MORE PICS
i need to see more pictures!

hai hai?.. come on.... buddy?
pal?

just the face?
just from waist down?
grade 9 photo?
your kote?

anything!

[Hisham]

MORE PICS
i need to see more pictures!

hai hai?.. come on.... buddy?
pal?

just the face?
just from waist down?
grade 9 photo?
your kote?

anything!

You might wana check that out with his manager
:D
Dunno but this Hai Hai seems to be a star in this forum :D

[nalogg]

You might wana check that out with his manager
:D
Dunno but this Hai Hai seems to be a star in this forum :D
I thought I was his manager!!!!?!!

Hai-hai.... You've got some splainin' to do!

[shotoblogger]

I kept cropping until I could upload it as an attachment. You can extrapolate...

[nalogg]

I kept cropping until I could upload it as an attachment. You can extrapolate...shotoblogger, you look a lot like a friend of mine.
didn't you try some image hosting site?
i know photobucket are being D-bags about free accounts now, but you should be able to find one... bah well, too much work for a mere thread.

[D'Artagnan]

Ici, une photo de moi

http://kendo.fotopic.net/p3589600.html

[Phorest]

My friend and I after the Kendo demo:

http://community.wvu.edu/~wmf004/images/kendodemo/kmatt.jpg

Don't blame me...the Japanese girls made us pose like this.

Can you spot the eyebrow piercing? :evolved:

[Wifenmummy]

phorest nice picture... yeah i think when ur pointing at yourself the japanese dont point at their chest they point too their face? correct me if im wrong.. cant see the piercing.

d'artagnan thats really u? thats a well done picture :)

[rainmaker]

Ici, une photo de moi

http://kendo.fotopic.net/p3589600.html
Wow, wow, wow, what can I say? These are very beautiful Kendo photos. I wish I have photos like them..

[mystic_kendoka]

the Japanese girls made us pose like this

this is a 'pose' typical in japan/korea nowadays...

the one in the photo is a 'Q', circle (face) with a line (finger)

theres also an X and a Y...

[Marine_Boy]

Here's my offering for this thread.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v293/MBDAUK/

None of me doing kendo, but keiko all the same.

I look a bit guant but that's because these were taken after I'd been practicing around 30 hours in seven days.

[mystic_kendoka]

wat are the weapons u are practising with?

[Marine_Boy]

wat are the weapons u are practising with?

Fukuro shinai.

Shorter than a kendo shinai.

[Marine_Boy]

add http:\\ copy and past


adventurejapan.bravehost.com/Files/Meiji%20mon.jpg

Musha,

I recognise where that photo was taken. That's then main entrance by Shibuya isn't it? I have trained with the Shiseikan dojo on the grounds of the Meiji Jingu.

They teach kendo, judo, aikido, kyudo and kenjutsu. In fact one of their top aikido teachers is visiting us in London at the moment. She's Rokudan aikido and sandan kendo.

[Musha]

It's one of the enterences to the Meijijingu memorial to the emperor Meiji and his wife. The emperior who fetured in 'The Last Samurai' :D.

Here's the English web site:

www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/index.htm

and a little about Seishikan www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/jingu/shiseikan/index.htm

[Marine_Boy]

It's one of the enterences to the Meijijingu memorial to the emperor Meiji and his wife. The emperior who fetured in 'The Last Samurai' :D.

Here's the English web site:

www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/index.htm

and a little about Seishikan www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/jingu/shiseikan/index.htm

I am very aware of the links you've posted. I have trained there a few times.

But thanks anyway. :)

[Fonsz]

Hello,
I think it's very nice to see the faces behind the phrases. It is also inspiring and comforting to see that my "obsession" is shared by a lot of people from all around the world. With this I mean the obsession with Japanese Culture in general and Kendo et al in particular.
It is also nice to meet the authority of this institution and I refer to none other than Neil who apparently spends a lot of time in the Dojo and behind his computer. I wondered where he has found the time to produce and raise such a beautiful daughter. I also suppose that she takes after her Mom because she is way too good looking.
This institution also defended its honor and glory recently under a brutal Ninja attack. It was nice to see how people reacted. The discussion with the shinai org was also nice literature. With this in mind I would like to point out the following article. http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/inevitablechange.htm
Maybe some of you already know about it but I think that this woman/doctor has a point. I think that we can all pick something out of this essay.
IMHO I think that you are all doing a great job and hopefully we can meet each other in the flesh and or cross our shinai in the near future. And please post as many pictures of yourself here, I guess everybody wants to see a face now and then.
Keep up the good work,
Kindest regards,
Alphons

[ShudoKan Kai]

This is me performing my former sport.

http://www.nlroei.nl/Fotoboek-display-6992.html

And succesfully:

http://www.nlroei.nl/Fotoboek-display-6991.html

BTW, I see a lot of similarities between rowers and kendoka. They're both insane about their sport.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Hello,
It is also nice to meet the authority of this institution

Please, no - there are people posting here with much more experience than I. I'm just the one who blathers the most.

[nalogg]

BTW, I see a lot of similarities between rowers and kendoka. They're both insane about their sport.
You're right!
I have 2 friends who have joined rowing teams/dragon boat at their respective colleges.... they've both gone completely insane about it.

Even moreso that i have about kendo... I'm not yet willing to wake up at 5AM for a practice.

[ShudoKan Kai]

I'm not yet willing to wake up at 5AM for a practice.
Not for me anymore too. Good thing I switched to Kendo indeed:wink: .

[Fonsz]

Hello again,
I wish to change "the authority of this wonderful institution" to " one of the authorities of this educating institution". This on request from the one who should not be so humble.
My head is bowed and say hello to your little girl.
Kindest regards,
Alphons

[kendogrl7]

i had japanze friends back in like 5 grade and when ever they posed for a picture they would always put a piece sign up u kno the two fingers ...index and middle finger. I always wondered why they did that. i always thought they did it to be like sailormoon cause i used to like that anime back then and that girl would always use the piece sign. I was just wondering if anyone knew what this meant at all.
and if they expeicence it too.

[mystic_kendoka]

its not the peace sign, its the sign for victory, the 2 fingers make a V

it just sorta means, 'i rule'

[indigo0086]

http://www.southfloridakendoclub.netfirms.com/images/for%20web/kd_sem02.jpg




Black tall dude in the back

[Paikea]

http://www.southfloridakendoclub.netfirms.com/images/for%20web/kd_sem02.jpg
Black tall dude in the back
The NetNazis won't allow the pic to display out of context, but if you go http://www.southfloridakendoclub.netfirms.com, then click photos for the group shot in upper right, you're there in the back row.

[indigo0086]

I thought it would happen, it's a free server so I guess you can copy and paste. But the site has some other good photos. I like the one with parker, maeda, and nieves took that.

[ben spain]

All these pics and only one female kendoka? Come on ladies!
I will post one as soon as I can get someone to take a pic of me!

[Miyu]

Here's a picture of me (http://www.wm.edu/so/kendo/show.php?pic=Washington2003/scan0002.jpg) taken in the summer of 2003. I'm in the white kendogi. Here's (http://www.wm.edu/so/kendo/show.php?pic=2003/club2.jpg) a picture of the W&M club in 2002. My fiance is sitting next to me also in a white kendogi. He was the one who got me into kendo. We're getting married in August (http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=3231550742982018). ^_^

[Jon P]

Some martial arts pictures.

http://img127.exs.cx/img127/318/swipe.jpg

Sideswipe 540

http://img127.exs.cx/img127/9862/xout2.jpg

Standing Xout Backflip

[Jon P]

Oh and heres a plain ol mug shot cut out of a family picture.

http://img5.exs.cx/img5/674/Jon_FACE_december.jpg
...

Lifitng progress:

http://img127.exs.cx/img127/1614/blah1.jpg

yup yup.

[Nanbanjin]

http://img127.exs.cx/img127/9862/xout2.jpg

Standing Xout Backflip

"Crazy dates"

[Infinity]

"Crazy dates"ahh yeah kind of like 'spinning-date'. wonder if he followed with 'hallo-boys' or 'flat-bag'. another crowd favourite is the 'dutch-wink' usually performed by women.

[Nanbanjin]

ahh yeah kind of like 'spinning-date'. wonder if he followed with 'hallo-boys' or 'flat-bag'. another crowd favourite is the 'dutch-wink' usually performed by women.
And who could forget the "battered-sav".

[Infinity]

And who could forget the "battered-sav".the Dream lives on...

[Andoru]

Fatso the Big Arse Wombat for Prime Minister!!

[Mike]

I believe this guy here would be me, taken at today's practice. The thumbnail is clickable.

http://img50.exs.cx/img50/9780/Mike-kendo.th.jpg (http://img50.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img50&image=Mike-kendo.jpg)

[mystic_kendoka]

nice doh...

i'd be very tempted to get out a bokuto and thrash it...

[Infinity]

ooo pretty doh...

[Jon P]

"Crazy dates"
What the hell are you talking about?

[Lloromannic]

I have searched all over my house and I can't get any recent and decent pictures of me. I did find some pictures from the time I was 7-8 years old, the girls at my school though it was the epitome of cute. I will post them later.
However today at practice someone took a clip of me doing debana kote. You can't even see my face but here (http://lloromannic.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/degote.mpg) it is.

[Nanbanjin]

What the hell are you talking about?
It's a gymnastics move on the pommel horse where you spin around and show your date to all the members of the audience.

[Nanbanjin]

I have searched all over my house and I can't get any recent and decent pictures of me. I did find some pictures from the time I was 7-8 years old, the girls at my school though it was the epitome of cute. I will post them later.
However today at practice someone took a clip of me doing debana kote. You can't even see my face but here (http://lloromannic.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/degote.mpg) it is.
Snappy kote.
Here's a picture of me (http://www.kenshinkai.com.au/images/champs/team4_med.jpg) , the weak link in the Queensland kendo team. I'm the white guy in the centre.

[Lloromannic]

Here's a picture of me (http://www.kenshinkai.com.au/images/champs/team4_med.jpg) , the weak link in the Queensland kendo team. I'm the white guy in the centre.
The great thing about being colonized by the spanish and not the English is that our hair doesn't start falling off after we reach 20. Nice trophy though.

[Nanbanjin]

The great thing about being colonized by the spanish and not the English is that our hair doesn't start falling off after we reach 20. Nice trophy though.
I want to marry a Japanese or Spanish girl just to my kids are less likely to suffer the same fate. I have more hair than the photo makes out it's just mostly gray. Through some freak of nature I started going gray when I was twelve. In protest at the bad hair life that I have been dealt I keep the hair that I have left cropped with a one or two comb (saves money on hair dressers too).

[Lloromannic]

I want to marry a Japanese or Spanish girl just to my kids are less likely to suffer the same fate. I have more hair than the photo makes out it's just mostly gray. Through some freak of nature I started going gray when I was twelve. In protest at the bad hair life that I have been dealt I keep the hair that I have left cropped with a one or two comb (saves money on hair dressers too).
I have quite a few grey and white hairs at the temples. I also have huge amounts of hair though. It's been described by the hair dresser as "dream-hair", usually followed by a comment on how it's such a pity I won't let him cut it to his whim. I have the most retro haircut in my school. The moptop.

[DanDan]

I believe this guy here would be me, taken at today's practice. The thumbnail is clickable.

http://img50.exs.cx/img50/9780/Mike-kendo.th.jpg (http://img50.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img50&image=Mike-kendo.jpg)wow....how do u manage to fit your glasses in the men? my kumdo teacher told me to take my glasses off b4 i put the men on because it usually doesn't fit and it can be painful and you might damage your glasses.

i would post a pic of me but i look so retarded in all the kendo pics...-__-;

[Infinity]

I want to marry a Japanese or Spanish girl just to my kids are less likely to suffer the same fate. I have more hair than the photo makes out it's just mostly gray. Through some freak of nature I started going gray when I was twelve. In protest at the bad hair life that I have been dealt I keep the hair that I have left cropped with a one or two comb (saves money on hair dressers too). grey hair on a man looks cool, women with grey hair tend to look old! i too started going grey at 12. something happened that year to us maybe. i dye my hair regularly so i dont look like a grey mule as my husband calles me if i let it go too long with out a dye. i shaved it once after too many vinos. total shiny top. as it grew back it would pick up lint like velcro. it also grew back twice as grey but it was easier to dye!
and no i dont have a pick of my mule hair...

[Nanbanjin]

grey hair on a man looks cool, women with grey hair tend to look old! i too started going grey at 12. something happened that year to us maybe. i dye my hair regularly so i dont look like a grey mule as my husband calles me if i let it go too long with out a dye. i shaved it once after too many vinos. total shiny top. as it grew back it would pick up lint like velcro. it also grew back twice as grey but it was easier to dye!
and no i dont have a pick of my mule hair...
To think, even a girl with your "Sharon Stone" looks!
I got my grey hair from my mum and my hairline from my dad. My head's so big I don't really like heaps of hair, and if I was that worried about the colour I would dye it (I tried that once on my mum's advice but it was a big mistake). Now that I'm in my thirties people have stopped saying "hey, you've got grey hair!" so I don't flip out and kill people without giving a second thought like an irate ninja any more.
If you don't have a picture of you as a mule how about as a skin head?

[Fonsz]

I have searched all over my house and I can't get any recent and decent pictures of me. I did find some pictures from the time I was 7-8 years old, the girls at my school though it was the epitome of cute. I will post them later.
However today at practice someone took a clip of me doing debana kote. You can't even see my face but here (http://lloromannic.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/degote.mpg) it is.Hello there,
When I click on the link you provided I get a message that I'm not allowed to download and an ad of Honda automobiles appears. Has something changed since you put on the web?
Regards,
Alphons

[Infinity]

To think, even a girl with your "Sharon Stone" looks!
I got my grey hair from my mum and my hairline from my dad. My head's so big I don't really like heaps of hair, and if I was that worried about the colour I would dye it (I tried that once on my mum's advice but it was a big mistake). Now that I'm in my thirties people have stopped saying "hey, you've got grey hair!" so I don't flip out and kill people without giving a second thought like an irate ninja any more.
If you don't have a picture of you as a mule how about as a skin head? im still not too sure about the Sharon Stone thing...
yeah i blame my mum for my hair colour. i do have a pick somewhere of the skin head. i think it was taken the morning after so i look prety ordinary. i dont think i will be posting that one... you can see it next time we have a get together here. if you are lucky.

[Nanbanjin]

Hello there,
When I click on the link you provided I get a message that I'm not allowed to download and an ad of Honda automobiles appears. Has something changed since you put on the web?
Regards,
Alphons
Right click the link, select "Copy shortcut" or equivalent, paste in address bar, hey presto!

[Mike]

wow....how do u manage to fit your glasses in the men? my kumdo teacher told me to take my glasses off b4 i put the men on because it usually doesn't fit and it can be painful and you might damage your glasses.

i would post a pic of me but i look so retarded in all the kendo pics...-__-;

I know, I was concerned about the glasses too but my sensei uses glasses himself in his men and said it works okay, and so far it has worked for me too. But I've been thinking at times of getting sports goggles instead, I'm not a contact lens person (never even tried a pair on in my life).

[Fonsz]

Thanks for the tip, I can see it now. It looks very good. But if I may be so bold the kote sounds a bit "tsuba". It is better to wait for the last instant before you get hit, because your turn is too fast, usually the kote strike is not dead on when you turn away too early.

[Stefan]

A picture of our team at a competition last year. I am the one on the right:
http://www.kendo-dortmund.de/eschweiler_bild.htm

Exhausted but happy. Participants of a seminar with Endo Norihiro Sensei, who was coach of the german national team in 2003:
http://www.kendo-dortmund.de/Lehrgang_180503_bild.htm

Pictures of the latest competition. You can see me in the third pictures doing shomenei rei (first person in the right queue):.
http://www.kendo-witten.de/html/Berichte/NRW_EM_MM_2004/Bildbericht/Bilder_EM_MM.html

[Neil Gendzwill]

Stefan, looks like you guys have Einstein on your team (Mr. Eskens has quite the mop).

[Nanbanjin]

Thanks for the tip, I can see it now. It looks very good. But if I may be so bold the kote sounds a bit "tsuba". It is better to wait for the last instant before you get hit, because your turn is too fast, usually the kote strike is not dead on when you turn away too early.

Picky, picky, picky. Remember this is a random degote from his last training session.

[Lloromannic]

Thanks for the tip, I can see it now. It looks very good. But if I may be so bold the kote sounds a bit "tsuba". It is better to wait for the last instant before you get hit, because your turn is too fast, usually the kote strike is not dead on when you turn away too early.

I've been watching the clip to look for mistakes to correct. I think I can remember actually hitting the kote. But yes I turn too fast, and I lower my kensen afterwards and there is a crease on my keikogi.


Picky, picky, picky. Remember this is a random degote from his last training session.
The clip was probably taken 10 minutes before the 9:00 to 13:00 lesson ended and everyone was about to fall down and die from exhaustion.
It's too bad that it is a random clip. Yesterday had some great moments. Not the least when I was tai ataried just bellow one basket and my bum stopped moving when I crossed the middle line. I think it's the first time I have bruises in my butt for many years.

[Fonsz]

Picky, picky, picky. Remember this is a random degote from his last training session.You're perfectly right, I am in no position to tell you what to do, it was just the first thing that came up when I saw (and heard) the clip. I thought it was a shiai. Sorry again. Nice Dojo by the way.
Regards,
Alphons

[Fonsz]

I watched again and the crease in your keikogi is a bit iffy. I wonder why I didn't see that in the first time;)
Never meant to criticize, sorry again.
Keep up the hard work,
Regards,
Alphons

[Lloromannic]

I watched again and the crease in your keikogi is a bit iffy. I wonder why I didn't see that in the first time;)
The crease was actually the first thing I noticed. I just though "that crease looks sooo bad" in a valley girl accent. :D
I think it formed when I fell down.

[Andoru]

Lloromannic: Nice de-kote. Was your opponent a beginner by any chance?

I get bruises on my right bum cheek from time to time too, and always from cuts from the same guy. For the life of me, I could never recall how those happened. He's the first guy to spank me since me mum. :D

[Lloromannic]

Lloromannic: Nice de-kote. Was your opponent a beginner by any chance?
He is 2 months my junior in kendo, 4 months to 6 months of mine (in bogu)


I get bruises on my right bum cheek from time to time too, and always from cuts from the same guy. For the life of me, I could never recall how those happened. He's the first guy to spank me since me mum. :D

Mine was from falling on my ass during the lesson.

[ben spain]

Lloromannic: Nice de-kote. Was your opponent a beginner by any chance?

I get bruises on my right bum cheek from time to time too, and always from cuts from the same guy. For the life of me, I could never recall how those happened. He's the first guy to spank me since me mum. :D
The first GUY to spank you since your mum!!!!! Please say you mean the first PERSON to spank you since your mum??!!!!!

[orayakab]

But if I may be so bold the kote sounds a bit "tsuba". It is better to wait for the last instant before you get hit, because your turn is too fast, usually the kote strike is not dead on when you turn away too early. You not supposed to turn at all! and Waiting until the last moment before you get hit or starting to hit the kote after your oppoenent is already coming down is the worst thing you can do.....Youre supposed to hit as he's initiating his cut.

[Andoru]

The first GUY to spank you since your mum!!!!! Please say you mean the first PERSON to spank you since your mum??!!!!!
Ahahahahaha! :D

[Matlock]

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ia6y-mnm/keiko/keiko_img/geturei_img.gifSO CUTE!!!!!! Of course this is not me, but it is a child from my dojo. Just had to post this photo.

[Fonsz]

You not supposed to turn at all! and Waiting until the last moment before you get hit or starting to hit the kote after your oppoenent is already coming down is the worst thing you can do.....Youre supposed to hit as he's initiating his cut.I meant that you step/turn away after you hit the kote. That way only the kote is an Ippon, if you stay with a fast opponent and you hit the kote first and then you get a men shinpans usually grant the men and not the kote. At least that is my experience. You're right that you should hit the moment he initiates his men or what ever he wants to do, but I meant that you have to sense(?) that something's coming and that's what I meant with waiting until the last moment. I see your point, but expressing your inner thoughts in a foreign language is a bit difficult. Thanks for pointing out this error.
Regards,
Alphons

[Chook]

I am in the maroon shirt.

http://home.pacific.net.au/~dpds2/chook.jpg

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Fonsz]

Nice company, are they runaways from a model agency? (I mean the girls not the guys).:)

[moetl]

Nice company, are they runaways from a model agency?not sure about them, but i'm for sure: moetl aka merino sheep (http://www.deviantart.com/view/12475612/) :smoker:

[Paburo]

now for even more cuteness factor. im sorry for all of you who posted kawaii pics, this will beat them all :D :D

teaching my lil baby brother some kendo suave moves:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/paburo/eb824107.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/paburo/e498a1e1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/paburo/5e3d98fa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/paburo/58dfac35.jpg

gotta love kids :D

[Musha]

What size shinai does he use Paburo? :silly:.

[Infinity]

now that is cute...

[Paburo]

What size shinai does he use Paburo? :silly:.
oh... he is holding my 580gr(overweighted) 39 shinai there.

talk about being a little brave baby kenshi :D :D usually he plays with my homemade shoto though...

[EzzzE]

*gG* so kawaiiiii

i need to take a picture of the small one of a friend when my shinai arives *ggg*

i'll post it a soon as possible

[Eiliries]

A picture of me at the San Francisco taikai, I´m the one in the musashi kendogi (you will have to cut and paste):
www.sanfranciscokendo.org/images/album_sftaikai/am_1086.jpg

[Nanbanjin]

This is a picture of Shiatsuman (who almost never posts on this forum, but I thought it was a nice picture anyway).

http://everest.fit.qut.edu.au/~n4154673/DSC_2336.jpg

[Anjin-san]

so hardcore.... :beard:

[Nanbanjin]

so hardcore.... :beard:
Hahaha. That's how we breed 'em down here.

[Infinity]

Shiatsuman told me about this photo on the weekend. it is better than he explained. i think i could go on taking photos of kendo for years and never get a shot as good this one. lucky i can paint.

[Nanbanjin]

Shiatsuman told me about this photo on the weekend. it is better than he explained. i think i could go on taking photos of kendo for years and never get a shot as good this one. lucky i can paint.
Wonder why doesn't he have a tsuba on his kodachi.
He's sure got a hideous kendo face. Don't know why the girls think he's cute.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Don't know why the girls think he's cute.
Maybe he's got some serious shiatsu skills, IYKWIMAITYD.

[Nanbanjin]

Maybe he's got some serious shiatsu skills, IYKWIMAITYD.
Certainly a very tactile young lad. I'm sure he's got a few tricks stashed away for the ladies.

[Shiro]

Recent pic of me:
http://www.shiro.easynet.be/lift.jpg

Old pic of me:
http://www.shiro.easynet.be/ikke.jpg

:)

[Shiro]

Lnguyen-san, you have a nice family and your little son is so cute! :cheerful:

Neil-sama, that's your daughter (she is almost grown up.)!? :shocked: She is a real lady! :)

And...this is me... :D , Serenity :emb:

Have you ever been to Brussels to do Kendo? There were Slovenian Kenshi at our practice once and your drawing reminds me of one of them...... :)

[Nanbanjin]

Recent pic of me:
http://www.shiro.easynet.be/lift.jpg

Old pic of me:
http://www.shiro.easynet.be/ikke.jpg

:)
What went wrong?

[Infinity]

Wonder why doesn't he have a tsuba on his kodachi.
He's sure got a hideous kendo face. Don't know why the girls think he's cute. yes, he has developed a very...interesting kendo face. sometimes its hard to keep a straight face when training opposite him while not wearing men.
its all zanshin i guess.

[Nanbanjin]

yes, he has developed a very...interesting kendo face. sometimes its hard to keep a straight face when training opposite him while not wearing men.
its all zanshin i guess.
It's all ZANSHIN!!! I guess.

[Shiro]

What went wrong?

errf .... an irradiated spider bit me..... but now I can climb walls and shoot webs around.

[Shiatsuman]

It's all ZANSHIN!!! I guess.
Oooooh - cant leave some of my team mates' comments go unchecked in this case! :smiley:

As for my "hideous face" Nanbanjin - users of this forum should know that your own mug is not all that unlike that which is depicted by your avatar. Your smell is not unlike that of a goat either.:wink:

As for ZANSHIN!!! Some prefer an analogy using water, but I prefer to think of my kendo face as the dregs of vegemite still stuck to the edge of the old jar when its time to open a new one.

Hope this helps you Infinity with evolving your understanding of ZANSHIN!!! I find the more i say it the better mine gets.

[Shiatsuman]

Wonder why doesn't he have a tsuba on his kodachi.
He's sure got a hideous kendo face. Don't know why the girls think he's cute.
Oh Nanbanjin, you're such a purist! Such a stickler for the rules!

No tsuba because i couldnt find one to fit over the kodachi tsuka.

Lost the match in the end that night to my japanese mate anyways. Should have listened to mum's sound advice:- "if its not on, its not on" is what she's always said...

Dont think she's played much nito though. Not sure that she was referring to kodachi tsuba's either come to think of it... :confused2

[Infinity]

Oooooh - cant leave some of my team mates' comments go unchecked in this case! :smiley:

As for my "hideous face" Nanbanjin - users of this forum should know that your own mug is not all that unlike that which is depicted by your avatar. Your smell is not unlike that of a goat either.:wink:

As for ZANSHIN!!! Some prefer an analogy using water, but I prefer to think of my kendo face as the dregs of vegemite still stuck to the edge of the old jar when its time to open a new one.

Hope this helps you Infinity with evolving your understanding of ZANSHIN!!! I find the more i say it the better mine gets. there is always enough vegimite for one more round.
this analogy does help in my understanding. i think i prefer it to the water.
and yes, you should always listen to your mum.

[Serenity]

Have you ever been to Brussels to do Kendo? There were Slovenian Kenshi at our practice once and your drawing reminds me of one of them...... I have never been to Brussels ... :cheeky: That's was not me ... :silly: You are talking about a girl from another dojo. She & the instructor were this spring (in may) in Brussels. :happy: We don't look alike at all, but it's nice that you have remembered about us, Slovenian kendokas. :emb: BTW, she is very nice and beats me up, every time we meet in a shiai. :p

Serenity :cheerful:

P.S. You wew such a cute kid ... :D

[Shiro]

P.S. You wew such a cute kid ... :D

Thank you, Serenity-san! :D

Well, I don't remember her 100%.....
I think I did a couple of exercises with her though..... not sure anymore :).

I always love to meet other kendoka's, especially from another country :).

[Serenity]

http://www.geocities.com/spelcatt/JEST.JPG Thats me ... :emb:

[senki-kendo-jos]

my god! serenity! it's too scary! i have hair like that!

i think we're twins, seperated at birth, lol

i'll post a pic when i can work out how!! lol

[Andoru]

http://www.geocities.com/spelcatt/JEST.JPG Thats me ... :emb:
lol someone's not following the 40cm rule :D

[Commander]

I will get one ASA my bogu has arrived and "done up"

Or is a normal one ok?

Or one wearing bogu?

[Shiro]

Oh and this is me in bogu: http://www.noxa.net/_foto/ZxAYz-1099504157-28-1.jpeg

Not that proud of the kamae though, I was trying to explain stuff to my bro about the workings of my digital cam :p :)
And yes, my do is slightly too small, but I'm getting a new one soon :)

[nalogg]

WOW!
i expected this thread to die after about 5 people posted pictures

Thanks everybody, you're awesome

[Fonsz]

We know that we are.

[kendokamax]

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ce0f288d/7ea2/__sr_/47c7.jpg?phd3JuBBdnekPWc3

samurai pose :D

[Shiro]

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ce0f288d/7ea2/__sr_/47c7.jpg?phd3JuBBdnekPWc3

samurai pose :D

great pic! :D

[Shiro]

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ce0f288d/7ea2/__sr_/47c7.jpg?phd3JuBBdnekPWc3

samurai pose :D

I've seen that pic before, it inspired me to make samurai pose pics of my own, but they're nowhere near as good as yours :).

[kendokamax]

I've seen that pic before, it inspired me to make samurai pose pics of my own, but they're nowhere near as good as yours :).

ya it does take a lot of practice !

you need samurai spirit! haha

[crabbi]

http://www.hpphoto.com/sessions/580932021621/49044585lg.jpg

this is a photo of me with my best friend T'Challa (Bernese Mountain Dog)... he was 8 weeks old then... 4 years old now (42 kg but still thinks he's a puppy!!!)...

crabbi

[Shiro]

ya it does take a lot of practice !

you need samurai spirit! haha

One day ...... I will ...... *clenches his fist and looks at the setting sun* :p

Hey, but weren't there other pics, including one where you posed as power ranger-like people? ;)

I might give it a second try, when I have my new do and if they're worth it I'll post one ;)

[crabbi]

...and the rest of the family (guess who gets in every shot!!!

http://www.hpphoto.com/sessions/580932021621/49044811lg.jpg

...and...

http://www.hpphoto.com/sessions/580932021621/49044816lg.jpg

..and that's the crabbi family!!

cheers

crabbi

[Shiro]

I see a hp page but no picture :(

[kendokamax]

haha ya power ranger :P

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ce0f288d/7ea2/__sr_/fb47.jpg?phDkMuBBayvUoqB5

[Shiro]

haha ya power ranger :P

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ce0f288d/7ea2/__sr_/fb47.jpg?phDkMuBBayvUoqB5

the link doesn't seem to work here :(

[crabbi]

I see a hp page but no picture :(


Not sure what the prob is there Shiro m8... Anyone else with the same prob?

crabbi

[Andoru]

Can't see a thing mate.

[crabbi]

Could you possibly check this out and let me know if it works?:

http://www.20six.co.uk/crabbi1

Thanks...

crabbi

[Shiro]

Could you possibly check this out and let me know if it works?:

http://www.20six.co.uk/crabbi1

Thanks...

crabbi

perfect :)

I suppose it didn't work because you had to log in on the hp site.

[Andoru]

Awwww....such an adorable dog!

[Serenity]

my god! serenity! it's too scary! i have hair like that!i think we're twins, seperated at birth, loli'll post a pic when i can work out how!! lolYeah, I have a little sis! :cheerful: I always wanted to have a lil sis! :D I wanna to see your picture, sis! :cheeky:

lol someone's not following the 40cm ruleWhat 40cm rule??? :surprise: I never heard of it!! :angry: I won't cut it. :vampire: Hey, do you wanna fight! :evil:

@KendoMax-san@ I cannot see your pictures! :down:

@Crabbi-san@ Your dog is so kawaii! :cheerful:

Serenity :emb:

[Andoru]

What 40cm rule??? :surprise: I never heard of it!! :angry: I won't cut it. :vampire: Hey, do you wanna fight! :evil:

The 40cm rule (well it's not really a rule I suppose) actually applies to the men himo. That is, the length of the himo should be 40cm from the knot. I thought it funny that your hair is actually longer than the himo!

[crabbi]

Thanks all...


Now I have to look up kawaii !!!... Aha! Yes... he is very kawaii... in fact, when I was posting to this thread last night he came and sat on my lap... which of course meant that I could hardly see the screen!!! He still thinks of himself as a tiny puppy (even though he now weighs 42 kg!!!)

Cheers

crabbi

[nalogg]

HAHA i like your dog crabbi.

[crabbi]

HAHA i like your dog crabbi.

Thanks Nalogg... he's my bestest fwend...!!!

Like your tagline Nalogg!!! Lol

crabbi

[Commander]

heres me:

I think they will portray alot about me :p lol

I abseiled off of the Forth Rail bridge (just incase you didn't know what that was)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/The_Commander/sarah12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/The_Commander/WHOSTHEDADDY.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/The_Commander/meheh.jpg (my ATP and yes leaning against a prop!! :D )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/The_Commander/mekendoka1.jpg lol me wearing boyfriends armour with vaders lightsaber :D

[Louis X]

Me :

http://www.talkbloodbowl.com/phpBB2/images/avatars/450072996416d545ff1e53.jpg

Yes, it's a fake moustache :D (I gotta find a bigger pic)

[goh]

what can i say? i was dead tired (taking a nap at a 5 minute break at a jodo seminar)

ZzZzZz (http://grm.m.walla.co.il/briefcase/00f3/y/o/a/d/l/o/o/k/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/r/200310110026473604/200412111900181172/JODO_Zz.JPG)

[Serenity]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/The_Commander/mekendoka1.jpg ... too funny ... :laugh:

Serenity :emb:

P.S. The lightsaber is so cool!! :D Wanna have it! :cheeky:

[Commander]

im slightly mad :p

[Tangou Fudjin]

... too funny ... :laugh:

Serenity :emb:

P.S. The lightsaber is so cool!! :D Wanna have it! :cheeky:


great ))) jedi knight )))))

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

[Commander]

great ))) jedi knight )))))

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Sith Lady more like! ;)

[Louis X]

Here I am (again :wink:)

http://l.dauguet.free.fr/photos/armure.jpg

Edit : Next time I'll smile :D

[Stefan]

Edit : Next time I'll smile :D
No, that's ok. It fits to the ronin-like way you carry your men and hold your shinai :wink:.

[Gonzo Nakayui]

http://home.wanadoo.nl/kendo/fotos/2002_aruba/aruba04.jpg

The most important thing in kendo is to get yourself a sponsor!

[mystic_kendoka]

http://home.wanadoo.nl/kendo/fotos/2002_aruba/aruba04.jpg

The most important thing in kendo is to get yourself a sponsor!



hehheehhehehhhe thts the best pic i've seen

[nalogg]

ronald mckendo
The most important thing in kendo is to get yourself a sponsor!
HAHA awesome

[Infinity]

ronnie donnie kendoka! i love it!

[Gonzo Nakayui]

http://www.yaegaki-kai.be/pics/divers/06.jpg

A bad case of small-wiener-itis I guess?

[taganahan]

been reading this thread and thought i should put mine

http://www.community.webshots.com/album/235105980oOhxlN

i'm the guy with the puffy hair and red guitar.

~taganahan

[Washington]

The most important thing in kendo is to get yourself a sponsor!
LOL that's a great one LOL

[nalogg]

been reading this thread and thought i should put mine

http://www.community.webshots.com/album/235105980oOhxlN

i'm the guy with the puffy hair and red guitar.

~taganahan
aw damn it didn't work :(

[Malekith]

a pic of me...............

[Wout]

here's apic of me right before my exam for shodan.


http://www.seishinkan.be/?q=node/view/1932




btw: I know my hair is a mess :p

[nalogg]

a pic of me...............woah you look like a friend of mine!
i opened your picture and while it was loading, i did some work, and i came back to it and thought to myself, "WOAH when did HE get a nose ring?" and then i realized it wasn't my friend.

do you take that out for kendo? or leave it in to add a visual component to an intimidating kiai? :D

[Malekith]

yeah I put a bullet retainer in it for Kendo. It's been stretched since that pic was taken upto 4mm but the diameter is now smaller.

You can also see one of my transdermal implants in that pic (right side of forehead). That ones already been taken out and the other side has to come out tomorrow as its breaking through. Will be fun I'm sure, hurts like a ****ing bitch and no anasthetic is used at all.

I havn't worn Men yet but I would imagine it would cause a lot of trouble for my implants so in a way its a good thing, the bad thing is they were £200 each. My other piercings are likely to be taped up and I have many...I'll just say I really really hope the Tare does its job for any off target blows or there may be a bit of damage caused

[Vortex]

I'm in the center...http://photobucket.com/albums/v517/TheVortex/?action=view&current=Team.jpg


In the center again...
http://photobucket.com/albums/v517/TheVortex/?action=view&current=Group.jpg

[nalogg]

...I'll just say I really really hope the Tare does its job for any off target blows or there may be a bit of damage caused
ouch!!!!!

haha

[taganahan]

aw damn it didn't work :(dang it! i was hoping that it would direct people to the individual pic. oh well. i'll give the gen. add. anywho. here it is: http://community.webshots.com/user/taganahan (http://community.webshots.com/user/taganahan)

after clicking the link. go to the band tab.

i'm the guy with the red guitar...always with the red guitar....i never let anywho touch it.....mwuahaha. just kidding, i'm not that selfish.

~taganahan

[nalogg]

i'm the guy with the red guitar...always with the red guitar
cool!
i also play the guitar but mine is not nearly as nice
:D

[nalogg]

WOAH!
this thread has over 10,690 views!
it's beaten the "10 ten signs you're obsessed with kendo" thread :O

however i want to see MORE pictures!!! :D

[akumalkenshi]

http://groups.msn.com/pabloencancun/kendo.msnw?albumlist=2you can see how much micha grew.

[akumalkenshi]

Im the one with no hair....

[ISSAC RU]

http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehos....jpg/?id=154849 (http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehosting/showimg.jpg/?id=154849)

[Anjin-san]

assorted me, enjoy

the beginning:
http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/five6/hostedpics/retard.jpg

skip forward about 12 years to my Army Cadet Force days (98/99), (Lance Corporal Ali :beard: I'm the least cool posed person in the pic (right):

http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/five6/hostedpics/notcool1.jpg

This one was in June 2004 at St.Etienne, France. I've been told I've lost weight since then (Ari wa sumaato narimashitane?)

http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/five6/hostedpics/Etienne.jpg

The more recent ones are, for lack of a better word, retarded (well, ok, more retarded). Don't post them!

[tamaki]

here's my pictures.I am the blonde girl usually at the right side of each picture
http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=255401258
please tell me if there's problem with the link

[Wout]

here's my pictures.I am the blonde girl usually at the right side of each picture
http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=255401258
please tell me if there's problem with the link

there is a problem with the link, it says I'm not logged in or something

[tamaki]

http://community.webshots.com/user/ultra_v1ol3t
ok maybe this works. please somebody tell me if not!

[nalogg]

One time i was on iron chef :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Nalogg/champ.jpg

some of the blood is mine, some is not... needless to say I'm a pretty competitive chef.

[litige]

One time i was on iron chef :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Nalogg/champ.jpg

some of the blood is mine, some is not... needless to say I'm a pretty competitive chef.

LLoooLL

I really like your pose!

[Hisham]

One time i was on iron chef :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Nalogg/champ.jpg

some of the blood is mine, some is not... needless to say I'm a pretty competitive chef. LOL good one, i guess that your assistants are sliced instead of fired aren't they hehe.

[don quixote]

:smiley: Hey, Louis, you should have a moustache like the one in your avatar pic! It would look royally cool behind the mengane too!

[TylerY]

After I told my friends I was doing Kendo, they told me that I absolutely HAD to take two pictures: One in the snow and one in sakura petals blowing in the wind. Since it's still in the heart of winter:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/tylerye789/me.jpg

[Anjin-san]

Nice! That tucked out Keikogi is tres chic

[nalogg]

After I told my friends I was doing Kendo, they told me that I absolutely HAD to take two pictures: One in the snow and one in sakura petals blowing in the wind. Since it's still in the heart of winter:That's awesome!

[TylerY]

That's awesome!
It was also very cold ^^;

[TylerY]

http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehos....jpg/?id=154849 (http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehosting/showimg.jpg/?id=154849)
You have beautiful writing. That IS your real writing, right? lol

[ISSAC RU]

http://img181.exs.cx/img181/2127/scan00020xt.jpg

....do you think i could fake that ??