All Japan Taikai

[Wark 1978]

I should hopefully be getting a ticket to the All Japan Taikai on Nov 3rd. Is anyone else on the forum going?

[hamish]

Keep an eye out for the Kendo World team running around on the sidelines!

[kenshi_kr]

I would so like to watch.. how much are tickets?
Can anyone tell me how the all-japan kendo comp is run? i mean.. i'm sure there are thousands, maybe not thousands but hundreds at least, of competitors.. how do they organize the prelim rounds and such? i'd imagine it being run throughout the year to eliminate most competitors and then holding the higher rounds over the last couple of days or is there something else. Is there a strict criteria you have to meet before entering?

[kendokamax]

I would so like to watch.. how much are tickets?
Can anyone tell me how the all-japan kendo comp is run? i mean.. i'm sure there are thousands, maybe not thousands but hundreds at least, of competitors.. how do they organize the prelim rounds and such? i'd imagine it being run throughout the year to eliminate most competitors and then holding the higher rounds over the last couple of days or is there something else. Is there a strict criteria you have to meet before entering?

In the months before the competition there is Tournaments in every Prefectures.

The people who place in top for these tournament get a ticket for the all japan.

Smaller Prefectures usualy only send one participant (the winner of the prefectrue tournaments). Bigger Prefectures send more people (tokyo sends 4 ).
Plus the winner of the last year tournament gets a free pass.

In total there is 64 participants on the day of the tournament.

[AlexM]

Go Mitsunobu Sato!!

I'm a fan so sue me.

He's got Ando pretty soon in his bracket though... at least he won't have to go through Iwasa again. Ando vs. Sato sounds like a hell of a match (match no.50 if all goes well).

(Kenji?) Shoudai didn't get to the finals this year. Too bad, I was looking forward to seeing his jodan again.

Any non-cops that look strong this year?

[kendokamax]

I'm not sure but I don't think this thread should be in Misc Events....after all it's the top of the top when talking about kendo competitions :P

[Andoru]

AlexM: Is that the young Shoudai who does renzoku waza in jodan?

[AlexM]

AlexM: Is that the young Shoudai who does renzoku waza in jodan?

Yup.

I have a short clip of him from last year (courtesy of Max actually) where he does something like kote-kote-men-kote-men-kote-men... Humans should not be able to do that. It was nuts. No ippon but plenty of spirit.

I heard he went into the police straight out of High School too, no University.

He's in Kanagawa so making the cut each year must be relatively tough. He might be injured of course.

[dorkusxmaximus]

hey hey share that clip with me, alex. Send it this way ^_^, please. I heard about him from harry. shareeeeee mannn!!!

[Lloromannic]

I have a short clip of him from last year (courtesy of Max actually) where he does something like kote-kote-men-kote-men-kote-men... Humans should not be able to do that. It was nuts. No ippon but plenty of spirit.
Any chances of sharing that clip? (this fora lack a "pleading-puppy-eyes" smiley)

[Andoru]

Ahh yes share the love please! :D

[kendokamax]

Ahh yes share the love please! :D

No, no love from me

but alex you have to video

[Andoru]

In which case....

share the love please Alex!

[baysun]

Yup.

I have a short clip of him from last year (courtesy of Max actually) where he does something like kote-kote-men-kote-men-kote-men... Humans should not be able to do that. It was nuts. No ippon but plenty of spirit.

I heard he went into the police straight out of High School too, no University.

He's in Kanagawa so making the cut each year must be relatively tough. He might be injured of course.
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Shodai Kenji is awesome... I have had the honor of practicing with him. Faster than Lightning out of hidari jodan. Believe me, it wasnt until the third time I played him that I could see his shinai. He is 22 and a yondan. His main teacher has been Chiba Sensei. He scored some beautiful men in the Kanagawa Ken Championship and was so fast that the refs didn&t catch a few of his kote!There was an article last year about him in a Japanese newspaper.He was doing 2000 suburi a day, the year, before the All Japan Kendo Championship *Zen Nihon Kendo Senchuken Taikai*/

Shodai wont be in the ZNKST this year because another awesome lighting quick guy by the name of Koyama/another hidari jodan specialist/ along with Takanabe will represent Kanagawa Ken this year... They are both Kanagawa Ken Police and yes, they train with the Miyazaki brothers and some other great teachers!

Ice Man

[baysun]

[QUOTE=kenshi_kr]I would so like to watch.. how much are tickets?
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Tickets are 1,000 yen about 9.00 US / 3,000 yen 27.00 Us / 6,000 yen ETC.

[Danny Boy]

Hopefully gonna scrounge a ticket off a friend for this one.

Cya guys there.

[baysun]

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Shodai Kenji is awesome... I have had the honor of practicing with him. Faster than Lightning out of hidari jodan. Believe me, it wasnt until the third time I played him that I could see his shinai. He is 22 and a yondan. His main teacher has been Chiba Sensei. He scored some beautiful men in the Kanagawa Ken Championship and was so fast that the refs didn&t catch a few of his kote!There was an article last year about him in a Japanese newspaper.He was doing 2000 suburi a day, the year, before the All Japan Kendo Championship *Zen Nihon Kendo Senchuken Taikai*/

Shodai wont be in the ZNKST this year because another awesome lighting quick guy by the name of Koyama/another hidari jodan specialist/ along with Takanabe will represent Kanagawa Ken this year... They are both Kanagawa Ken Police and yes, they train with the Miyazaki brothers and some other great teachers!

Ice Man

PS> One advantage of this kind of training, is that when I practice at other dojos/dojo in Japan, most other Hidari JoDan players seem to be much slower! Or more accurately,very fast, but much slower than Shodai, in human terms! Shodai takes you do another dimension of time and space.

Also you might want to know that at the Kanagawa Ken High School Championships, last Spring, among about 2000 participants, there were about 10/15 kids who did Hidari Jodan!

ICE

[AlexM]

hey hey share that clip with me, alex. Send it this way ^_^, please. I heard about him from harry. shareeeeee mannn!!!

(In Dickensien English accent)

Get back you filthy urchins! Lest you wish to feel my cane on your back-side!!!! I haven't a penny for you...

The clip is a 3,79 Meg Quicktime file. Max originally sent it to me from Japan through MSN.

If anyone has a suggestion for posting the clip somewhere please let me know. You can always contact me through MSN if you wish (check my profile). Assuming my cpu's firewall doesn't screw up the sending (which it sometimes does for no real reason). I can always send it by email if you wish, assuming you have an account with enough capacity (having PM's working would be really practical right about now :D)

I will of course require some kind of payment for this service... something degrading and humiliating... yes, that would fill the bill. I require a sacrifice: your dignity should do the trick.. oh wait, I forgot: I'm not evil. Curses!

BTW, the actual sequence is Kote-Men-Men-Kote-Men-Men... or something like that. Each time I watch my mind wonders off.

I'm surprised Hamish or Dr.A haven't taken the opportunity to plug a subscription to KW magazine by saying: "You know, you could get all of Shoudai's matches on our complimentary CD, and without having to resort to begging that Bastard Alex" :D

[Lloromannic]

Do you want my dignity? Sorry but I lost it on saturday when I poked my eye with a straw while attempting to drink from it. Apparently I also spent half an hour slurring Take me back to dear old Blighty.

You can send it to lloromannic at gmail dot com.
Pretty (http://www.petsconnect.org/puppics/Sheila%20Sept%204,%202004.JPG) Please? (http://www.petsconnect.org/puppics/Sheila%20Sept%204,%202004.JPG)

[Andoru]

asktan at gmail dot com oneigaishimasu! :D

[dorkusxmaximus]

My dignity? LOLOL. Hahahhahahahahahahah. Mwahahahhahhahahhaa. Wait, let me do that one more time. Hahahahhaahhaahhahahhaahhahahahaha. Oh that was good ^_^. I have NONE =P! That was a good one. :ogre: . That means I get the clip for free. Yayy! Kanagawa you say? I will go there..........someday ^_^. Connections are great :) .

[reg]

I heard he went into the police straight out of High School too, no University.
he went straight from yashiro higashikou to kanagawa police. dont know why, maybe he already knew what he wanted to do and skipped the 4 years he would've spent at university, this is only an assumption. also, there are so many good schools in kumamoto ken, like kyushu gakuin, and aso kou. plus, the ace from kumamoto at the time was a guy called uchimura ryoichi [who went to meiji dai and now a member of keishicho team]. maybe he didn't get offered a place at the university he wanted to go. but eitherway, he's a quality player, no matter how you look at it.

in one article, he revealed that he did 2000 katate suburi every day since highschool. 'nuff said i think -_-"

[Wark 1978]

[QUOTE=kenshi_kr]I would so like to watch.. how much are tickets?
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Tickets are 1,000 yen about 9.00 US / 3,000 yen 27.00 Us / 6,000 yen ETC.
ice man,

will you be going? it would be good to put a face to the name. i'm not sure if i've got a ticket yet though. waiting for a call from my sensei.

[Andoru]

Thank you AlexM for the video!

Reg: your knowledge of kumamoto ken...hmm...I wonder if you're from Canberra and was at Wollongong recently... ;)

[5ro]

Can you hook me up as well. Thanks in advance!

abeg79 at gmail period com

[Stefan]

Please send me the movie, too.

alpman at herrenaben dot de

[reg]

Reg: your knowledge of kumamoto ken...hmm...I wonder if you're from Canberra and was at Wollongong recently... ;)
no and no. maybe i just happen to know things :evolved:

[kendokamax]

But to make it to Kanagawa ken police it's not easy at all..
normaly you need to take a test too, he must be intelligent (?)

[Andoru]

Give us a clue reg :P

[SirFingerLickin]

Please send me the clip! I'm pretty sure yahoo can handle this size attachment
bigphil619@yahoo.com

[5ro]

Do they usually broadcast the All Japan on NHK?

[AlexM]

Curses!!!

The street urchins are increasing in number! Shouldn't you filthy buggers be mining coal or something?

I'm still waiting for those sacrifices of dignity by the way....

[Lloromannic]

Curses!!!

The street urchins are increasing in number! Shouldn't you filthy buggers be mining coal or something?

I'm still waiting for those sacrifices of dignity by the way....
But I told you, I lost mine!!
And I gave you a picture of a puppy. A sad puppy!

[AlexM]

But I told you, I lost mine!!
And I gave you a picture of a puppy. A sad puppy!

Didn't you already get it?

I eat puppies.

[JSchmidt]

Alex, if you mail it to me : jakobATfastmail.fm I can host it :D

Jakob

[Lloromannic]

Didn't you already get it?
I had already recieved I was just telling you that unfortunately I can't give you my dignity as I lost it in a party. If you manage to find it you can keep it though

[baysun]

ice man,

will you be going? it would be good to put a face to the name. i'm not sure if i've got a ticket yet though. waiting for a call from my sensei.

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You know it guy!! Will be there early. Lets meet... I had a computer meltdown a few weeks ago and lost all addresses so please give me a shout!!

IceMan

[Nanbanjin]

I think this has been said before, but you don't actually need to be of Japanese nationality to compete in the All Japan Championships. Maybe with Alex's recent good form we'll be seeing him on NHK in November sometime in the next few years?

[baysun]

he went straight from yashiro higashikou to kanagawa police. dont know why, maybe he already knew what he wanted to do and skipped the 4 years he would've spent at university, this is only an assumption. also, there are so many good schools in kumamoto ken, like kyushu gakuin, and aso kou. plus, the ace from kumamoto at the time was a guy called uchimura ryoichi [who went to meiji dai and now a member of keishicho team]. maybe he didn't get offered a place at the university he wanted to go. but eitherway, he's a quality player, no matter how you look at it.

in one article, he revealed that he did 2000 katate suburi every day since highschool. 'nuff said i think -_-"
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You got it so right baby!! According to the article, he went to the Kanagawa Ken Police for 2 reasons....> 1/ To be with Miyazaki Masahiro Sensei and his brother Miyazaki Fumihiro Sensei >>2/ To be near #1 Hidari Jodan Specialist
Chiba Sensei *in Tokyo*

Kendo is a way of life for many people here... I can see where university need not fit in the picture...

Check this> I watched him win the Kanagawa Ken Police Championship 2 years ago in August>> Talkin bout some stuff >
Another thing> when these cats go into the dojo, there is no talkin!!!

Please forgive punctuation> Japanese Computer English OS

[Nanbanjin]

Please forgive punctuation> Japanese Computer English OS
Install a Japanese keyboard driver on your English OS. If you are using Windows this should be easy enough.

[Wark 1978]

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You know it guy!! Will be there early. Lets meet... I had a computer meltdown a few weeks ago and lost all addresses so please give me a shout!!

IceMan
i've still got your phone number i think so i'll call you in a couple of days. my sensei phones me today to let me know that he had got me a "free pass" so i'm definitely going. i can't wait.

also, for everyone else, at this link http://www.kendo.or.jp/english-page/52nd-All-Japan-Kendo-Champ2004.html you can find the tournament ladder. i'll be rooting for Takanabe Sensei and Koyama Sensei who are both from kanagawa. my home is in kanagawa and it is where i practice so i'm not one of these glory boys who just supports manchester united because they're good - it's because they're local.

the standard of kendo in kanagawa dropped a bit when i started so i have to work hard to get it back up to its previous level.

[reg]

i'll be rooting for Takanabe Sensei and Koyama Sensei who are both from kanagawa. my home is in kanagawa and it is where i practice so i'm not one of these glory boys who just supports manchester united because they're good - it's because they're local.
i think koyama-senshu is the only local guy from kanagawa-ken. if i'm not mistaken he went to tokai sagami kou, the same highschool miyazaki brothers went to. but then again, a bulk of the competitors are representing their adopted prefectures instead of their home prefectures.

[Kirin]

i've still got your phone number i think so i'll call you in a couple of days. my sensei phones me today to let me know that he had got me a "free pass" so i'm definitely going. i can't wait.

also, for everyone else, at this link http://www.kendo.or.jp/english-page/52nd-All-Japan-Kendo-Champ2004.html you can find the tournament ladder. i'll be rooting for Takanabe Sensei and Koyama Sensei who are both from kanagawa. my home is in kanagawa and it is where i practice so i'm not one of these glory boys who just supports manchester united because they're good - it's because they're local.

the standard of kendo in kanagawa dropped a bit when i started so i have to work hard to get it back up to its previous level.

Here is Kirin's Picks :
Top left bracket Andou (Aichi) vs M. Sato (Miyagi)
Bottom left bracket ...... can be anyone's game lots of newcomers
Top right bracket Chikamoto (Aichi) & Teramoto (Osaka) & Iguchi (Saitama)
Bottom right bracket Harada (Tokyo) & H. Sato (Osaka)


ps. oh btw did you brits knew about Americans are buying Manchester United?
They will be americans' team soon bawahahaha

[kendokamax]

top left bracket is nuts !! : Koseki, Takanabe, Ando, Sato!! they all could be on best 8 normaly

In first round there is Tazaki vs H. Sato. thats rough !!


go sensei!!

[amatsuda]

Holy Crap! Sato, Mitsunobu just lost in encho!!! What a disappointment..I was hoping that this would be his year...

Looks like Iguchi, Takanabe, Koseki, Chikamoto, Ando, Teramoto have made it out of the first round.

[kendokamax]

he lost??? :( in the first round?? damn :(

he was so pumped for this shiai...he must be disapointed....

[Andoru]

Is there a website with running commentary? I'm sick of looking at the US election updates...

[kendokamax]

i guess not

you need a friend at budoukan mailing you news..

Takenabe 2nd round lost.

[kendokamax]

.....but my friend got pissed and told me no more email please... haha i guess he wants to watch

[reg]

i think it will be ando-harada final. that is, if the latter beats mori-senshu. winner of that match will meet tazaki-senshu...

on a side note, plenty of tsuki scored this time around, 4 of them so far. ando's got 1 already.

[reg]

tazaki lost 2nd round =\ chikamoto won fairly quickly in the 3rd round. i still think it's ando-harada. but chikamoto-san is on fire! he might beat harada again like last year on the way to the final =P

edit: ando lost to a tsuki in encho. there goes my predictions. lame..

[amatsuda]

One best 4 has been determined: Suzuki from Chiba def. Kunitake

Best 8 is as follows:
Kunitake - Notable shiai def. Koseki (tokyo) at best 32
Suzuki - Notable shiai def. Ando at best 16
Isoai
Mizoguchi
Chikamoto - Notable shiai def. shimamura at best 32, def. Teramoto at best 16
Ogawa - Notable shiai def. Iguchi at best 32
Makita
Harada - Notable shiai def. Mori at best 32

[kendokamax]

makita? best 8!! wow thats cool , he is makita sensei's (from budai) son.

and its like his first apperance at all japan wooow ....

[Andoru]

/me keeps hitting F5

Any pictures?

[amatsuda]

Best Four Results

Suzuki def. Mizoguchi - Kote in Encho
Harada def. Chikamoto - Men ippon gachi (payback from last year)

Final is Suzuki vs. Harada

Go Harada! He's been chasing this forever....

[Mr.Tvola]

So, who won?

[reg]

suzuki go beat harada in the final. well, one out of two ain't too bad. pity he couldn't win.this guy came out of nowhere to win it. he took out ando and chikamoto-san on the way.

[kendokamax]

suzuki won .

uuuh chiba was strong this year

[kenshi_kr]

So T.Suzuki is this years champion.. i've actually never really heard of him before.. does anyone know of him? Chikamoto Takumi has the most amazing footwork.. any1 agree? it seems he just glides across da floor.. too bad M.Sato didn't get too far.. he really has style when doing kendo..

[mingshi]

From Kyodo Shinbun (trophy pic):-

http://flash24.kyodo.co.jp/?MID=RANDOM&PG=STORY&NGID=spot&NWID=2004110301001467

A longer article from Mainichi:-
http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/sports/feature/news/20041104k0000m050019000c.html

Scoring 2 tsuki in a single taikai is amazing...

[Andoru]

Results: http://www.kendo.or.jp/jp/result/champ52/2004-champ52-tournament.html

[Danny Boy]

Yeah man,

It was fun to see this in person, was kinda suprised by the results, but hey, if it was predictable, it wouldnt be so much fun.

From all the oohs and aahs on the forums here, i was expecting the Jodan guys to do much better (granted, okuma almost got a point once.....).


Anyhow, hooray for Chiba ken.

[Hongsermeier]

Does anyone have the tree translated into English for us folk who are not yet fluent in Nihongo?

OOps, in too much of a hury. I found it.

[Stephen]

So T.Suzuki is this years champion.. i've actually never really heard of him before.. does anyone know of him? Chikamoto Takumi has the most amazing footwork.. any1 agree? it seems he just glides across da floor.. too bad M.Sato didn't get too far.. he really has style when doing kendo..
I definatly gotta agree, Chikamoto's footwork is awsome...(truth be told i've trying to mimic it all week, then went to training, tried it out and just about fell flat on my face:redface: )..if anyones got any suggestions on how he does it like that, please speak up...If i did nothing else in kendo but get footwork like that i rekkon I'd be a happy kendoka

[kendokamax]

if you had footwork like any of these guys you would be able to make it to final of world championship :)

their feets are so freaking fast :S

[Stephen]

if you had footwork like any of these guys you would be able to make it to final of world championship :)

their feets are so freaking fast :S
If only i could stop falling over hahahaha:)