International Aid

[Sergio]

Hello to all,

My name is Sergio, I am from Colombia, South America, and I am a memeber of a new Kendo group here in my city.
As it turns out we are the first group to arise in our country, so we dont have as much support as could be hoped.
To start our group we decided to bring Sensei Hector Fuenmayor to our city. He is a Fourth Dan and has been of extreme help to us.
However, seeing how our country is at war right now (Even though many people dont know...) we are having trouble obtaining training gear that we NEED in order to have a stablished group, that can get better for the future.
I know you must get this a lot, but it would be great if any of you could donate any spare gear you have, and feel good about helping to bring kendo across the world.
We would be more than willing to pay for the shipping costs, as we really need this equipment.

Thanks all for at least reading my rambling,
Have a good day.

[Tato]

Hola Sergio, se donde está Colombía, he oido hablar mucho de Medellin (de hecho mi familia tiene algún antepasado de ahí), y, te puedes imaginar que seguimos con atención lo que pasa en tu país.

(Sorry, I know that this is an english speaking forum, but it's rare to see someone who speaks Spanish here)

Sergio, I remember that the AJKF or the WKF have a help programme of the kind that your looking for, they send used bogu to starting countries. Maybe someone else in this forum knows who to address.

In our club we don't have many spar bogu, so I don't belive that we can help you much, but there are more dojos in Spain, I recomend that you put a message at the following forum:

http://www.gritos.com/kendo/

You can also find fine kendo info in Spanish at http://kenwakai.org/esp.htm

Good luck and keep posting.

Un cordial saludo!

[Paburo]

yes, let's all spread the kendo love around the world

get in contact with me sergio, and i'll see what me and our dojo crew can do for your newborn school

es bueno ayudar :D