About the "Iran and did Kendo" article

[Hisham]

An inspiring story Alex. Really happy for Mr Soleyman and his students for getting some help from the AJKF.Hope they get the affiliation with IKF.
Your "culture shock" remarks were funny, reminds me of some of the stuff going on in my country hehe.

PS:Hey that water pipe you used is called Sheesha at least for Arabic speaker :D

[tantadi]

It was a nice article but I don't understand the title. "Iran and did kendo" ??

[Anime12478]

You have to see it as 2 separate sentences to get it. You have "Iran and did Kendo" as in doing Kendo in Iran and you have "I ran and did Kendo" just a clever play on words.

[Alex]

In retrospect, I don't know if it is a clever play on words... :wink:

By the way, the other person who is mentioned in the article is mighty pissed. :confused2 We will be posting his reply soon out of courtesy, but nothing in my article will be retracted.

[Hisham]

In retrospect, I don't know if it is a clever play on words... :wink:

By the way, the other person who is mentioned in the article is mighty pissed. :confused2 We will be posting his reply soon out of courtesy, but nothing in my article will be retracted.

The evidence is totally against that guy, i don't see how he's gonna defend himself.

I was wondering ,as Iran is located in Asia ,why seek an affiliation with the EKF instead of the IKF directly? Same goes for South Africa which is obviously not a european country but affiliated with the EKF.

[Alex]

It's a simple matter of providing other evidence. Of course there are always 2 sides to each story. When we put his story up, each reader can decide for themselves. As I said, I will not retract anything.

[Lloromannic]

I was wondering ,as Iran is located in Asia ,why seek an affiliation with the EKF instead of the IKF directly? Same goes for South Africa which is obviously not a european country but affiliated with the EKF.

I think that there is no African Kendo Federation and so South Africa, being an ex european colony felt more at home with Europe than with Asia

[KingCanute]

that guy will have a hard time defending himself. sounds like an utter fraud.

[Anime12478]

I would like to hear his side of the story. It's interesting to see why people do the things they do even though it might be unethical.

[Stephen]

Congrats Alex on doing the right thing and writing the article even though you would have been aware it could cause you some headaches later on (and for using judgment to go against KW's usual policy of not getting involved in politics).thanks for leading by example

[plotty]

Great article Alex. Must have been really weird, beeing in the old American Embassy. BTW, it was nice meeting you in the Tube in London. That was you, right?

[Alex]

Well, I'm getting a flurry of mails from a certain individual, some quite threatening, and many CC'd to various people in the EKF etc. He is denying everything, as is his prerogative, and getting various officials to back him up. It is all quite a nasty and politically hot business. :ogre: I hope things don't get too out of hand for Solly and his group.

Ah yes, that was me in the tube in London the other day. Small world huh! :smiley:

[chidokan]

Alex, which dojo do you use in Kyoto????

p.s. hurry up with the next issue...otherwise I will have to talk to my relatives over Xmas.... :alien:

[[Kensei 剣の聖者]]

Well, I'm getting a flurry of mails from a certain individual, some quite threatening, and many CC'd to various people in the EKF etc. He is denying everything, as is his prerogative, and getting various officials to back him up. It is all quite a nasty and politically hot business. :ogre: I hope things don't get too out of hand for Solly and his group.

Ah yes, that was me in the tube in London the other day. Small world huh! :smiley:
the officials are probably, just as corrupt as the guy himself, i wud know , im Iranian....

[ISSAC RU]

Plz explan ur title...

Iran and did kendo

[Louis X]

Read the first posts. Even a French like me could figure it out. :D

It was a nice article. Let the guy publish his answer or he will use your denial as an evidence he is right... :confused2

It'd be nice to keep us updated to know how things are going for Mr Soleyman and his students too.

[Charlie]

Great article, I agree. The quality of the content in each magazine just gets better and better. Except the fiction, of course. Geez, who turns out that fluff? :ko: