43rd Annual Steveston Invitational Kendo Tournament?

[bokkenbreaker83]

Does anyone know if this takes place in Richmond, VA or in some other Richmond? Thanks.

[Nishi]

Does anyone know if this takes place in Richmond, VA or in some other Richmond? Thanks.

Steveston,
Richmond,
British Columbia,
Canada.

[bokkenbreaker83]

man...that sucks...i was really looking forward to going to it...darn it...

[TylerY]

That's a 40 minute drive away hurrah

[Mizukaze]

Same here, it's pretty far but darn worth it!

As a warning, I would like to notify Lloyd, Kris, Issac, and Mirou that I'll be there.. with a vengance! And this time I won't fall! :D

[taganahan]

lol...i sucked yesterday at the vancouver tourny. :ko: gotta train hard again for the steveston. a couple more weeks might do that.

~taganahan

[4doormadman]

lol...i sucked yesterday at the vancouver tourny. :ko: gotta train hard again for the steveston. a couple more weeks might do that.

~taganahan
nah, you didn't, you did just fine

but in the next few weeks i'll show you a few tricks that'll give you some points for sure, haha

[taganahan]

sweet!!...i just need more practice.lol and never let my mind black/blank out...lol

~taganahan

[ISSAC RU]

Do you guys think the Steveston Tournement is going to be
as big as the vancouver one?

[AkuSokuZan]

The Steveston Taikai is probably the most prestigious and largestTaikai in the Vancouver Area. Whereas the VKC taikai was it's 41st, the Steveston as you all know is the 43rd. It's going to be hard, but vancouver will make gold in the team matches for sure.

[taganahan]

is it the biggest kendo tournament? anywho, who's going here for the tourny???

~taganahan

[litige]

The Steveston Taikai is probably the most prestigious and largestTaikai in the Vancouver Area. Whereas the VKC taikai was it's 41st, the Steveston as you all know is the 43rd. It's going to be hard, but vancouver will make gold in the team matches for sure.

watch out for team Quebec

[ISSAC RU]

what kind of food are they gonna serve?

[AkuSokuZan]

watch out for team Quebec
Umm... I think i was refering to junior teams... Cough cough... anyways, the only way thats going to happen is if we practice hard..

[AkuSokuZan]

what kind of food are they gonna serve?
They served an awsome seafood curry last year.. It was quite nice... I hope they do it again!!

[ISSAC RU]

umm..................sea food.......urrrrrr......( Homer voice )

[misterkurukuru]

sorry canada, i will not be in the house!

[AkuSokuZan]

sorry canada, i will not be in the house!
Covina will not be going??? Or will you not be going??? (BTW who are you on the covina team, if Moocow is the nito guy ( who i have to say is really good) who are you?? Are you the Hidari joudan guy??? (Sorry, i would just like to know)

[AkuSokuZan]

umm..................sea food.......urrrrrr......( Homer voice )
Trust me on this one, It was really good!!!!

[Mizukaze]

Seafood curry!?! SSSSSWEET! Now I have another reason to come to the tourney asides from being slaughtered again. ;)

[ISSAC RU]

could any of you guys explain some of the details about the gym ?

[misterkurukuru]

Covina will not be going??? Or will you not be going??? (BTW who are you on the covina team, if Moocow is the nito guy ( who i have to say is really good) who are you?? Are you the Hidari joudan guy??? (Sorry, i would just like to know)



21-30
1 masukawa
2 taguchi
3 suwa( i think that was his name, its the guy from japan)
3 Okada

USA did win the red and white match!
2 chinens and I rep. so cal and aided our seattle buddies to win the prize of a big pile of shinai!!!

so I am not one of the chinens and i am not moocow: therefor i am...

[jmarsten]

so I am not one of the chinens and i am not moocow: therefor i am...
"always the bridesmaid never the bride." Sorry Steve but that was way too big of an opening. One too many brandys!!!
:)

[jmarsten]

Steve has more 3rd places than any one I know of. One of my favorite Japanese sensei and D. Taguchi's sensei was the same, Kajiya sensei was in the best 8 and top 4 more than anyone else I know of for years in the All Japan Taikai. Still he never won the championship.

[misterkurukuru]

marsten sensei,
your son almost beat suwa from uvic during the team match. Their match ended in a tie. it was one of the best matches i saw all day. Suwa beat katsushi chinen rather quickly and almost beat masukawa sensei, so getting a hikiwake with him and controling the match was no small feat!

always a brides maid...story of my kendo life...2nd twice at nationals..but i have won first before at other tournies...but yes, i prob. own more 2nd and 3rd place trophies than anyone else!

[Andoy]

Hey waht's up y'all. It's been a while since I logged in here. The Vancouver Taikai was awesome(even though I didn't participate) and I'm looking forward to the Steveston tourney, I got owned pretty bad last year but the atmosphere is always good. I was pretty suprised to see Mr. Kurukuru and his crew at the Vancouver Taikai. You guys should head up here more often!

[Andoy]

PS: it was good to see the Vancouver guys again. i am missing out on some good kendo!

[AkuSokuZan]

Andoy, Who are you?!?!?!?!?!?

[AkuSokuZan]

so I am not one of the chinens and i am not moocow: therefor i am...

Hm... Seeing as i'm a loner and know nobody, that doesn't help... oh well....

[AkuSokuZan]

Seafood curry!?! SSSSSWEET! Now I have another reason to come to the tourney asides from being slaughtered again. ;)
It was really good... I just hope i don't get questioned about eating with chopstickes AND a spoon again. Personnally i don't think theres anything wrong with that... *Glares at Kazuya, Aki, Sachi, Masato, and all the other ppl who asked me*

[Andoy]

Andoy, Who are you?!?!?!?!?!?
I'm from Vancouver too:wink:

[samurai999]

hehe i'm going this year. I heard that a long ago, there used to be a seafood buffet since most of the Japanese families in the area were fishermen and they donated a portion of their catch for the tournament. I have therefore heard tales of abundant lobster and crab and fish.. damn... That sounds good right now...

Tim

[Neil Gendzwill]

I dunno about a seafood buffet but unless things have changed there's a nice dinner on Friday night put on for the people from out of town by the local Japanese ladies.

[Iviro]

yeah that tournament is maybe year-round the biggest in North America
I'm looking forward to the AFTER party at Blarneys or whatever its called
Thats the best part of it :smoker: hehe

[taganahan]

yeah that tournament is maybe year-round the biggest in North America
I'm looking forward to the AFTER party at Blarneys or whatever its called
Thats the best part of it :smoker: hehe
just wondering, do you know of someone who came here on the first week of january and practiced with us?

i don't know what the fuss with the food is all about. i'm gonna ask my mom what they're gonna prepare. as for the competition, it's going to be based on ranking not age...phew

~taganahan

[ISSAC RU]

um.....mango......~~~~~~~~~~~~~arrrrrrrrrrrr...... ..........

[Iviro]

just wondering, do you know of someone who came here on the first week of january and practiced with us?
Yeah... That was me haha

[taganahan]

sweet!...now i know you...mwuahaha..lol

~taganahan

[ISSAC RU]

watch our Mr . taganahan ~!
I m going to participate steveston tournement ...

Wuhahahahahah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~prepare to be owned...!!

just kidding.~_~

[Hai_hai's_mom]

I m going to participate steveston tournement
i will also be there

[AkuSokuZan]

I'm from Vancouver too:wink:
Ah i see.... Well..... i guess.... hm.... (i'm gonna shup up now...)

[AkuSokuZan]

watch our Mr . taganahan ~!
I m going to participate steveston tournement ...

Wuhahahahahah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~prepare to be owned...!!

just kidding.~_~
HAHAHAHAHA you owning taganahan?????? Damn, when we practiced, i thought he was better than i was... how on earth are you going to beat him,??!?!?!?!

jkjk

[ISSAC RU]

come on...start ur friday practice , man...

i m so not enjoying my week off....sitting home with dad is so painful..

[Andoy]

Ah i see.... Well..... i guess.... hm.... (i'm gonna shup up now...)
don't worry, we'll cross paths soon.

(maybe, depends if i go or not)

[Iviro]

sweet!...now i know you...mwuahaha..lol
Were you in the non-bogu or bogu group? did we practice together? I dont remember your name

[taganahan]

i was in the bogu group. i also joined the keiko after the regular practice. you might remember me if i said i fell on the last keiko because of a cramped leg. i was also getting dizzy before that so i had to seat on the side for a while. i guess i pushed myself on that day too much. argh...

~taganahan

[AkuSokuZan]

come on...start ur friday practice , man...

i m so not enjoying my week off....sitting home with dad is so painful..
I'll go tommorow man.... and you better be there so i can beat you again in ippon shobu.

Nah, i'm just kidding about that remark, i'm gonna go tho. I guess i'll see you there

[AkuSokuZan]

AAAAAaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh It's this Saturday!!! I can' wait!!!

[samurai999]

I dunno about a seafood buffet but unless things have changed there's a nice dinner on Friday night put on for the people from out of town by the local Japanese ladies.


Of course this was a long time ago and last time i went, it was your pretty run-of-the-mill buffet. I was just REALLY hungry when i posted that.

Tim

[taganahan]

5 more days!!!

kris and isaac - i've actually slowed down for a while now. my knees are killing me and i might do once a week practice after the tournament because of the mark on my math 12 and also of my knees.....sigh

~taganahan

[ISSAC RU]

my dad won't let me participate the tournement because i have
language challenge in Feb.19
i guess i have to wait until next year this time to play with u guys

[ISSAC RU]

and the stupid chinese new year band performance on feb.12....

[AkuSokuZan]

5 more days!!!

kris and isaac - i've actually slowed down for a while now. my knees are killing me and i might do once a week practice after the tournament because of the mark on my math 12 and also of my knees.....sigh

~taganahanDun worry bout it. I've slowed down as well... I should be at practice today, but... i'm not...


my dad won't let me participate the tournement because i have
language challenge in Feb.19
i guess i have to wait until next year this time to play with u guys don't worry Issac, ur rite, there is always next year. but are you coming to watch??? it is after all the largest in north america!!!

[ISSAC RU]

if i could come over watch then i will be participating as well , but the problem is
i have to perform erhu to those little crippled boys in richmond and bible dudes in metrotown for chinese new year ...on feb . 12 ..which they just told me yesterday..and my dad made me do the performance instead of kendo . the reason he had was very simple ...kendo wasn't important...and i m having language challenge next next week ..and this semester i having 2 provincial tests course ...so no possibilty of attending monday practices..may budda save me!!

[AkuSokuZan]

if i could come over watch then i will be participating as well , but the problem is
i have to perform erhu to those little crippled boys in richmond and bible dudes in metrotown for chinese new year ...on feb . 12 ..which they just told me yesterday..and my dad made me do the performance instead of kendo . the reason he had was very simple ...kendo wasn't important...and i m having language challenge next next week ..and this semester i having 2 provincial tests course ...so no possibilty of attending monday practices..may budda save me!!
Well, you gotta do what you've gotta do, but isssac, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

[Nishi]

Ill be there...

My zekken says:

Manitoba
Bla
Blah
Bla
Westhead

Please stop me and say hi!! I would like to meet as many of you guys as possible!!

See you tommorow!

[AkuSokuZan]

Taikai Is Tommorow!!!! Sooo Excited!!!!!

[ISSAC RU]

go to hell~!!!

you are making me more pissed off then i already am...

[bamboo_stick]

Hey all

I'm not gonna be there this year but I hope you all have a great time at Blarney Stone!!
...oh and good luck at the tournament too.

haha

[ISSAC RU]

Joking joking....
well...GL on the taikais everyone..
share some photo afterwards

[taganahan]

lol....my zekken would look like this:

STEVESTON
....
.....
TAGANAHAN

hey nishi, were you at the dinner before the practice? there were two people from manitoba who were having dinner over there.

i'll try and get as many pictures as i can.

~taganahan

[bamboo_stick]

Anybody have the results??

[Mizukaze]

Good job MOOOOOOCOOOWWWWW!!! (me and kris were the kids at the entrance who kept saying 'go moocow' and 'good job') You -have- to teach me how to get started with nito. I don't care if I become a jerk like you and pummel people to death when they are on the ground after the judges have called 'yame!', it's sooooo cool!

Lloyd lost in first round! Hahahaha! Kris also lost!

I on the other hand, didn't lose any matches. :D

*drool* the food was awesome, and I think that I ate every single cookie. Hope to see you guys at the U. of Washington taikai in May.

[samurai999]

That was a good taikai indeed. Since I was obliged to support my teams i really didn't look at anything else (except the time the moocow started to wail on this guy) and Yang senseis match against the guy with the e-bogu zekken that was not Ariga sensei.

NCKF(woohoo!) vs. Steveston was the most exciting match I saw in a long time. Onitsuka sensei's dou was totally clutch in the tiebreaker and it came "seconds" before the match ended.

Lastly, nice seeing you again Jamie and Honda.

Tim

[jmarsten]

43nd ANNUAL STEVESTON KENDO TOURNAMENT - February 12, 2005
10 Years and Under 11 to 13 Years
1st place - K. Knecht, Sunrise 1st place - G. Mizutani, Renbu
2nd place - Jk Tubajon, Steveston 2nd place - Ad Eitoku, NCKF
3rd place - Y. Yamada, Renbu 3rd place - R. Eguchi, SCKF
3rd place - S. Fujita, Renbu 3rd place - B. Fukutomi, Hawai'i

14 to 15 Years Junior Team
1st place - T. Hori, SCKF 1st place - NCKF
2nd place - J. Yoshikawa, Tacoma 2nd place - Bellevue
3rd place - J. Akahoshi, Obukan 3rd place - SCKF
3rd place - F. Michioka, NCKF 3rd place - Steveston

Non-Degree Senior Ladies
1st place - R. Campbell, Steveston 1st place - K. Miyata, Manitoba
2nd place - Ju Lee, Steveston 2nd place - M. Sakae, SCKF
3rd place - V. Banez, Steveston 3rd place - SY Choi, EBogu
3rd place - J. Friedman, Everett 3rd place - L. Tanaka, NCKF

1-2 Dan 3rd Dan
1st place - J. Higo, Steveston 1st place - F. Itokazu, SCKF
2nd place - B. Imanishi, Cascade 2nd place - K. Ishikawa, SFU
3rd place - I. Miki, Sunrise 3rd place - K. Kobayashi, Youshinkan
3rd place - K. Mori, NCKF 3rd place - D. Fujii, UBC

4th Dan and Above Senior Team
1st place - T. Ariga, EBogu 1st place - SCKF
2nd place - S. Murayama, EBogu 2nd place - NCKF
3rd place - J. Eitoku, NCKF 3rd place - Sunrise
3rd place - C. Yang, SCKF 3rd place - Steveston

[Nishi]

hey nishi, were you at the dinner before the practice? there were two people from manitoba who were having dinner over there.

~taganahan

Nope I didnt land until Friday night...those would have been my team mates...



MooCow, nice to meet you! Congrats!

[AkuSokuZan]

... Junior team ...I can't believe it... We we're knocked out in the first round by NCKF... Need more practice.

Oh, and Richard?? yes, you didn't lose any matches, but the thing was, you idn't have any matches AT ALL!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH... honestly, you missed your individual, and then you had no chance to do either of your team matches... man that must have sucked.

Hide, seriously, teach me your nito!!! And I don't think i'll become a jerk either.... lol



Anyways, Good taikai everyone!! it was fun!!

[AkuSokuZan]

Senior Team 1st place - SCKF

Haha, no doubt about it...

[taganahan]

NCKF(woohoo!) vs. Steveston was the most exciting match I saw in a long time. Onitsuka sensei's dou was totally clutch in the tiebreaker and it came "seconds" before the match ended.
Timaaww man, i thought we had that match. i have to agree, that really was an exciting match. more exciting than the finals.

funny thing was, ariga-sensei, from e-bogu, won a shinai from e-bogu...lol!

i'll post the pic when i have time.
~taganahan

[samurai999]

... Junior team ...I can't believe it... We we're knocked out in the first round by NCKF... Need more practice.

Yeah baby!!! Grounding myself now.. Our team, i thought, was really good for the Juniors. They just steamrolled their way to the finals and won handily. Good job guys!

As for the seniors, they did well. I believe IMHO that a lot of it was nerves and that the players on that NCKF team (especially the younger ones) will grow from that. They've been practicing hard so once they put all the whole package together, i believe that they will do much better come time for the US champs. Those type of pressure packed situations with the crowd cheering you on are the exact reason why i love playing team instead of indivs.

My 0.02$ (US)
Tim

[Iviro]

Hey Samurai999 were you on the NCKF team? We (Quebec) played you guys in Quarter finals very nice kendo

[Will]

Tim's on the NCKF team-S, for Secret Weapon...

[samurai999]

Hey Samurai999 were you on the NCKF team? We (Quebec) played you guys in Quarter finals very nice kendo

No way man, those guys are much better than me, but i really wish i was out there playin'. :D Thx for the comments. :)

Tim

[samurai999]

Sorry for the double, but I thought Ariga senseis winning was a bit funny since he won a shinai from his own company. haha

Tim

[taganahan]

ok...pics are up at my web album. here's the link:
http://community.webshots.com/user/taganahan (http://community.webshots.com/user/taganahan)

i didn't take off the vancouver tourny pics from the steveston tourny folder. i'm too lazy. i also got tired of taking pics especially when i'm supposed to help out there. "sigh" . i hope i was taking pics during the senior team matches. where's my camera when i need it.

also no flashes are allowed.....crap.

~taganahan

[amatsuda]

Hey...Is it just me or does Itokazu look even more buffed than he was for 12WKC?

[ISSAC RU]

great pictures taganahan.

U missed ur match Richard?

[AkuSokuZan]

Nice pictures lloyd, but too bad you can't use flash huh??

[jmarsten]

Yeah baby!!! Grounding myself now.. Our team, i thought, was really good for the Juniors. They just steamrolled their way to the finals and won handily. Good job guys!



My 0.02$ (US)
Tim
Excuse me by I find the term steamrolled inappropriate when the outcome was decided on points. Bellevue 2 wins, NCKF 2 wins and a tie. Your definition of steamrolled certainly sets outside the norm.

[bamboo_stick]

Yeah, it sounds like the just barely got over the hump...

haha

[AkuSokuZan]

lol, thats not the point tho. Steamrolled just sounds nicer...


I hate u....

[moocow65]

I got a hansoku because my opponent was pressing my shinai to the floor during tsubazariai. When I freed my shinai he would again press my shinai down to the floor. Since this opened me up for a wide open hiki men, and since the shinpan did absolutely NOTHING to stop it, I took matters into my own hands and did a hiki men with my shoto to avoid getting hit. Lo and behold I get a hansoku for doing a waza. Guess I must have not read that rule in the rulebook huh? Am I just supposed to sit there and get hit?

Aside from that, it was a GREAT tournament as usual. I tip my men off to Murao-Sensei and Steveston Dojo for another fantastic job at setting this up.

And Matsuda, I haven't gotten buffer... just fatter. I've been cannibalizing too much at McDonalds.

[bamboo_stick]

[QUOTE=moocow65]I got a hansoku because my opponent was pressing my shinai to the floor during tsubazariai. When I freed my shinai he would again press my shinai down to the floor. Since this opened me up for a wide open hiki men, and since the shinpan did absolutely NOTHING to stop it, I took matters into my own hands and did a hiki men with my shoto to avoid getting hit. Lo and behold I get a hansoku for doing a waza. Guess I must have not read that rule in the rulebook huh? Am I just supposed to sit there and get hit?QUOTE]

Your shoto will never count for a point in hikiwaza...but it's not a hansoku.
There may have been something else that the shinpan was looking at.
Maybe someone videotaped that match.
Try asking around.

Good luck

[samurai999]

Excuse me by I find the term steamrolled inappropriate when the outcome was decided on points. Bellevue 2 wins, NCKF 2 wins and a tie. Your definition of steamrolled certainly sets outside the norm.


Well they steamrolled their way "TO" the finals. Before they got to the finals they certainly won by larger margins to the other teams. Damn me and my postings at 5:00am. LOL But, Marsten sensei is correct, it was a close one during the junior team final. I just remember how close the senior match against Steveston and was maybe comparing it to that one in my mind. Now THAT was much closer.

Tim

[samurai999]

Tim's on the NCKF team-S, for Secret Weapon...

Don't you mean team-B. As in bench warmer? hahaha

Tim

[DCPan]

I haven't gotten buffer... just fatter. I've been cannibalizing too much at McDonalds.

Watching the semi-documentary "Super-Size Me" should change that real quickly...LOL :wink:

[Curtis]

I've been cannibalizing too much at McDonalds.Cannibalizing? Whoa, when did McDonalds start selling McPeople burgers?

LOL!!!

[DCPan]

Cannibalizing? Whoa, when did McDonalds start selling McPeople burgers?

LOL!!!

Well, if the Chicken McNuggets can be 40% fish, who knows what's in the beef patties huh?

Hmm...time for a Happy Meal.... :wink:

[jmarsten]

Well they steamrolled their way "TO" the finals. Before they got to the finals they certainly won by larger margins to the other teams. Damn me and my postings at 5:00am. LOL But, Marsten sensei is correct, it was a close one during the junior team final. I just remember how close the senior match against Steveston and was maybe comparing it to that one in my mind. Now THAT was much closer.

Tim
Now that I agree with.

[jmarsten]

[QUOTE=moocow65]I got a hansoku because my opponent was pressing my shinai to the floor during tsubazariai. When I freed my shinai he would again press my shinai down to the floor. Since this opened me up for a wide open hiki men, and since the shinpan did absolutely NOTHING to stop it, I took matters into my own hands and did a hiki men with my shoto to avoid getting hit. Lo and behold I get a hansoku for doing a waza. Guess I must have not read that rule in the rulebook huh? Am I just supposed to sit there and get hit?

The hansoku was not for tsubazariai as both of you were guilty of repeated offences. He was also guilty of laying his shinai on your shoulder several times.
Per IKF regulations 2000 (latest edition) article 14 page 6 Datotsu-bui are as Men-bu, Kote-bu, Do-bu and Tsuki-bu. Chapter 3 Prohibited Acts, Article 16 Shiai -sha are prohibited from insulting or acting offensivley against Shinpan-in or opponents. Article 16 Paragraph 7: Doing unfair tsuba-zeriai or ***datotsu*** Article 17 paragraph 7 Doing acts that violate the regulations.
So after repeated incidents in which you struck your opponent in the back of the head and neck multiple times with your shoto and daito we unanimously agreed without any reservation that you warranted a hansoku. The back of the head and neck are no where in the regulations described as yuko-datosu. Further the potential for serious injury existed from your actionsof striking your opponent on his spinal cord. If you were unaware of your behavior then you were obviously out of control. Lastly, the hansoku had the desired result in that the pattern of behavior stopped. I hope the mystery is now solved.

[AkuSokuZan]

Who was your match with moocow???

[Nishi]

Hey...Is it just me or does Itokazu look even more buffed than he was for 12WKC?

MooCow, what did I ask you when we spoke...

something like...
"Dude?!?! You been lifting or something?!?!"

I thought you looked beefed up as well. That McDonalds diet is really working out for you...I may try it.

[bamboo_stick]

Anyone have any juicy gossip from the tournament??

Any more matches that were especially good?

Better yet...does anyone have any video??

[misterkurukuru]

about him looking bigger: if you know moocow you know that he is more skilled with the knife and fork than the shoto and daito.

[taganahan]

Anyone have any juicy gossip from the tournament??

Any more matches that were especially good?

Better yet...does anyone have any video??
well, i heard from my fellow kendoka that someone did a "baseball bat swing" at his opponent. the opponent then drops his shinai and challenges him to a fight. it's one of those "you wanna piece of me" scenes from the movies. after dropping his shinai, referees called a hansoku on him for dropping his shinai. wish i've seen that.

~taganahan

[AkuSokuZan]

well, i heard from my fellow kendoka that someone did a "baseball bat swing" at his opponent. the opponent then drops his shinai and challenges him to a fight. it's one of those "you wanna piece of me" scenes from the movies. after dropping his shinai, referees called a hansoku on him for dropping his shinai. wish i've seen that.

~taganahan
-_-" what the ???

[samurai999]

Well that would have been "interesting" to say the least. Moocows match that I saw was carayyyzy! One person (won't mention who lest I be castrated by the members of a particular federation) tried to shoulder tackle our team member during the team match.

As for being steamrolled, i was by Imanishi from Cascade(PNKF IIRC). Pretty quick. Nice kote he got on me in the end. But I "dekoted" him when he tried to get me out of bounds. lololol :D That match was FUN! I think that was the finals of the bracket I was in for 1-2dan.

Tim

[Neil Gendzwill]

Just back from holidays and going through the old stuff so gotta say - yay Kiyoko! Nice to see someone from the Prairies getting the win, even if she is an import.

[bamboo_stick]

well, i heard from my fellow kendoka that someone did a "baseball bat swing" at his opponent. the opponent then drops his shinai and challenges him to a fight. it's one of those "you wanna piece of me" scenes from the movies. after dropping his shinai, referees called a hansoku on him for dropping his shinai. wish i've seen that.

~taganahan
That's something you don't see too often!!
Wish I was there to see that one!!

[samurai999]

oh ya which division was that? the baseball swing?

Tim

[taganahan]

i'm not too sure. my fellow kendoka told me this.

~taganahan

[Mizukaze]

Haha, the ol' baseball swing, eh?

Wish I was there to see that. By the way, Lloyd, you album isn't complete with a pic of you running over Andrew in the first five seconds of your individuals... Man, I think I would have wet my hakama if I saw that! :D

Steveston taikai pretty fun.. even if I didn't fight a single time and have now missed approx. 1.5 weeks of kendo due to exams. My offical return to the dojo is on Friday.

Hehe, it's 'election' time in our dojo right now too, and hopefully they won't scold me for missing my individual. :s

[taganahan]

i know. i told my dad if he got a picture of it but unfortunately he told me that he forgot the camera at home. i was like, "darn". i like my match. i lasted more than a min. now. lol.....i have to practice more and not let my nerves kill me again. "sigh"

~taganahan

[captain hansoku]

Hehe, it's 'election' time in our dojo right now too, and hopefully they won't scold me for missing my individual. :s i find it very annoying when im workin' a tourney to look for people that don't show/aren't ready.....i hope they scold you

oh gee..no offense :rolleyes:

[AkuSokuZan]

HAHA, yeah, it is really annoying, and you are rite that rich should get a scolding. However, I don't think you were there when you saw how he missed his match. The situation wasn't that simple, so be a little nicer man!

[bamboo_stick]

HAHA, yeah, it is really annoying, and you are rite that rich should get a scolding. However, I don't think you were there when you saw how he missed his match. The situation wasn't that simple, so be a little nicer man!
What exactly happened??

[captain hansoku]

HAHA, yeah, it is really annoying, and you are rite that rich should get a scolding. However, I don't think you were there when you saw how he missed his match. The situation wasn't that simple, so be a little nicer man! nice doesn't get tournaments finished!!

some tournaments have tons of competitors to go through. Plus, from what I've inferred so far, this fellow was *AT* the tourney, he just "accidently" missed his match. This implies to me that he doesn't respect the amount of time his instructors have put into the preparing him for the tournament.

listen, nothing personal, but if you decide to ever go to a tournament, any tournament, be PREPARED, and be AWARE. I don't know what the Steveston Tournament is like, but I'm sure that all over the world, tournament organizers don't like people wasting precious time. don't come to DICK around. My two cents. And I won't take it back, anyone who misses their match, should get a hell of a scolding. I'm being mean? For good reason.

[AkuSokuZan]

I don't want to argue with you captain hansoku. I want to point out some of the things i've seen taht i don't agree with. I didn't really want to have to retaliate like this. You just seemed to need someone to tell you these things. I know it's not my place to tell you this and you need not take it in nor read any of it.

nice doesn't get tournaments finished!!
Yes you are right, however that was not what i was refering to. I was talking about your atitude. Now I do realise that I am just 14 yrs old, but seeing the way you reacted toward R. Dybalski is just wrong. why? because the atitude you were using (of course i'm not implying, i'm just saying it as i interpreted it as) would not help at all. It would only aggrivate the situation. You (once again, my interpretation) are putting him down intentionally by saying that he did everything wrong (which he did), My point was just that your presentation could be quite different.


some tournaments have tons of competitors to go through. Plus, from what I've inferred so far, this fellow was *AT* the tourney, he just "accidently" missed his match. This implies to me that he doesn't respect the amount of time his instructors have put into the preparing him for the tournament.
This is what most people would see. I don't blame you for it. What I don't , however, agree to is that *you*, without knowing the circumstances, are completely willing to judge and criticise. I don't know your age, but I really think someone like you would know better than to do something like that.


listen, nothing personal, but if you decide to ever go to a tournament, any tournament, be PREPARED, and be AWARE.
I can assure you, I always am. And seeing how dedicated to Kendo Richard is, he is as well.


I don't know what the Steveston Tournament is like, but I'm sure that all over the world, tournament organizers don't like people wasting precious time. don't come to DICK around.

Once again, Richard takes his Kendo journey seriously, which I'm not sure you knew, so it was all right for you to believe that he was "DICKING" around as you say.


My two cents. And I won't take it back, anyone who misses their match, should get a hell of a scolding.
I don't want you to take it back. I realise and accept your opinion, and am not trying to get you to take it back. I'm just trying to tell you that your approach would not bear any fruit.


I'm being mean? For good reason.
I don't quite believe that being mean has any good reason at all. It won't do anything. If you want the person to get a scolding, isn't that wishing something bad on someone? Do you really think that being mean to someone will really change the way they act at a Taikai? Isn't it better to encorage and critique rather that yell and shout at?

[captain hansoku]

Now I do realise that I am just 14 yrs old oh my god

its good to be nice, to the old lady who bakes me cookies who lives down the street from me, but I'll be mean to whoever I want on the net, so bite my shiny metal ass

unless you're old enough to buy your own booze, I don't care what you say about being nice or being mean, cuz you're just not living in real life yet

nuff said in this thread, im gonna go do some kendo and arrive on time for my matches now

[AkuSokuZan]

What exactly happened??
well i suppose the fault lies with richard alone, but seeing as it was only his second taikai, i would forgive him for his mistake (and from the looks of it, his sensei did as well...).

Two matches before R.dybalski's match, R.Dybalski decided to go to the changing room to put on him men. However, the first match had only lasted 30 seconds. The second match had a no-show (Man, you should have seen how many people didn't show up for their matches at the steveston taikai. it was sooo different from the last one. At the last one, everyone was quite punctual!!!). By the time R.Dybalski had finished putting on his men, and came back to the ring(?????) his match was just being declared as fusen gachi. A sad sad story...

(He did have team matches, but once again, in tha category, he did not get anymatches because his team won 3 times strait in the first round and lose 3 times strait in the second.) The irony...

[AkuSokuZan]

oh my god

its good to be nice, to the old lady who bakes me cookies who lives down the street from me, but I'll be mean to whoever I want on the net, so bite my shiny metal ass

hai hai would agree with me
LMAO.... You seriously have absolutly no consideration and respect for anyone else do you???

[captain hansoku]

LMAO.... You seriously have absolutly no consideration and respect for anyone else do you??? respect? yes
kissing ass and telling people "awwww..you're all right"

hell no

[AkuSokuZan]

so bite my shiny metal ass
Don't tell me you had corrective surgury because you were born without an ass!!!

[AkuSokuZan]

You know what??Your not worth the time captain hansoku.
My last point...
You immature remarks clearly show me that you can't "buy your own booze" either. You clearly show that you aren't able to grasp the concept of dicipline, self cultvation, respect, maturity that kendo teaches.

[kendokamax]

guys this is very lame.....

but I have to say that akusokuzan does hold up well in his argument -_- for a kid :O

[AkuSokuZan]

guys this is very lame.....

but I have to say that akusokuzan does hold up well in his argument -_- for a kid :O
I agree, i was being immature..

And thx

[captain hansoku]

the internet makes you very brave, thats all I'll say, grasshopper

[JSchmidt]

the internet makes you very brave, thats all I'll say, grasshopper
Heh, that's kinda funny coming from someone calling himself(?) "Captain Hansoku".

Jakob

[kendokamax]

hey captain hasoku ...did you know Akusokuzan is actually 6"8 280 lbs?

[AkuSokuZan]

Well, you were kind of off, but, oh what does it matter... I'm not actually 6'8" I'm 6'10". I was never 280lbs. I shaped up a little and am 212 lbs. used to be 220 because of my fat... Lost some weight, got some muscle...

[taganahan]

the internet makes you very brave, thats all I'll say, grasshopper
lol. check out everything you have said. sounds like internet really make everyone brave.:devious:

@Aku: stop going to Jenny Craig. you won't gain muscles there. start going to the gym...lol..just kidding.

PS. i'll email you sometime before spring break together with richard and isaac.

~taganahan

[kendokamax]

Well, you were kind of off, but, oh what does it matter... I'm not actually 6'8" I'm 6'10". I was never 280lbs. I shaped up a little and am 212 lbs. used to be 220 because of my fat... Lost some weight, got some muscle...

wow my mistake you gained that much height in 3 months?

[AkuSokuZan]

Went through my growth spurt... *sigh, i stopped growing now...oh well, 6'10" is enough for a chinese kid!!!

[samurai999]

As for missing ones match, i was told that it is your fault alone if you are actually at the tournament and miss your match. Our senseis consistently reminded us before the tournament. Circumstances are circumstances but again, i was told that if you are at the tournament, you have to have the day planned out pretty much, especially at a tournament like that where they don't (and can't) wait for you. As for me, I was watching those lineup sheets like a hawk. Tournaments like that where ~300 people are competing require that no noticeable breaks be taken so that the tournament can finish in a day. They can't hold it up just because one guy has an issue.

My 0.02$(US),

Tim