6th Kyu done!

[Tapio Aalto]

Hi all!

Just a couple of hours ago I and my 15yr old son took 6th Kyu grading and we both passed. We started Kendo in January this year and the next possible grading for fifth Kyu will be held in autumn. What a great way to spend friday night!

Boy do I feel great!

[Taisaburo]

Excellent! Congraultions to you both and good luck for Gokyu this coming autumn.

[Ric Flinn]

Excellent job, congratulations to you both!

[LarsCW]

Congratulation to you both

[fighting mochi]

congrats to you both, keep on going and enjoy your new rank.

[Darth Neighbour]

congratulations and best wishes for the next grading

yeah, go finnland! what a great country! ;-)

[GoldenShinai]

Congradultions, and good luck this Autumn!

[Kaarel]

yeah congrats but you have a big way to go:D

[joekc6nlx]

Congratulations! Your second big step on your journey up the mountain. Of course, the first big step was starting kendo, but now you've got something to look back on and see how far you have come. But remember to look ahead most of the time and only look back to see if those you are teaching are following you.

[rainmaker]

Well done !!! It is always fun to do Kendo with Son. Better if you can do with your wife...

[h2o]

Well done !!! It is always fun to do Kendo with Son. Better if you can do with your wife...
Absolutely. There is no better way to deal with a domestic fight than a good keiko :D

[Tapio Aalto]

Absolutely. There is no better way to deal with a domestic fight than a good keiko :D

...that is frightening, since we do hunt together... :rolleyes:

[h2o]

...that is frightening, since we do hunt together... :rolleyes:
Haha, well, luckily, gun-kata* is not part of kendo yet. :D


* gun-kata was used in the movie "Equlibrium" (or "Cubic" as it was called in Sweden by some strange reason), and is really cool. Not very realistic, but cool :D

[Tapio Aalto]

* gun-kata was used in the movie "Equlibrium" (or "Cubic" as it was called in Sweden by some strange reason), and is really cool. Not very realistic, but cool :D

It had the same odd name here in Finland too: the distributing company wanted the name resemble "The Matrix". Not very succesfully I might add.

Liked the movie though, as you said "Cool".

[h2o]

Liked the movie though, as you said "Cool".
Yep. Especially the last battle with the evil guy's right hand. :)


To bring the thread back on the topic of grading, might add that I am going for nikyu on sunday. Now that will be interesting :D

[nostalgic jedi]

Congrats on the new rank!



I always find testing to be terribly unnerving… At my last test I made the horrible mistake of not bowing to my opponent! I was just so used to routine practice… It was so embarrassing… but I passed just as well.




I’m still embarrassed by it though… Nowadays I always bow –just in case.

[AleSan]

Hi all!

Just a couple of hours ago I and my 15yr old son took 6th Kyu grading and we both passed. We started Kendo in January this year and the next possible grading for fifth Kyu will be held in autumn. What a great way to spend friday night!

Boy do I feel great!
Congratulations Tapio !!!! and for your son too.
You are very lucky man ... you can do at home : "father-son-geiko" :D

[piggy]

congratulations on your new rank as well as your son!

better than me im sure.

[nikolaj]

congratulations to both, and let us know how those father-son-geikos work out^^
btw, piggy, your signature is HUGE.

[piggy]

yeah im trying to fix it. do you mean size or space?

[Tapio Aalto]

Thank you all for your congratulations!



congratulations to both, and let us know how those father-son-geikos work out^^



Since we haven’t bought bogus yet (maybe later this year or early next spring) our home-geikos have been quite polite. Luckily we do have a large lawn we can use for training with no nearby neighbours wondering "why are these people jumping and shouting and hitting each other with sticks wearing blue bathrobes"... :)



It is half past four in the afternoon, the sun is shining from a cloudless sky, 20 degrees centigrade with a nice cool breeze: it's time for a kata practise!



Tapio

[Michael_St_A]

Onneksi olkoon, Tapio, ja hyvää juhannusta!

:-)

[Tapio Aalto]

Onneksi olkoon, Tapio, ja hyvää juhannusta!

:-)

ROTFLMAO!

Thanks Michael, you got me there!

And have a nice midsummer day too!

Tapio

[piggy]

um... im lost. translation please?

[Tapio Aalto]

Back from summer holiday trip (yes, we did Kendo, not only sunshine and beer...)

For Piggy:

Translation from finnish to english:

"Onneksi olkoon, Tapio, ja hyvää juhannusta!"

"Congratulations, Tapio and have a nice midsummer day!"