Kitamoto 2005 Photos

[Alex]

Follow the link to see photos from the recent AJKF Kitamoto summer camp. These photos were posted by Uehara sensei. :smiley:

http://www.isenokami.com/Kendo/kitamoto2005/KITAMOTO2.html


Alex

[KhawMengLee]

Cool! Haha...didja meet my Sempai Chris Wong?

he's the character on the leftmost of thispic (http://www.isenokami.com/Kendo/kitamoto2005/KITAMOTO2-Pages/Image61.html).

[Andoru]

Thanks for the link Alex! I can see Phil from Canberra!

[DCPan]

Follow the link to see photos from the recent AJKF Kitamoto summer camp. These photos were posted by Uehara sensei. :smiley:

http://www.isenokami.com/Kendo/kitamoto2005/KITAMOTO2.html


Alex

Hi Alex,

What was the purpose of practicing kata with habiki?

http://www.isenokami.com/Kendo/kitamoto2005/KITAMOTO2-Pages/Image679.html

[LarsCW]

Thanks for sharing the pictures

[Miravil]

Follow the link to see photos from the recent AJKF Kitamoto summer camp. These photos were posted by Uehara sensei. :smiley:

http://www.isenokami.com/Kendo/kitamoto2005/KITAMOTO2.html


Alex

Thanks for sharing the pictures, my sempai didn't take any pictures when he was there although I've already asked him to.

[Dave Fowler]

Has anyone heard, have they confirmed Kitamotto for next year or is it being cancelled due to worlds?

[Miravil]

My sempai did mentioned that usually when there is WKC, there will be no Kitamoto summer camp for the same year. However next year's WKC is in December.... I'm not very sure, sorry.

[Alex]

Why practise with a habiki? To make it a bit more real.

There will be no Kitamoto seminar next year. Instead, there will be a AJKF sponsored referee seminar for the WKC refs.

[ben]

Thanks for the link Alex. From checking out the pics I saw two people I didn't know were there: Damian Carmody-Stephens and Ron Walker, the former an ex-coutryman of mine, the latter an ex-countryman of yours. Both top blokes too. And I can't believe I didn't find out until last week that Damo got his 6-dan at Kitamoto. If you're lurking out there Damian, well done mate!

b :D

[Dave Fowler]

There will be no Kitamoto seminar next year. Instead, there will be a AJKF sponsored referee seminar for the WKC refs.

Bah that blows, I was getting all ready to plan a trip to Japan :-(

[vyung]

Thanks for the link, Alex. It's interesting to see what the Kitamoto Camp is all about. :)

[Miravil]

I still have to wait few more years before I'm eligable to participate the Kitamoto summer camp.... :down:

[KhawMengLee]

Thanks for the link Alex. From checking out the pics I saw two people I didn't know were there: Damian Carmody-Stephens and Ron Walker, the former an ex-coutryman of mine, the latter an ex-countryman of yours. Both top blokes too. And I can't believe I didn't find out until last week that Damo got his 6-dan at Kitamoto. If you're lurking out there Damian, well done mate!

b :D

Yeah, speaking of Aussies I can see Jeff White in there...hahaha...the first bloke I fought in shiai!

[Kendoka]

Has anyone heard, have they confirmed Kitamotto for next year or is it being cancelled due to worlds?

The AJKF decided a couple of years ago that the Summer Seminar would not be held in the years of World Kendo Championships. So that means 2007 is the next one, then 2008, skip 2009, on again 2010 ....

In 2007 they have a high level shinpan seminar in Japan for WKC shinpan training. Summer school and the shinpan seminars are excellently hosted and conducted and must cost a considerable amount, so I guess there is only so much the budget can cope with.

Hi Alex, saw you in the pics, pity I wasn't in them too !!

[ReKru]

resurrecting a quite old thread, i know, but I found this site from german kendoka that attended the event.

http://www.kitamoto.de/startseite.html

Some great photos there as well.

[Miravil]

Ahhh... I see Inoue-sensei, he was visiting Singapore on 9th and 10th September. Me and some of my sempais manage to get a chance to learn from him and keiko too. :)

Although time was short, but very interesting.

[jackchen]

Grooved bokken allowed for kata?

http://www.isenokami.com/Kendo/kitamoto2005/KITAMOTO2-Pages/Image202.html