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Alex in Wonderland

This is the blog of Alex Bennett
As a long time Kiwi resident of Japan, I have decided it is about time I kept some sort of a diary to serve as a chronicle of my kendo addiction, and life in Wonderland.

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  1. The hardest job in kendo...?

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    When I wrote this, the FIFA World Cup was in full swing. Apart from the early exit of some of the highly regarded teams, and the fantastic showing of the underdogs, perhaps the biggest on-going stories at this competition surrounded the glaring mistakes made by the world’s top football referees. What about that goal scored by a blatantly offside Tevez in the match between Argentina and Mexico? Who can forget the goal scored by Lampard against Germany that bounced over ...