• 2010 Kyoto Iaido 8-dan Grading Results

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    Published on 4th May 2010 05:15 PM  Number of Views: 2520  
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    The final results from the 2010 All Japan Kendo Federation 8-dan iaido grading are out. From a field of 149 participants, 31 passed the first stage of the grading, out of whom only 7 passed (4.7% pass rate).

    Multiple All Japan Iaido Champs winner, International Budo University teacher and Regular KW contributor (the Cutting Edge series) Kaneda Kazuhisa sensei was one of the 7.

    Prefecture Name Age
    Chiba Yojima Hiroshi 48
    Tokyo Kaneda Kazuhisa 50
    Gifu Koumura Shigeru 61
    Shimane Miyamoto Terutaka 62
    Kochi Matsuda Tadao 64
    Wakayama Inoue Yoshimi 65
    Fukuoka Horie Masao 68
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    1. Peter West's Avatar
      Peter West - 10th May 2010, 05:15 PM
      Congratulations to Chris Mansfield from the UK who is the first non Japanese (as far as I am aware) to pass the first round. Hopefully next year we will have our first home-grown hachidan
    1. Kim Taylor's Avatar
      Kim Taylor - 10th May 2010, 11:09 PM
      Absolutely, congratulations are definitely in order!

      Kim.
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