2010 Sportaccord Combat Games Kendo Event (Day 2)

Alex

Published on 4th September 2010 10:09 AM Number of Views: 3909

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Here again for the second and last day of the Combat Games Kendo Event. Should be an easier day than yesterday. We start off with demonstrations of Nippon Kendo Kata, Jodo, and Jo-Seon-Se-Bub (Korean sword forms). Then there will be the 8-dan Invitational matches, the East versus West match, and a number of other demonstrations to show various aspects of kendo culture. I will keep you updated of match scores. as they happen.

The Nippon Kendo Kata was just perfromed by Sato Nariaki Sensei and Osamu Asano Sensei. Now we have a demonstration of the 12 AJKF Seitei Iai Forms by Chihiro Kishimoto, Kawaguchi Toshihiko, and Ogura Noboru, all H8-dan. This will be followed by a Jodo demonstration by Shiiya Mitsu (H8) and Arai Hiroshi (K8). Then, the Korean sword forms.

Categories:
Kendo,
Iaido/Jodo,
Events

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iluv4 - 4th September 2010, 11:16 AM
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http://www.beijing2010.org/kdvideo.html

webcast for those with broad band, the camera is very far and connection is spotty.

Alex - 4th September 2010, 11:25 AM
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EAST VERSUS WEST MATCH (15 in total)
1. Yun Yeong LEE (KOR) versus Li-Chin CHEN(TPE)
Draw.

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Alex - 4th September 2010, 12:14 PM
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We'll put some HD vids up in the coming days. The East versus West is almost finished. I will post the results in a few minutes.

Alex - 4th September 2010, 12:23 PM
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EAST (Eurasia) VERSUS WEST (Pan-Pacific) (15 matches)
1. Yun Yeong LEE (KOR) versus Li-Chin CHEN(TPE)
Draw.

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2. Huifang YANG (CHN) versus Yukiko TAKAMI (JPN)
Takami scores kote. Takami scores men, to win the match quickly for the West.

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3. Mirial LIVOLSI ( I TA ) versus Saeko TEW (USA).
Very quick match. Can’t keep up at the moment! Livolsi scores do then kote to win for the East Team.

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4. Yang WANG (CHN) versus Blake Charles BENNET (NZL)
Bennett needs to make up for yesterday. Bennett scores a nice kote. Time up. Bennett wins for the West Team.

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5. Igor GONI MENDIZABAL (ESP) versus Meng-Hsuan WU (TPE)
Vigorous match. WU takes it for the East with 2 nice men.

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6. Lunwei ZHANG (CHN) versus Emesto Eisaku ONAKA (BRA)
Zhang comes out with Nito.Onaka scores first men point. Another great men to Onaka takes the match for the West.

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7. Wesley HAEKE (BEL) versus Ryoichi UCHIMURA (JPN)
Do strike to Uchimura. Haeke doing well. Another beautiful kaeshi-do by Uchimura for the match. West again.

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8. Min GU (CHN) versus Christopher E J Yang (USA)
Yang scores men straight off the mark. Nice kote to Yang to take the match for the West.

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9. Herve BLANCHARD (FRA) versus Suguru ASAOKA (CAN)
Close match so far. Ends in a draw.

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10. Ting YU (CHN) versus Brett Daniel SMITH (AUS)
Yu is the president of the Chinese Kendo Federation president. He is really tired through all of his hard work for the event. Smith scores the first kote. Smith gets another kote to win the match for the West.

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11. Jung Kuk KIM (KOR) versus Shoji TERAMOTO (JPN)
Reigning world champion Teramoto against another Korean powerhouse. Bit of a stalemate for the first half. Whistle blows. Draw.

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12. Ralph LEHMANN (GER) versus Leonsimo J MAYA MARTINEZ (MEX)
Big age jump now as the senior players take the court. Nothing decisive in the first half. Maya scores a nice men but gets knocked in his backside! Crowd goes wild. Match finishes with a win for the West.

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13. Hak Jin PARK (KOR) versus Shinji FUNATSU (JPN)
Men in first second for Park. Funatsu is reigning 8-dan champ in Japan. Funatsu scores with men. Park pissed off and whacks him lightly in the head. Funatsu drops his shinai.Hansoku. Match ends in a draw.

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14. Jae Wha DO (KOR) versus Yoshiteru TAGAWA (USA)
Match ends in a draw.

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15. Kenichi YOSHIMURA (FRA) versus Shigetaka KAMATA (CAN)
Last match. Kamata scores a men strike near the end of time. That wins the match.

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WEST beats EAST 9-1.

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Neil Gendzwill - 4th September 2010, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex

We'll put some HD vids up in the coming days.

Good, because the Chinese video site blows chunks.

Alex - 4th September 2010, 12:33 PM
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Men's Special Invitational Individual Matches (8-dan) Match 1-

Funatsu (JPN) versus Yoshimura (FRA)
Funatsu scores kote for the first strike of the match. Follows with a powerful men to take the match.

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Alex - 4th September 2010, 12:39 PM
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Men's Special Invitational Individual Matches (8-dan) Match 2-
H. Park (KOR) versus Y. Tagawa (USA)
Park scores the first men. Very nice. Match ends.

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Alex - 4th September 2010, 12:46 PM
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Men's Special Invitational Individual Matches (8-dan) Match 3-

K. Furukawa (JPN) versus Do (KOR).
Furukawa scores great de-gote in the first minute. Almost trademark tsuki by Furukawa... Do steps out of bounds. Time up. Furukawa wins.

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Alex - 4th September 2010, 12:51 PM
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Men's Special Invitational Individual Matches (8-dan) Match 4-

S. Kamata (CAN) versus T. Wu (TPE).
Wu scores the first men, but is knocked on his backside. Then follows up with an awesome kote to win the match. Next round is the semifinals.

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Alex - 4th September 2010, 01:03 PM
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Men's Special Invitational Individual Matches (8-dan) First Semifinal-

Funatsu (JPN) versus Park (KOR)
Great, a rematch from the East versus West that ended in a draw...
Match starts. Both look like they mean business...
Encho.
Park knocks Funatsu's shinai out of his hands. Hansoku.
The match is very tense. Couple fo close calls for both sides. At this stage Park seems to have the upper hand.

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Alex - 4th September 2010, 01:06 PM
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Wow, this is a real marathon. As I write this Funatsu scores men to take the match!!

Alex - 4th September 2010, 01:13 PM
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Men's Special Invitational Individual Matches (8-dan) Second Semifinal-

Furukawa (JPN) versus Wu (TPE)
Furukawa scores hiki-men. Takes match to go to the final against Funatsu!

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Alex - 4th September 2010, 01:29 PM
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Men's Special Invitational Individual Matches (8-dan) FINAL-

Funatsu (JPN) versus Furukawa (JPN)
Just like the 8-dan Champs in Japan...
Barrage of Furukawa tsukis! None in.
Encho.
Furukawa scores do!! He wins the 8-dan competition.

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That wraps up the competition events. Now we have the awards ceremony and a few demonstartions of kid's kendo, godo-geiko etc. It has been a great expereince being here. I hope they do this again. Nothing is set in concrete at this stage, but I think the Sportaccord Combat Games are generally regarded as being a success. KW will have videos and more detailed reports in the near future. Hope you enjoyed the coverage.

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Ralutin - 4th September 2010, 01:40 PM
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Great job, Alex, and thanks! Can't wait to see some high quality videos!

iluv4 - 4th September 2010, 02:22 PM
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Great coverage and awesome reporting. Good to see 8 dan sensei from other countries, Park and Wu sensei almost gave the Japanese 8 dan a run for their money. Look forward for some HD videos as the webcast really sucks.

vyung - 4th September 2010, 05:04 PM
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Wonderful report, Alex. Thanks for another day of reporting.
I can't wait to see all the videos, particularly curious to watch Furukawa Sensei's barrage of tsuki!!!