• 5th World Naginata Championships Results

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    hamish
    Published on 4th July 2011 07:19 AM
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    The 5th World Naginata Champs, held in Himeji, Japan on the 3rd of July, 2011.

    The biggest upset of the day was KW Editor-in-chief Alex Bennett defeating the current All Japan men's champion, Itagaki, 1-0 in the semi-finals, before falling to Tanaka of Japan in a hard-fought final. It is the highest finish in the men's individuals for a non-Japanese since Alex took 3rd place in a previous world champs.

    Results:

    Women's Teams:
    1st: Japan
    2nd: USA
    3rd: Canada

    Men's Teams:
    1st: Japan
    2nd: The Netherlands
    3rd: Belgium

    Women's Individuals:
    1st: K. Ikemi, Japan
    2nd: A. Ajiki, Japan
    3rd: A. Sato, Japan

    Men's Individuals:
    1st: K. Tanaka, Japan
    2nd: A. Bennett, New Zealand
    3rd: I. Itagaki

    Engi:
    1st: Kijima/Kiyomizu, Japan
    2nd: Itai/Sato, Japan
    3rd: Bucsis/Fromentin, Canada

    Video of the men's finals here (Still processing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkEv5hIOmU
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    Comments 12 Comments
    1. b8amack's Avatar
      b8amack - 4th July 2011, 11:04 PM
      Wow. Congratulations, Alex!
    1. Fonsz's Avatar
      Fonsz - 5th July 2011, 04:48 AM
      Hey hey hey! The Netherlands 2nd place wow! Congratulations. Gefeliciteerd!
    1. b8amack's Avatar
      b8amack - 5th July 2011, 09:03 AM
      That 1st tsuki looked a bit sketchy. Especially how the second flag raised... I don't see how that shinpan could possibly have seen whether it was a clear point or not, seeing as she was behind Alex and view obscured. What do I know about naginata, though.
    1. R A Sosnowski's Avatar
      R A Sosnowski - 5th July 2011, 10:36 AM
      Congrats to Alex, of course, US Women's team (2nd place), Netherlands' Men's team (2nd), Belgium Men's team (3rd), and CNF (Engi 3rd place).
    1. Gabriel's Avatar
      Gabriel - 6th July 2011, 12:55 AM
      Congrats to all involved!

      Time to start training for the 6th WNC!
    1. Alicia's Avatar
      Alicia - 7th July 2011, 05:23 PM
      Awesome work coach!!
    1. futabachan's Avatar
      futabachan - 7th July 2011, 10:32 PM
      Rhythm Naginata:

      1. An entire army of cute kids doing corner kihon
      2. Japan
      3. An entire army of slightly older kids
    1. futabachan's Avatar
      futabachan - 7th July 2011, 10:49 PM
      Fourth Place:

      Women's Teams:

      4. Sweden

      Men's Teams:

      4. USA

      Women's Individual:

      4. A. Vyas, USA

      Men's Individual:

      4. F. Dermine, Belgium

      Engi:

      4. Ostman/Hoglund, Sweden


      As a footnote, it seemed like there was an awful lot of hantei, including the women's individual final and the men's individual third place match.
    1. futabachan's Avatar
      futabachan - 7th July 2011, 11:18 PM
      Many thanks to the Kansai University naginata team for joining the Team Canada cheering section with such enthusiasm, and also to everyone involved in making the tournament and the ensuing week happen.

      Congratulations to Conrad and Antoine on an origami rose-worthy engi performance, and to Johanne and Marija for salvaging a medal despite a two point handicap in their matches. And we'll see everyone in Canada in four years!


      Oh, and one more result:

      Isshu Jiai:

      Naginata def. Kendo (2-1, 2-0, 2-0)
    1. Henry Jones Jnr's Avatar
      Henry Jones Jnr - 12th July 2011, 07:32 PM
      I am happy to have assisted Andrea to her fourth placing. I thought she got third equal or so???
    1. Drea Naginata's Avatar
      Drea Naginata - 17th July 2011, 05:45 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Henry Jones Jnr View Post
      I am happy to have assisted Andrea to her fourth placing. I thought she got third equal or so???
      Ah, thank you! I certainly had fun, hope you did too! :-)
    1. tygerwillow's Avatar
      tygerwillow - 21st July 2011, 06:51 PM
      I just posted some photos and videos on Grasping Naginata!

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