• 10th 8-Dan Sembatsu Taikai Coverage

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    Alex
    Published on 14th April 2012 04:14 PM
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    The 10th annual 8-Dan inivitaton kendo tounament for some of Japan's strongest hachidan masters happened in Nagoya this Sunday (April 15, 2012). Kendo World was there as always to cover the event. The semifinals and final will be uploaded on the KW Youtube Channel in the coming dats. The tournament was won by Tani Katsuhiko, a vice principal as a high school in Gunma. He will be a ref at the upcoming WKC in Italy. His opponent was K. Higashi, the jodan fighter and retired policeman from Aichi. He used to be a kickboxer who went by the name of Tiger Higashi, but the tiger was tamed today in a great final. The video will be up soon so check it out. The draw is below the videos.

    Finals on YouTube (Will be processing the HD for a little while, come back later for the post-processed HD version if so):


    Semi-finals between Tani and Nishikawa

    Semi-finals between Higashi and Kasamura
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    1. Big One's Avatar
      Big One - 15th April 2012, 12:44 AM
      Will it be broadcasted live?
    1. FastKendo's Avatar
      FastKendo - 15th April 2012, 06:19 AM
      So Miyazaki sensei and Eiga sensei are not compete?
    1. Alicia's Avatar
      Alicia - 15th April 2012, 06:59 AM
      How do they determine who gets to enter? I was wondering about the numbers in the third column, is that the number of times they have entered the tournament before? Oh, and #29... it that taidai Kanzaki sensei by any chance?
    1. Lloromannic's Avatar
      Lloromannic - 15th April 2012, 07:23 AM
      It's an invitational tournament, so there is bound to be a committee that selects the competitors based on some criteria they determine. AFAIK the only known one is that they have to be 65 or less. The number in the third column is the number of times they have participated.
    1. Mr Yellow's Avatar
      Mr Yellow - 15th April 2012, 09:23 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Big One View Post
      Will it be broadcasted live?
      I think the opening ceremony will start in 30min according to this link

      http://twitter.com/#!/ajkendof
    1. Tort-Speed's Avatar
      Tort-Speed - 17th April 2012, 05:40 PM
      Ashamed to say tho living here, can't read the language. Would you know who the head Shimpan are (just curious if Chiba Masashi Sensei is judging)? Thanks, T-S

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