Videos

By Baptiste Tavernier

The 18th All Japan Jukendo Championship was held on August 6th, 2010, at the Nippon Budokan in central Tokyo. This year, with the tournament being scheduled on Friday, the Budokan was nearly empty. Nevertheless, the 64 participants (6-dan and above) offered us very interesting and powerful performances in their shiai.

There were only two courts this year compared to the several courts of the past, so it was a little bit easier to follow the action. ...

By Kate Sylvester

The 44th All Japan University Women’s Individual Championships were held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Saturday 3rd July.
88 of the best University kendoka from 44 Universities around Japan competed in the annual knockout tournament. ...

From the Hanshi division of the Kyoto Taikai, Konishi (Tokyo) vs. Yokoyama (Osaka). ...

From the Hanshi division of the 2010 Kyoto Taikai, regular Kendo World contributor Sumi Masatake vs. Meguro Daisaku. ...

Arima (Osaka police) vs. Suzuki (Hyogo) from the Hanshi section of the 2010 Kyoto Taikai, held May 5th. ...

Chiba Masashi sensei (Keishicho) vs. Shimano sensei (Osaka police) is the first match we chose to post up from the 2010 Kyoto Taikai. More to follow, but this one will give you enough to look at a few times, I'm sure!! ...