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Editorial
Alex Bennett (KW Editor-in-Chief)
“Be heedful even if you have a branch of the cherry tree in hand, for the wind will scatter the blossoms.” A short reflection on the beauty of zanshin in kendo, and life in general.

Hanshi Says
Tahara Hironori (Hanshi 8-dan)
A series in which some of Japan's top Hanshi teachers give hints of what they are looking for in grading examinations based on wisdom accumulated through decades of training. “Continuing kendo with an honest heart, you will feel the need to seek knowledge, and visiting any dojo will be an enjoyable experience ...

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I've trekked up to the very top of Honshu to check out the inaugural Maguro cup, a middle-school kendo competition held in Oma. Oma is well-known in Japan for the maguro, or yellow-fin tuna, that are caught in the tumultuous meeting of the Pacific and the Sea of Japan between Hokkaido and Honshu. They have held a local competition here for the last 36 years, but this is the first time they've held a tournament open to schools from other prefectures. As most of the teams attending have suffered since the tsunami and earthquake on 3/11, it's also meant to act as a picker-upper ...

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