Hi everybody

Things are starting to heat up here in Novara.
The venue is all set up, with 4 shiai-jo, 2 big screens per shiai-jo and a giant screen at the right ...

Dear Budoka,

We have some more details for the must-attend event of the 2012 budo calendar – the Kendo World Tokyo Keiko-kai 2012.

Training will take place from 1030-1230 in the No.2 dojo of the Nippon Budokan. The first hour will be warming-up and kihon-geiko (basic practice). After ...

Interested in getting an article published in the world's only English language printed journal specialising in kendo and related arts? Kendo World is now taking submissions for the journal due out in December 2012. Any news about kendo in your country or club, interviews, technical, cultural, philosophical.... Please contact Editor-in-Chief Alex Bennett (alex@kendo-world.com) if you have some ideas. The next deadline is December 1, 2012.
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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):
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Hi everybody,
every year the Nippon Budokan holds a Budo Seminar for foreign residents in Japan. They have asked Kendo World to help get the word out this year. The initial deadline has already passed, but if you live in Japan and are interested please contact Alex Bennett alex@kendo-world.com by FEBRUARY 15 with your details, and I will pass it on to the Budokan. Otherwise, please get in touch with them directly at the contact provided below. Check out the PDF file for this year's content. You will get to hear lectures ...