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I use a travel bogu bag with large pockets on each side for gi and hakama, works great.

Belayed Congrats ! I was in the 4/5 dan exam in Tokyo 2 weeks ago, the level was just amazing. Kata on the other hand, not so much. Almost every court has people raising their hand for re-try...

Honestly I was not impressed with the japan x korea match, it feels like hand to hand combat in a bad kung fu movie more than world class kendo....I really wish I could enjoy it but just can't.

I had a full rapture on the left leg 5 years ago....doing kendo right after sitting 18 hr in a plane is definitely not recommended...anyway I had surgery, in a cast for 3 months, started kendo...

You read all 14 pages of the IBU survival guide in the sticky right ? many of them are true and a few maybe over blown, I was there waaaaay back in the mid 90s. Treat it as a year long ...

anyone get result of the tourament ?

Even bogu that are labeled as hand made in Japan only means the final assembly is done in Japan, the time consuming part like hand stitching are all done in China. This came from an owner of a...

Any bogu bag with a couple of good bungee cords strap to the back seat will be fine, used for 5 years this way in city traffic and has not lost anything. Extend the shoulder strap of the shinai...

5 dan-4 passed
6 dan - 5 passed
7 dan - 1 passed

Out of a total of about 30.

Here's what recently reported in a Hong Kong newspaper :

A lawyer injured when he was hit on the head by a sword wielded by the president of the Hong Kong Kendo Association during a class was...

Just to share my experience, I ruptured my Achilles tendon about 4 years ago during kendo practice. The day before I spent 16 hrs in a plane and 8 hrs after landing I went to practice, so I was...

I am in Newtown CT (close to Danbury) and travel 70 miles to Scarsdale NY for practice in the weekend. I hope to round up some kendo players in the southern CT area in weekday evening for...

swollen right wrist from being a demo for the sensei's kote attack, cheap kote was to blame
numerous blister on both feet and hands, outgrown with cellouse so no big deal
bruises from receiving...

I don't have the video. I was there but did not stay until the finals... early retirement.... Anyone knows the result ?

anyway knows of a site that host pictures for this year's Kyoto Taikai ?

Thanks

Hi Mike

Got ya...This is BB, not J, It was 304 for me wasn't it ? Been 10 years guess my memory has gone AWOL.... How are you doing man ? Thought I would never hear from you again. Email me...

I was in the second year of the program, the first year were all Judo guys that made us the first 4 kendo bekkasei. The curfew was a joke even then, and we never had problem getting back...

man.. 204 was my room !! 202 was the party room. What year were you in ?Budai students don't study antway, with or without asakeiko, and they all get As, go figure.

It was not scary at the time, scary drinking in the weekends maybe. The endless flow of ulong hai in room 202 till the crack of dawn could made anyone nervous !! Dont' know if they have cracked...

Hi All

First time here but I have been reading the forum from time to time. I was in the special program at IBU in 1995, feels like an eternity ago, reading some stories of IBU definitely...