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Harai is right handed, start about 10 cm north east of your opponents shinai and make a crescent shaped path with...

In Belgium we have this TV show called Peking Express, where belgians have to make it from one point of China to another, with no money, hitch hiking and stuff.

And when they're in the mountains,...

Kusari gama... It's kendo, just a demo.

The squid is first dipped in oil/sauce to make sure it doesnt stick to your throat with it's tendrils ;)

I wouldn't call it a delicacy though, it's more like traditional junk food :P

Dakotah/Daqotah gets my vote.
He was this religious preacher that liked to make katanas out of sheets of metal...

Those guys are amazing, I never thought Jackie Chan style escapes were humanly possible in real life. (unless you have perfectly placed props)

Hehehehehe, those idiots... At least they're doing it indoors, where the only people they will inflict harm on is themselves (through wrecking their house).

Check out www.askaninja.com for all the...

I don't think either 'competitors' were good enough/confident enough to compare the two arts properly.
I don't know much about western swordsmanship, but the kendo was completely lacking kiai...

Oh god... That's one of the funniest things I've seen all week. Really sounds like a Monty Python :)

The best program for hacking is Windows XP. A computer is pretty useful too.

Men is the most important cut, and therefore you should pay more attention to it/improve it more/be best at it.
And achieving this is difficult.

Ryu can mean school or style

Two sworded style describes nito accurately.

I've read somewhere that conventional kendo's formal name would be Itto Kendo Ryu.. or Itto Ryu, so nito ryu is acceptable.

Hmm at a tournament I saw this guy with blue kendogi, bogu, but red men himos, anything special about this?

There is no fixed requirement as such, I'd say roughly 3 dan is the 'normal' time, but there are lots who do it earlier/later too.

Here it is ;Kusari gama vs Kendo
http://www.kakutospirit.net/html/iaido/vskama.html

Kendoka's not doing nito though...

I seriously doubt the kendoka has any real kendo experience...

Maybe he just joined a club, bought bogu, and before he practised with bogu, just decided to fool around with a friend? The way his...

Would not exist, but if it did it would just be called nito, as it uses two swords, but you will never see anyone with 2 24s...

I think naginata would win...
More strength.

Really? was that it?

I'm actually having trouble getting my men tare to become floppier...

There are two 'official' ways of tying the men, and kanto and kyoto style...

Thats because they make it a lot thinner, since its just as strong as a lot more steel

Which song is that 'originally' that is..?

dnakase, this is wrong, the titanium is actually more expensive AND heavier. You're paying for more weight. However the titanium tends to get less dented and stays nice, if you do kendo for a few...