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Thanks for the info Coop. Lottsa us from Austin will be coming up again for the event, and we'll look forward to seeing you there.

The results are as reported above, and a big congratulations to the AKNL "A" team on their win in this years' Taikai. AKNL has given a lot of support to the taikai over the years, and it was good to...

TV Japan, the satellite/cable offering in the US *features* programming from NHK, but it does include some programming from other major Japanese networks as well. They do broadcast the All-Japan...

There's no need to overcomplicate the issue; it is common when practicing with older and highly ranked sensei that they will often not turn to face you after your strike. In this situation, you are...

The writing seemed to be on the wall last year when Eguchi's longtime manager, Sugimoto-san, abruptly left the company. Up until that time, Eguchi had a good reputation and I had a good working...

Inoue sensei is 7th dan.

At $67 a pop, these DVDs aren't cheap, but the production quality *is* good. The presentation is pretty thorough, and the use of multiple camera angles is nice; also the...

I've posted a photo of John on the KW Forumites group on Facebook.

My wife took this shot as John was getting ready for his matches during our taikai last fall here in Austin.

Yep, I ordered mine through Budo Videos.

I have 3 & 4. They're pricey, but very detailed and an English audio track is available. The level of detail might be a little too much for those with short attention spans, but if you study it...

John was one of the many characters that make kendo a better experience for us all. He traveled to Austin on a regular basis for our fall taikai, including the one last year, and he and I shared...

It's not Tottori, but you're right about the backside prefectures and you did mention the least-correctly placed one, which is Shimane.

Maybe we're the only ones following this thread, but it's...

A worthy try, but...
Hint: Think Ura Nihon.

Yep, the SAQ is pretty interesting...

So, thanks Andrew, and now assuming the weighty mantle of J-trivia gatekeeper, here's another in a geographic vein:

Which prefecture--even among Japanese...

Okay, I'll bite on this one...
The numbers are the classes of government administrative districts in Japan; i.e. 1 - Hokkaido, 2 - Osaka and Kyoto-fu, 1 - Tokyo metro, and 43 - the prefectural ...

I can understand how you feel Leon--glad to know everything's off to a good start!

Yes. That's the nuance of the meaning...

Anger arising from frustration.

Gift giving and taking him our for food and drinking will be appreciated, but also in this case, he's also coming to help your group to establish kendo in Uraguay. Please remember that he is taking...

In the living room of my house, where there's a ceiling fan. My wife of course, loves this...

Individual tastes will differ...right now I'm working my way through a very nice barley shochu called Kohaku no Yume (amber dreams) which has an amber color and a very smooth and balanced flavor. ...

Also, thinking more about this, I know for a fact that there is a san-dan kenshi, Bryan Jones, who just relocated back to Arlington from Calgary. He learned kendo in Austin, was a bekkasei at Budai,...

Arlington is not an unreasonable distance to come, and I think either would try to work with you if you asked them. Especially knowing Ichimura sensei, I think he would try to help if he has time.

Not to belabor the obvious, but after following these De Bergerac-esque postings, it is apparent that Wright "sensei" writes much but says little.

Which in itself speaks volumes...

Nicely done. The background music BTW, is from the soundtrack to "The Last Samurai".

Ozawa's book is a good overview and reference, and probably the best of the (widely) available books in English.

The AJKF has recently published a two-volume set of "Kendo Fundamentals" for a...