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Where is the application form? Who do we send it to? When is the competition starting from? What is the location?

The communication side of this years' Thistle Cup has been lacking.
Its not...

My year in Kyushu Uni was funded on Monbukagakusho. If you have any questions PM me.

Re: Chuck Norris. Saw this on his wiki entry and figured it should be shared :

"Norris created the martial art Chun Kuk Do, which is based primarily on Tang Soo Do and includes elements from every...

No doubt.
My point being that while there are plenty of japanese teachers that have your general body shape and they have learned to use it properly and efficiently.
I was told that I should look...

Cool stuff. I really need to get a keiko with him at some point. Im reading over some of the stuff he wrote for Kendo Jidai/Nippon and i reckon it is really applicable to me. Would be interesting to...

George,

Thanks for the report. Can you say more about the Ishida Tetsuya match ?

Looking forward to seeing the results.

And im back in Glasgow indefinetly. Hopefully will make it to Japan sometime next year (Kyushu most likely).

If I was comming along, i'd prolly be on the lookout for fight number 4 (Makita sensei from IBU), 13 (Big Ishida sensei from Osaka), and 10,11 (Tani and Higashi senseis).

Aye, last years Tozai...

Results of the Fukuoka Prefectural Champs :

1st Place Tachibana (立花義人)
2nd Place Honda (本多忠臣（警察官）)
3rd Place Mori (森　祐輔（警察官）)

You wanted to see Mr Tachibana back in AJKC eh Gibbo ? Here it is...

Thats strange, since i got here i broke a total of 5 staves (and thats after a month of kangeiko, lots of kirikaeshi/kakarigeiko at uni practise etc). I've been using Chikuzan shinais from Chiba...

I hope you are not trying to be a cheeky smarty-pants here.

There are plenty of elderly gentlemen here in Japan who do kendo in a way that is thought of as being rather "unorthodox". Thats all im...

The sensei from Nagasaki supprised a lot of people. One of the students at the Kendo club here was his pupil 15 years ago at the elementary school. And Mr Tsugo was an old ji-ji granpa back then...

I guess in theory, you should have a white tenogui for the same reason you should have a blue keikogi.
Now that you mention it, i never saw any of the high level kendo people here use anything other...

OOC : kendo pics were from Kyushu Denryoku open practise (unfortunetly mr Tachibana wasnt there :( ).
Temple photos from 雷山 Raizan area south of Fukuoka.
Waterfall photo from 見帰の滝 Mikaeri no taki...

Wasnt the Tachi sword designed to be used from horseback ? It has a more prominent curviture and the handle is shorter so it can be weilded with one hand.

That would be Shibuya-ken-yu-kai.

Do you need a phone number or an email to get in contact with them ?

I reckon as long as you keep this part of the suplementary training to build up your stamina and fitness all will be well. If you want to improve on things like use of datotsu/correct cutting...

Love the face of the judge in the 3rd nito pic.

Priceless !!!

Can I use this as a quote on facebook ?

I belive good kiai is not a matter of the sound you make (yaaah, ieeeda, seendaaai what i used so far) but where it is comming from.

So far I noticed that a strong and long kiai comming from the...

Wow, just reading over old topics and found this......natsukashii yo !

Of course, im sure that everyone knows how this works (We all watched those "video piracy is a crime, do not accept it" or whatever ads in cinema etc).

I am just saying that I doubt Chiba-sensei...

Or maybe he will be happy to know that in any case his knowledge and skill is being shared around the world and that through this kendo flourishes. Its just a long shot....

Japan be good. Lots of Kendo so far.
From tomorrow im starting studies at Kyudai so will have less kendo time available +(.

I asked about Shikake-Suriage and i got a funny look in return. It is...

Might as well give it a try.

The idea of these forums is to exchange ideas and our interpretations.

And since we cannot do keiko togheter over long distance, chat has to suffice eh ?