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..really don't know what's worse for non-BKA people, being subjected to the script of Coronation Street :rolleyes:, or the script of all this speculating, gossiping & BS :disapp:...the only thing...

tut tut...men and measurements, length and girth...you guys are obsessed on these threads *lol*...:cool2:

...who said anything about it being the same dojo, same teacher ?!:rolleyes: even sensei (especially the voluntary ones) need to have lives...in England from personal experience, Kendo is taught by...

...funny you should say that Martin: so why not raise that as a question next time those lovely Iaido hanshi are over telling the audience Kendo and Iaido are two wheels of the same cart, going in...

Like a few others in this thread, first Iaito - wrong size & weight for me when starting out, simply because it was available, and someone wanted to off load it onto someone who didn't know any...

I'm with Fukuryu... hardly surprising based on my original answer, and my own Japanese Kendo sensei, "Yes, but only after a certain grade" (and dependent on your age thing...) ie. notion again, sport...

...erm barking up the wrong tree dude...I didn't say that :ermm:, I said, it was conveyed (pub/dojo) that many moons ago, if you only had 7 dan Kendo and were attempting 8 dan, mate we all know its...

For my own experience, my Japanese Kendo 7 dan kyoshi sensei, informed me, once you reach sandan (which I had), one really should do some Iaido, he felt just shodan was enough :beard:... but said in...

...the other thread did go awol, and the point there might have been, since when were North American, or indeed South American countries, "in Asia" to be deemed 'asian' (ignoring the other debate of...

Wow, thanks for the hyperlink, for those of us not doing work this Friday...this is the detail...that Norbert from Hungary is sure becoming quite a legend (!) over the years...think countries own...

Gibbo, don't be so hard on yourself, whispers tell me, since you've been living in the Rising Sun, you're style & presence has improved hugely, add to that your superflying men cuts you had whilst in...

...it was the shocking insensitivity that a thread highlighting in great detail, the one team who was clearly 'all' white, ignoring aside the differences in definition of "asian" (granted)... and...

Exactly.


And stop using the word 'Asian' for starters, and this might seem less inflamatory :angry: its a personal insult...asian is brown skin, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh...Oriental is Far...

Believe this is due to the fact Hawaii's federation is much older than the USA one, so they can pitch a separate team at WKC events...the most inspiring guy I saw was Henry in the WKC 1997...

Wow reading the above...Team GB (Brits) got one fight win against USA (3-1, one draw)... :bandit: do we know who won their fight in the team match ?!?

Excellent !!! this answers all the questions how did ABC country do... totally awesome...now I can tell some folks...about the rounds, pools, etc...:ko:
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...flowers, chocs, breakfast in bed, ha...

...in part they are... having sat through the drawing of a WKC - its slow & laborious, but recorded for auditing, and fairness... however, and others more knowledgeable need to step in, for the...

Thank you soooooooo much ! :evolved:

Girls, I'm amazed that anyone would not wear a bra, mainly for chaffing reasons...

As to sports bras, generally that is for support - and Kendo isn't "up-down" impact, like you get in jogging or...

Sherlocks, you've all been a massive help, and partly restored my faith in humanity, or at least budo folk are more decent than thieving low-life...



...that's enough to nail down I think, next...

Andy, you & I come from Kendo backgrounds, but the experiences ring true on the common sense :spchless:



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Absolutely again, but as you point out, the angle or attempt comes at...

...hope you boys in the future take back the slanderous accusation of "handbags at dawn" :ko: to us girls...nowt wrong with being nice...erm nowt wrong with fart jokes either :ditsy:

Jakob I was...

Whoa !!! rjhartu - you are the closest person with an answer :scared:! can you PM me ? do you know the name by any chance ?? I know Tokyo is huge, I worked there often enough... I'm sure if either of...

oops, double posting why does KW do this ?!

Strictly behind the slats, and what's more tying knots/bows behind your leg, never in front (on knee part or ankle part) - why ?! well besides never questioning a Japanese sensei, because dojo sempai...