Music videoclip with Kendo

[JamesB]

Here you can find a videoclip of a belgian group called DeLaVega.

They used kendo in their videoclip.

Mr Haeke Wesley and Ms Yano Chieko are currently Belgian Champions Kendo.
Chieko won also Mumeishi 2003 Ladies, Nakakura Cup 2003 Ladies.
Wesley won Nakakura 2003 Open and Teams.

This is the link:

http://www.draaischijf.com/site_ned/...urely_mov.html

you require Quicktime plug-in

[Musha]

Waw Great video James!!!! . I like the part where the woman puts on her Tenugui. I recently got interested in posture and the Japanese way of flowing movement. actions should be done without unnecessary movement. This is shown well in this video I think .

But I wonder why they chose to theme there video around kendo.

[Paul Kerr]

It's a pretty video and well filmed, but boy does the music suck!

[Hai_hai]

Kako ii.
This shows good kendo and iaido, not flashy-fake Hollywood kendo. The setting was unreal (space too small to do kendo) but dramatic.

[rainmaker]

Liked the film, music sucks, singer sucks... It might have been cute if Britney sing this song....

[Musha]

I liked the music and the video except the ending part when you saw the band then from there it went a little strange .

P.S Hai hai I dont think Iaido is done with Keiko gi. Looked like Kendo kata #4 hon me.

[Bleda]

Iai uses keikogi and hakama just like kendo. Also uses an obi inside of the hakama to hold the sword but you wear the same clothing.

[not-I]

Nice video! It was refreshing to see some actual kendo in a video, rather than just models with swords. However, the close-up of the band member with the goofy glasses towards the endwas quite jarring.

I didn't really mind the music as music, except that it sounded like every other trip-pop á la morcheeba ripoff of the last couple years and didn't really fit to the video. So i tried watching it again with a different soundtrack: Chops feat. Raekwon - "What's F*ckin Wit Us." Now that really made my boat float. Recommend trying your favorites at home.

Maybe we could have a video remix contest or something...

[Neil Gendzwill]

Lots of iaidoka wear a uwagi that is lighter than the one kendoka wear. But you can use a kendogi if you like. At any rate, there was iaido in there and also kendo kata (#4).

[orayakab]

What's up with those lyrics...."put your hands between my legs...."

Orayakab, U.

[DanDan]

music is strange...and who r all those random ppl? the part with all the men's faces...i dont get that? and what does that song hav to do with kendo?

[streetcleaner]

terrible... after watching this clip people would think that kendo is a sort of stupid dance for girls in a strange clothes with some sort of stick like a shitty hobby

[JamesB]

I just posted the link because there was Kendo in the clip. The music doesn't bother me, the faces of the group members don't bother me either.

I really like the clip because it reflects more "the art of the sword", it's very artistic like it is brought in the clip.

I don't think there are a lot of people here who consider Kendo to be a "stupid dance for girls in a strange clothes with some sort of stick like a shitty hobby"

[streetcleaner]

I don't think there are a lot of people here who consider Kendo to be a "stupid dance for girls in a strange clothes with some sort of stick like a shitty hobby"

here? i mean ordinary people, who see this clip on tv

[Musha]

terrible... after watching this clip people would think that kendo is a sort of stupid dance for girls in a strange clothes with some sort of stick like a shitty hobby

Why does it give that impression? Every thing is realistic the Bougu keikogi Hakama Tenugui, how you put them on. How you draw the shinai how you fence. Every thing except for the back drop ...Even some of the people were pro kendo ka. I don't know how it could be any more realistic unless there were shinpan and people doing kiai .