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20 06 2008

Sir Frank Bowden Taikai, 7th June 2008

Posted by: admin in kashi no ki kenyu kai, kendo, kendophoto, photography, taikai

Finally got the photos from the Bowden sorted and uploaded. Not many this time, was rather busy running around with the following duties:

Competing
Scoreboarding
Timekeeping
General Dogsbodying

For the rest of the pictures
Pics from the Premier Cup to follow at some point.

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28 11 2007

Mumeishi Threes photos

Posted by: admin in keiko, kendophoto, photography, taikai

Took a few photos whilst at the Mumeishi Threes (3s?) the other weekend. (Here)
Didn’t take too many as I was more interested in practicing or getting ready for my (single) bout. I also think I tried to keep the ISO settings too low, the shutter speeds weren’t enough to really freeze motion. It’s amazing quite how fast kendo is, but you don’t notice it until you can really see how far a kendoka/shinai actually moves in 1/60th of a second.This weekend we have Matsumoto sensei (British coach) visiting for a mini seminar and kyusha grading. So that’s something to look forward to.

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29 10 2007

Kendo photos

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Some photographs from Miyagawa Sensei’s last kendo practice at Kashi no Ki Kenyu Kai.

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28 09 2007

British Kyusha Taikai, September 2007

Posted by: admin in kendo, kendophoto, photography, taikai, tags: kendo, photography, taikai

The first BKA Kyusha Taikai was held at Imperial College in London on 22nd September 2007. Any BKA member below shodan and practising for less than 3 years was eligible to enter.
The taikai was combined with a refereeing seminar as well, so everyone got to fence in the example matches before the taikai began. As usual with the refereeing seminars some fighters were ‘encouraged’ to do something wrong to check that the refs were awake :).

There were 65 entrants for the taikai coming from all over the UK. Matches were 90 seconds long, with no encho (extra time). Any matches ending in hikiwake (a draw) were decided by hantei (judges decision).
Despite a nightmare getting to the venue I had a great day out. Managing to struggle through to the semis to get a 3rd place.