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DCPan
14th April 2003, 19:21
Hi folks,
These pictures are from the University of Washington Kendo Taikai, April 12, 2003. (I didn't take these photos).
http://students.washington.edu/jimmylin/index1.htm
Click on "photo".
Then click on "Click HERE for where i dump all my pictures"
71, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 103, 105, 111, 113, 114, 116, 117
Hasegawa & Tanimura - Nito
gendzwil
15th April 2003, 01:17
Bunch of familiar faces here:
http://students.washington.edu/jimmylin/seattle/April%202003%20(2)%20kendo/P1010162.JPG
Charlie Kondek
15th April 2003, 14:41
Yay!
Thanks, David. Some good ones here.
Daishi
16th April 2003, 00:52
Isn't that Hayashi Sensei and Nakano Sensei on the left?
Dale Heisler
gendzwil
16th April 2003, 01:30
Yes, that's Wendy and Mako facing off. Again... If I'm not mistaken that's Misato Akitaya beside Mako. Are the results for this posted anywhere?
Charlie Kondek
16th April 2003, 14:03
Some of your kendo pictures look like out kendo pictures - blurred. Plus, you have to look at people's feet, tenegui, etc. to figure out who they are...
Hey, which one's you?
DCPan
16th April 2003, 15:08
Originally posted by Charlie Kondek
Some of your kendo pictures look like out kendo pictures - blurred. Plus, you have to look at people's feet, tenegui, etc. to figure out who they are...
Hey, which one's you?
Well, I didn't take those pictures...so....
As for me...I didn't go to this year's UW Taikai...I was in the land of moving woes.
http://students.washington.edu/uwkc/photos/UW00-03.jpg
The person in at the far left is me.
:D
Charlie Kondek
16th April 2003, 15:35
Me, second from the right... Now maybe we'll recognize each other at tournament!
DCPan
16th April 2003, 17:18
Hi Charlie,
Hopefully, we'll get to keiko sometime!
:D
gendzwil
16th April 2003, 18:33
That's me on the right:
http://www.kendo-sask.com/kata1.html
DCPan
16th April 2003, 19:10
Hi Neil,
It's great that you posted this picture again because I wanted to mention something when I saw this picture last in the member's lounge.
During iai practice, I was noticing how some folks have their thumb bowed like your right thumb in the picture. Same case in the seitei iai videos. Haven't checked the kata videos yet.
I find that when I grip, my right thumb is bent.
Do you find your thumb as being under tension when it is bowed/extended like that? For me, if I relax my thumb, it doesn't want to be bowed/extended that way.
I'm just trying to READ too much into physical details here...not trying to pick on you at all :D
Just trying to figure out the functionality of the thumb being extended like that.
Any thoughts? ;) (btw, very chiselled forearms there...:D)
gendzwil
16th April 2003, 19:29
My thumb is pretty relaxed there. I just keep it wrapped around the tsuka rather than sticking out.
One of these years I'll have a better picture to point to, perhaps in my swanky new bogu.
Charlie Kondek
16th April 2003, 19:35
I love kendo pictures where you go, "That's me on the right." And everyone in the photo is in bogu.
:D
Kata number 4, Neil?
DCPan
16th April 2003, 19:35
Originally posted by gendzwil
My thumb is pretty relaxed there. I just keep it wrapped around the tsuka rather than sticking out.
One of these years I'll have a better picture to point to, perhaps in my swanky new bogu.
What I meant is the angle of your thumb. It doesn't stick out either way....
It is like how when you leave your hands relaxed at your sides, aren't your fingers naturally bent? Where your finger bends is the mark for how long your suit jacket should be....
Ditto on the pict for new bogu...how is it breaking in? I still can't break in my 1.0 bu kote....
gendzwil
16th April 2003, 20:19
I dunno, I guess it's not quite bent like when my hands are relaxed OTOH within the context it's relaxed.
As far as break-in goes: my men was comfortable right off the bat although I have some pain at the forehead after I've had it on for an hour or so. My kote are what's giving me trouble, the part along my index finger is pretty stiff so my hands kind of cramp up after a while. It's getting there though. I'm really quite surprised at how soft the futon is and yet it's better protection than my old stuff. I dunno, maybe the super expensive tezashi sets are real stiff. Mine's Koei S-27 (Kohsho brand 1.2 bu) so it's lower midrange price-wise.
Charlie - yeah, that's yonhonme. I've got the video of that which I keep meaning to rip and throw up on our site.
DCPan
16th April 2003, 20:48
Originally posted by gendzwil
My kote are what's giving me trouble, the part along my index finger is pretty stiff so my hands kind of cramp up after a while. It's getting there though.
Here's a trick for you from the shop.
Stick a "clean" shoe tree into your kote palm area. Beat the area you want to "break-in" with a stick...does wonders....
For my kote, what I mean by still breaking in is that it isn't stretching to mold to my hand as easily as my 3mm set...the glove areas feels slightly cramped. It's not really that stiff.
:D
Charlie Kondek
17th April 2003, 13:27
Neil, was that a demo or a test? Just curious!
I've got some video of me doing keiko with my superiors that I keep meaning to get online, also!
gendzwil
17th April 2003, 14:25
It was a demo in honour of our dojo's 20th anniversary. The party was held at my sensei's acreage. You can see him in the background, framed by our cuts. The follow on his left is Ohmi-sensei, from JCCC in Toronto. He demonstrated iaido and tameshigiri. You can see the whole picture set at: http://www.kendo-sask.com/anniversary.html
Daishi
17th April 2003, 18:11
I'm the slightly unenthused guy on the left. Not my best picture but the only one I have handy... oh well, I'm not photogenic anyways...
Dale Heisler
DCPan
18th April 2003, 15:11
Originally posted by gendzwil
Are the results for this posted anywhere?
Yeah...this month's Kenyu.
28th ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON KENDO TOURNAMENT - April 12, 2003
0-4 Kyu
1st place - J. Helmick (Obukan)
2nd place - J. Powell (Sno-King)
3rd place - V. Banez (Steveston)
3rd place - T. Maruo (UW)
1-3 Kyu
1st place - J. Friedman (Everett)
2nd place - J. Hoang (Seattle)
3rd place - H. Fukumoto (Seattle)
3rd place - B. Chung (Steveston)
Women
1st place - Y. Tamura (Highline)
2nd place - W. Nakano (Steveston)
3rd place - E. Marsten (Highline)
3rd place - R. Barr (Bellevue)
1-3 Dan
1st place - G. Suzaka (UW)
2nd place - L. Hancock (Obukan)
3rd place - W. Abe (Obukan)
3rd place - N. Tanimura (Bellevue)
4 Dan and Above
1st place - D. Imanishi (Seattle)
2nd place - T. Kondo (Steveston)
3rd place - M. Hayashi (Vancouver)
3rd place - H. Samkange (Cascade)
4 Dan and Above
1st place - Vancouver
2nd place - Steveston
Shoji Inspirational - Elizabeth Shin
DCPan
21st April 2003, 18:34
http://www.sacrilicious.org/photos/index.php?pageType=folder&currDir=./2003_UW_Taikai
Charlie Kondek
22nd April 2003, 12:58
Hey, Dale, were you guys practicing outside on grass that day? That's always fun, isn't it? One of my sensei was telling us the other day that in his home town in Japan they usually only practiced outside a few times a year, on sand. That's fun, too, I can tell you from experience.
David, lots of nice pics there!
Daishi
23rd April 2003, 00:49
Yup thats me on grass. To be honest though, kendo is best done inside. It just sounds so much more impressive with the echo of kiai and the stomping. Maybe its just me...opinions?
Dale Heisler
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