South Island Kendo Championship
December 5, 2009
This afternoon I went along to watch Kendo. Kendo is a Japanese sword fighting martial art. I know several kendoka (Kendo practictioners), but this was the first time I had watched competitions. The rounds were three minutes long and quite intense! It’s fast paced and very hard to photograph.
Published on Saturday, December 5th, 2009, under Sporting Events
Your photos nicely capture the kendo sport! I had the chance to do it back in 1990 when I was teaching English in central Japan but I didn’t! Something about getting hit over the head with a bamboo sword! But now I wish I had tried it!
Ooooh very very well done, and kinda frightening!
Hi,
I was at the kendo competition this week end. Really nice pictures. The kendo2 I believe is a picture of a colleague kendoka from my club. Any chance to have the file from you?
Cheers,
Stephane.
Hi Stephane, I’ve just emailed you the originals, they are quite large so should print out nicely.
The second photo of the sole kendoka is nothing short of brilliant! Fabulous image!
Hi Michelle
I’m the Kendoka in the second photo (Kendo2) great shot Michelle , many thanks
Dave
Aotearoa Kendo Club