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South Island Kendo Championship

December 5, 2009

kendo

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.

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Published on Saturday, December 5th, 2009, under Sporting Events

6 Responses to “South Island Kendo Championship”

  1. Leif Hagen says:

    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!

  2. Emma says:

    Ooooh very very well done, and kinda frightening!

  3. Stephane Boyer says:

    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.

  4. di says:

    The second photo of the sole kendoka is nothing short of brilliant! Fabulous image!

  5. David says:

    Hi Michelle
    I’m the Kendoka in the second photo (Kendo2) great shot Michelle , many thanks
    Dave
    Aotearoa Kendo Club