Kaori: Stunning! Love the purple hues!
Steffen: Wonderful colours. Great shot. It’s amazing.
Jas: i thought you’d be down there! there were sooooo many people down there. some great photo ops with the fish floating on the pond and...
Lisa: I didn’t know of this tradition. I guess you learn something new everyday! It sounds interesting. It’s amazing that those birds... Lisa: Great pictures, as always! That looks like it would have been fun to be a part of.
Hilda: Cool and funky lanterns! Can’t say they look very Chinese, but they sure are fun! Jas: i meant to get down for that lured by the free bbq they put on – but at the same time im not big on celebrating the end of summer :s
Jane Shannahan: Hello, Michelle I am the Manager of the Festival and I have just come across your photos. We think they are great and we like the...
di: Love the lens envy … I went to the local camera club meet last month and was enthralled by all the middle-aged men with out-sized...By Michelle | December 5, 2009 | Filed Under Sporting Events 6 Comments
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.
December 6th, 2009 at 11:11 am
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!
December 7th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Ooooh very very well done, and kinda frightening!
December 7th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
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.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Hi Stephane, I’ve just emailed you the originals, they are quite large so should print out nicely.
December 9th, 2009 at 10:52 am
The second photo of the sole kendoka is nothing short of brilliant! Fabulous image!
December 15th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Hi Michelle
I’m the Kendoka in the second photo (Kendo2) great shot Michelle , many thanks
Dave
Aotearoa Kendo Club