Editorial
Alex Bennett

Kendo That Cultivates People: The Role of Kendo at Tanren-ki Level
By Sumi Masatake
Translated by Honda Sotaro

Tozando Bōgu

Hanshi Says – Okushima Yoshio Hanshi 8-dan
Translated by Alex Bennett

Nuts ‘n’ Bolts of Kendo – What is Seme?
By Nakano Yasoji
Translated by Alex Bennett

Know your Opponent
Chiba Masashi (Tokyo MPD Kendo Shihan, Hanshi 8-dan)
Translated by Alex Bennett

Reidan-jichi Part 7: The Technical Theory of Kendo
By Oya Minoru
Translated by Alex Bennett

At the Sharp End
By Stuart Gibson

Practical Kendo Comprehensive Q&A
By Edo Kokichi, Tsumura Kosaku, Shizawa Kunio, Yano Hiroshi, Watanabe Kaoru

Kendo Clinic – Trigger Finger and Trigger Thumb
By Arima Saburo

Unlocking Japan – Expats and Mates
By Lockie Jackson

Auckland Kendo Club Dojo Relocation
By Alan Stephenson

Auckland Kendo Club’s New Beginning
By Aurelien Laine

Democratising Kendo Instruction Through Institutional Agreements
By Carlos Horita

7th South American Kendo Championship
By Gabriel Weitzner

Konishi-sensei
By Bryan Peterson

A Duffle Bag and a Bōgu Bag – Diametrically Supposed
By Imafuji Masahiro

Luan Jujie’s Olympic Fencing Dream
By Mure Dickie

The Role of Confucianism and Swordsmanship in the Bakumatsu Period
Lecture by Takemura Eiji
Report by Michael Ishimatsu-Prime

Ideas and History of the Japanese Sword Part 2 – Ancient Japan and the Sword
By Ozawa Hiroshi

Forging Japanese Swords – Twenty Years on the Swordsmith’s Path: Part 1
By Sadanao Mikami
Translates by Nick Mathys

Enhancing Science by Considering Principles of the Sword
By Stefan Maeder

Reflections on the Katana – The Beauty and the Brutality
By HM Eien

From Korea – The Internationalisation of Kumdo Part 2
By Kato Jun’ichi
Translated by Alex Bennett

International Naginata Seminar 2008 in New Zealand
By Aurelien Laine

Naginata Technical Special – Shikake-Oji: Part 5 – Gohon-me
By Alex Bennett

16th All Japan Jukendo Championship
By Baptiste Tavernier

Bushido – The Past and Present – Part 4
By John Toshimichi Imai

Bushido – The Zen Calligraphy of Katsu Kaishu and Takahashi Deishu
By Sarah Moate

Tales of the Samurai Chapter 7 – The Story of Kimura Shigenari
By Miyamori A.
Translated by Alex Bennett

Waseda University Kendo Club and Takano Sasaburo-sensei
By Moriyama Ryotsuku
Translted by Stephen Robert Nagy

sWords of Wisdom – Ken-tai Ichinyo (offence and defence are inseparably linked)
By Tobe Shinjuro
Translated by Alex Bennett

Shinai Sagas – Some Invisible Someone
By Charlie Kondek

Willem Gerard Ferdinand Bekink – 1919-2008
By Elizabeth Badon Ghijben and Alphons Metselaat

Bookmark: “Japanese Sword Fighting Secrets of the Samurai” by Masaaki Hatsumi
Reviewed by Antony Cundy