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Editorial
By Alex Bennett<\/strong>
With the 16th WKC only a few months away, Alex Bennett ruminates on the behaviour of onlookers at large sporting events both in and out of the budo world\u2014something that was an issue at the 15th WKC in Novara, Italy, in 2012. He outlines ideal behaviour for both spectator and competitors at future competitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 62nd All Japan Kendo Championships: A Changing of the Guard?
By Michael Ishimatsu-Prime<\/strong>
The 62nd AJKC on Monday November 3, 2014, was perhaps the most memorable in recent years. 21-year-old University of Tsukuba third-year student was victorious after a day of shocks and surprises to become the youngest ever AJKC champion. Michael Ishimatsu-Prime looks at the facts and figures behind this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nippon Budokan 50thAnniversary
By Bryan Peterson<\/strong>
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the Nippon Budokan, built to host the judo competition at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Bryan Peterson looks back at some of main events in the building\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grading Successfully: Part 3
\u201cCultivating your own kendo philosophy\u201d (continued from Kendo World 7.2)
By Shigematsu Kimiaki, Kendo K8-dan<\/strong>
In this final instalment, Shigematsu-sensei continues his discussion on \u201ccultivating your own kendo philosophy\u201d and how it relates to success in grading as well as life outside of the dojo. Shigetmatsu-sensei discusses seeking and learning, keiko on your own, disciplining your mind in your everyday life and the qualities of an instructor, among other topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kendo for Adults (NEW SERIES!)
By Kendo Kyoshi 8-dan Hatano Toshio<\/strong>
Hatano Toshio-sensei was born in January 1945 in Musashi Murayama, Tokyo. After graduating from Kokushikan High School and Nihon University, he became a salaryman for a few years before establishing the Nanbud\u014d Kend\u014dgu shop in 1971. He passed the 8-dan exam on his second attempt in 1994. He serves as an advisor for the West Tokyo Kendo Federation, and is Suruga University Kendo Club Shihan, Musashi Murayama City Kendo Federation president, and leader of the Kinry\u016bkan Dojo. \u201cMost of the members are company workers. Along with my own training, I am constantly thinking of how I can help them improve their kendo. In this new series of articles, I will introduce various technical issues that can be addressed for mature kenshi\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passing 7-dan: Reflections after the Facts
By Donatella Castelli<\/strong>
\u201cI passed 7-dan. I keep repeating it to myself, because I still fail to understand the consequences. I have been back to keiko, as usual, I and have been teaching and have been taught, so apparently nothing major has happened\u2026\u201d Well, something major did happen. In passing 7-dan, Donatella Castelli became the first European woman to obtain that grade. In this article she reflects on her journey to 7-dan and recounts some good advice that was useful in her success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reidan Jichi Part 18:
By Oya Minoru<\/strong>
In this instalment of \u201cReidan jichi\u201d, Oya-sensei begins discussing waza basics, focussing on shikake-waza, more specifically, destabilising the opponent\u2019s kamae and renzoku-waza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese School Kendo and My Journey from Yokohama to the U.S.
By Ko Tabata<\/strong>
In this article, Ko Tabata, runner-up in the 2014 All United States Kendo Championships, explains the training regime at one of Japan\u2019s top high school kendo clubs, and his kendo journey from Yokohama to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sWords of Wisdom
\u201cJ\u016bbun no make wa, J\u016bbun no kachi\u201d (Within a great deal of defeat there is a great deal of victory)<\/strong>
This article in the \u201csWords of Wisdom\u201d series looks at the Maniwa Nen-ryu. \u201cIn the Maniwa Nen-ry\u016b, trainees learn how to attain victory through trying to be beaten. This results in a natural win. Within a great deal of defeat there is great deal of victory\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical Sightseeing Part 7: Owari Province
By Bruce Flanagan<\/strong>
Owari Province is a historical region of feudal Japan that once occupied the area that is now the western half of modern-day Aichi Prefecture, home of Nagoya City. Another historical region, Mikawa Province, originally formed what is now the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. These two neighbouring provinces were the birthplaces and proving grounds for the three great warlords of the Warring State Period: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, the three historical figures now known collectively as the san-eiketsu, the \u2018three great leaders\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empty Mind Films: An Interview with Martial Arts Documentary Filmmaker Jon Braeley
By Michael Ishimatsu-Prime<\/strong>
Briton Jon Braeley is possibly the pre-eminent martial arts documentary filmmaker working in the world today. His catalogue includes \u201cThe Shaolin Kid: A Boy in China\u201d, \u201cArt of the Japanese Sword\u201d, \u201cMasters of Heaven and Earth\u201d, and \u201cThe Zen Mind\u201d to name but a few. Now based in Miami, Florida where he runs Empty Mind Films, his production company, he has made many documentaries on Japanese and Chinese martial arts, as well as Eastern spirituality and medicine. Braeley\u2019s latest work sees him venture for the first time into a series format that covers the Japanese budo arts. Kendo World caught up with him during the editing stage of the series that will feature kendo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

45th Anniversary of Kendo in Buenos Aires, Argentina
By Gabriel Weitzner and Karina Cirone<\/strong>
Gabriel Weitzner and Karina Cirone recite the long history of kendo in Buenos Aires from its roots in the Japanese community to Argentine kendoka who played an important role in the development of kendo in that country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bujutsu Jargon: Part 6
By Bruce Flanagan<\/strong>
Bruce continues his series introducing a number of terms often encountered by people interested in Japanese history and the martial arts. This edition explains \u201csakki\u201d, \u201cenbu\u201d, \u201ckesa\u201d, \u201ckenshi\u201d, \u201creigi-saho\u201d, \u201cmuto\u201d and \u201cshuriken\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review: Kendo Playing Cards
By Charlie Kondek<\/strong>
Regular Kendo World scribe Charlie Kondek weighs in with a review of Kendo Taikai, a kendo-based card game devised by Hungarian kendoka Akos Vachter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 7th U.S. Nit\u014d Kendo Camp
By Robert Stroud<\/strong>
A report on this year\u2019s event, for which members of Japan\u2019s Musashi Kai travelled to Ontario, Oregon to lead a seminar that delved into the finer points of kendo\u2019s Nit\u014d-ry\u016b, including footwork, and j\u016bshin, or the centre of gravity of an object as it applies to wielding a shinai one-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A Man of Many Parts\u2019, A Portrait of an Inimitable Swordsman: Ronald Alexander Lidstone (1895 \u2013 1969): Part 2
By Paul Budden<\/strong>
The conclusion of the two-part series by Paul Budden that discusses the very interesting life of one of the pioneers of British kendo, Ronald Alexander Lidstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lidstone Ky\u016bsha Memorial Taikai, London, England
By Alexander Thomas<\/strong>
Alexander Thomas discusses the Lidstone Ky\u016bsha Memorial Taikai, a beginner oriented taikai in London, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Kendo Network
By Donatella Castelli<\/strong>
As one of the founding members of the World Kendo Network, Donatella Castelli discusses its origins and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Stranger in [Kendo] Paradise.
By Alan Stephenson, New Zealand<\/strong>
Kiwi Alan Stephenson took a four-month leave of absence from his job to fulfil a dream of spending an extended period in Japan for kendo training. In this article he writes about his experiences at the Kyoto Taikai and the joys of training in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forsaken Kendo: Katate gunt\u014d-jutsu
By Baptiste Tavernier<\/strong>
\u201cIt is always interesting to see how events connect to form the stream of history. Who would imagine, for example, that one might find a link between an obscure disease called p\u00e9brine, which plagued France in the second half of the 19th century, and a martial art studied on the other side of the globe in Japan?\u201d In this article, Baptiste Tavernier discusses the French military mission to Japan in the Edo Period and the teaching of fencing by its delegates to the Imperial Japanese Army which led to the formation of \u201ckatate gunt\u014d-jutsu\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mus\u014d Jikiden Eishin-ry\u016b Riai
The Meaning of the Kata: Part 1
By Kim Taylor<\/strong>
In this inaugural article on iaido style Mus\u014d Jikiden Eishin-ry\u016b, Canadian Kim Taylor lays out his understanding of the historical roots of the school and the reasoning behind the organization of its kata. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Great Hagakure Paradox: An Affirmation of Life?
By Alex Bennett<\/strong>
\u201cHagakure-kikigaki (literally \u201cDictations given hidden by leaves\u201d), Hagakure is undeniably the most famous treatise on bushido, and possibly the most misunderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most people think that Hagakure is a book obsessed with death and dying, Alex Bennett asserts that when armed with a greater historical and contextual understanding of the time in which it was written and its author, and by reading between the lines, it is possible to actually see it as an affirmation of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shinai Saga: Always Armed
By Charlie Kondek<\/strong>
\u201cHe was at a party with some friends, and he found himself talking with a karate black belt about the similarities between karate and kendo. Two more guys joined the conversation, and as the talk began to include them, he realized he knew one of the newcomers by reputation \u2014an obnoxious man, especially when drinking, which they all were\u2026\u201d The next installment in Charlie Kondek\u2019s much acclaimed kendo short stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports-related injuries in Kendo \u2013 a systematic review of the medical literature
By Darryl C Tong and Alex Bennett
Peer-Reviewed Article<\/strong>
Aims: To systematically summarise the scientific literature looking at injuries sustained in kendo and to highlight the need for longitudinal data collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method: A systematic review of the scientific medical literature was conducted using web-based online and manual hard-copy searches of articles relevant to sports-related injuries in Kendo. A simple set of inclusion criteria was used to identify articles suitable for systematic review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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