Kendo World 7.4
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CONTENTSEditorialBy Alex BennettKendo Worlds Editor-in-Chief reflects on three big days in May 2015, namely the 16th World Kendo Championships.The 16WKC finished with a bang. In the end, Japan came first in all of the competitions, but crikey it was close. Being the first WKC decided through a bid system, this tournament was special in many ways. The fact that it was held in the Nippon Budokan, the venue for the 1st WKC held 45 years earlier, made it just that little bit more exceptional. But not only that, it was the biggest tournament ever with over 600 participants representing the 56 countries and regions in attendance.The 16th WKCBy Michael Ishimatsu-Prime and Tyler RothmarThis 20-page bumper article looks back at the three days of competition of the 16th World Kendo Championships with lots of match analysis, tournament ladders and many great photographs.Reflections on the Womens Competition at the 16th World Kendo ChampionshipsBy Kate SylvesterKendo World staffer and Australian national team member Kate Sylvester analyses the womens competitions at the 16th WKC and looks at the development of womens kendo.Kendo Wa: A Film Series About World KendoBy Charlie KondekSimon Conlin, Canadian kenshi and filmmaker, documents Team Canada and the 16th WKC to tell stories of international kendo.To have Team Canada face off against Team Japan in the Worlds at the Budokan? I couldnt have scripted it any better.These are Simon Conlins words, and to hear him tell it, Kendo Wa is not his film, not his alone. Rather, it is a collaboration between Conlin and many other people, including the Canadian national kendo team that competed at the 16th World Kendo Championships in Tokyo this year, and, if all goes according to Conlins strategy, the global kendo community.Kendo for Adults - Part 2: Correct Grip Forms the Basis of BasicsBy Hatano ToshioThe basis for correct kihon is in how you hold the shinai. In other words, your grip. A lot of peopl
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